You can’t learn to be a punk

The son of the Sex Pistols manager Malcolma McLaren burned music relics in London

Joe Correus, the son of the Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and designer Viven Westwood, on Saturday, on November 26 arranged a ritual burning of the whole suitcase of artifacts associated with punk music, for a total amount of five million pounds. Corre, also known as the founder of the underwear brand Agent Provocateur, explained his action with a “protest against the transformation of punk into mainstream”. "Medusa" explains that it was.

Joe Corree had long threatened to burn the personal collection of things related to the British Panka, in protest against the celebration of the 40th anniversary of punk music in London. Events on the occasion of the anniversary (for the reference point take the release of the single “Anarchy in the UK” of the Sex Pistols group and the tour The Ramones in London) are going on the whole of 2016; The exhibitions about the panke are shown by the London Museum and other respectable platforms. Corre's father Malcolm McLaren at one time gathered Sex Pistols and actually came up with a British punk; So his son does not like the unfolding festival, since an important cultural phenomenon, thus, turns into a marketing tool.

Corre announced his protest a few months ago, and a few days before he burned a T -shirt with the image of Queen Elizabeth II in front of the Buckingham Palace. For the action itself, Corre rented a barge; In addition to posters in support of refugees and slogan “Extension! Your future ”, on it were the stuffed of the British politicians David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Teresa May.

Corre claims that he burned rare records, the pants of the Sex Pistols vocalist Johnny Lidon and much more - but the journalists could not check it: they watched the process of burning from the shore. The action hinted at the famous Sex Pistols attempt in 1977 to perform the song “God Save the Queen” from the boat in front of Westminster walls. Musicians and McLaren were then detained by the police; The actions of law enforcement officers were not interested in the actions of the law enforcement officers - but the fire boat arrived, who extinguished the burning fire on the floating platform.

“Punk never, should never cause nostalgia. And you can’t learn how to be a punk, at a workshop at the London Museum, ”said Corre before setting fire to punk couples, which, according to him, were five million pounds. The ceremony was watching from the shore by his mother, designer Vivienne Westwood.

After burning, Corre returned to the shore and talked with reporters. She made a small speech and Westwood, which arrived at the action on a green two -story bus. She urged to maintain “green” energy and said: “Let's all laugh and survive. Bye!"

In addition to journalists, almost no one watched the action: Corre kept the venue secret, fearing that Sex Pistols fans would try to save the relic. “Ideas are important, not rags,” he explained his decision earlier to burn memorable things. According to Corre, the father, with whom he had a difficult relationship in the last years of his life, would consider the action of “hilarious” - and would approve it.

Sex Pistols vocalist Johnny Lydon called the act of “fucking expert in lower underwear” Joe Corre stupid: according to the musician, these things could be sold at auction and directed money for charity.