Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Bronx: On The Unlikely Origins Of The UK Hip Hop Movement
Greg Wilson, electrofunkroots.co.uk, 2003
THEY SAY THAT lightening doesn't strike twice, but where there's a rule there's always the exception. Case-in-point concerns that maverick maestro of musical mayhem, Mr Malcolm McLaren, the man who masterminded the explosion of the Punk Rock scene and brought anarchy to the UK in the form of the notorious Sex Pistols (who he managed and mentored). As a result, McLaren's place in British music history is ensured, and countless words have been written (and will continue to be written) on the subject.
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