Talk:Punk pathetique

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Glad that this article was kept! Anyhow, this doesn't give us any non-Garry Bushell information, but here's an email from Mr. Bushell i just recieved on the subject, as forwarded from Captain Oi!

"Of course Punk Pathetique existed, my friend. Max Splodge even recorded a song called ‘We’re Pathetique and we’re going to be Oi’. The leading exponents of the comedy side of street-punk was happy to be associated with the term. From memory, the pathetique bands who rallied under the banner were Splodgenessabounds, John Peel’s favourites The Postmen, Desert Island Joe, of course the Gonads, the Toydolls, Peter & The Test-Tube Babies, Pierre The Poet (Garry Butterfield), Paul Devine and his appalling ‘Stop That Drumming’ and later Case, Lord Waistrel & The Cosh Boys; the Alaska Cowboys and the Orgasm Guerrillas. All of these acts recorded songs (except Pierre) so it’s hard to see how anyone could deny their existence. Even later, the mantle was inherited by the Macc Lads who did comic punk singalongs such as Charlotte The Harlot in very much the same style. There may have been more but it was 25/6 years ago Best wishes Garry"

Sean P. Aaberg

Excellent stuff, though obviously a "primary source" and so not useable... ;-) Macc Lads = Pathetique? Hmmm, influenced by them maybe, but definitely "second generation". Wow - pathetique had a second generation!? Vive la pathetique! :-) --DaveG12345 21:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Neologisms yet Valuable

In doing research and contributing across the WikiProject Punk music, im finding several terms such as this 'Punk pathetique' which seem to be neologisms confined to one or a very small group of people. I am a wiki "inclusionist," but I also things should be noted as they are. Another term I've been coming across is "buzzpop" to describe the independent spirit of those bands that have imitated the upbeat melodies sound and the socio/politics of the early punk bands. Yet, buzzpop is quite similar to "pop punk" which it currently redirects to. These terms which have meaning should be noted that they do not permeate across a notable portion of the scene, yet they are meaningful to those who use them. We could call them new "punkspeaks," which could be a neologism for the WikiProject Punk music project. Xsxex 14:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Punk Pathetique → Punk pathetique — Musical genres do not have capital letters unless they are at the beginning of a sentence (black metal, post-rock, hardcore punk, etc.). This is shown inside the article's body, but not in its title. A little coherence would be nice. — Zouavman Le Zouave 00:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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