McClaren, more than anyone in the 70s, gave the punk genre a purpose, direction and a look. A fashion designer who guided a bunch of British misfits into rock n roll history, McClaren directed The Sex Pistols from the gutter to the top of the charts with their banned single "God Save The Queen" (listen below).
Punk is a term that has been watered down by MTV and Warped Tour. Now it means wearing Guy-Liner and skinny jeans. 35 years ago it meant not giving a shit about anything. Period. Why else would Iggy Pop carve his chest with a broken bottle? Why would Sid Vicious murder his girlfriend and then off himself in a massive heroin overdose? Because they didn't give a shit and neither did McClaren.
Rest well sir.
Interview on "Enough Rope" in 2006
"God Save The Queen"
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