[weegee]

When were the Cramps ever political? Lux Interior (at age 60 no less) has said that rock music shouldn't be serious.

There's not a lot of politics in "Please Kill Me" the oral history of New York's punk scene (by way of Detroit, Boston, Cleveland and LA). The MC5 were politicized but not political. Their manager was a White Panther who co-opted the band and got them in a lot of trouble with real leftists who saw through their phoney image. Their manager was the only true believer in the lot. Not a lot of politics in the rest of the book (not even about Watergate). Covers from The Velvet Underground to the retirement of Patti Smith. (1960s-1980).

This is not the only music that I listen to by the way (it isn't even the only type of rock music).

What sort of rock and roll do you listen to so that we may critique your tastes.

I would say to be careful of criticizing punk music because of drug use by its' performers. "Classic rock" and disco were widely associated with drug use too. Even country music has its share of addicts.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Don't forget all those blues and jazz men who partook as well.

[just_living]

Weegee,
In an efort to stay true to my beliefs I really don't listen to much music anymore. I used to like the Stones, the Who and bands of that ilk. But I felt like the values they stood for were not inline with mine.
Go ahead and make fun of the Who and the Stones, but that's like kicking a retarded puppy (what's the point).
HHTY!