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For the first time since I can remember, I
read Spin cover to cover. You presented
quality music journalism about music
that actually matters. All my favorite
bands were highlighted, and you even
introduced me to groups I’d never heard
of, who made music I’ll probably enjoy.
RYAN BUNCH TOLEDO, OHIO
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CHARLES AUBREY SITTERSON Age: 24 Life as Stapp: “I’m not into Jesus and don’t use as much body grease, but otherwise we’re exactly the same.”
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If people keep pointing cameras at
Johnny Rotten [“Fighting Words,”
October], it will only encourage him.
Congratulations, Spin: You managed
to capture a self-important blowhard
at his blowhardiest. Punk is a young
man’s (or woman’s) game, and I
cannot think of anything less punk
than an aging goofball who is still
trying to hang on to glory from 30
years ago.
A mere two pages on the Clash,
passing mentions of the Jam,
Buzzcocks, and Television, while the
Sex Pistols once again get the cover
feature? Never Mind the Bollocks is to
punk what Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend”
is to rap: Both are fun when you’re
drunk, but you would never hold them
up as the prime example of a genre’s
inarguable greatness.
HILARY HATTON VILLA PARK, ILLINOIS
It was interesting to read Anthony
Bourdain’s thoughts on how 1977
wasn’t that great of a year [The
Hidden Track, October] when you had
a whole issue praising it. But maybe
that’s a testament to the fact that great
music can make you forget about bad
politicians, drug overdoses, and disco.
JUDITH HARDEE BANGOR, MAINE
I just read the October issue, and
the only saving grace was Anthony
Bourdain’s article that summed up
the scene as it really was. I echo
Bourdain’s sentiment that the Sex
Pistols were “a proto–’N Sync,” so I
was disturbed to find you treating
Johnny Rotten as some sort of voice
of a generation. Doesn’t anybody
remember that the Pistols were
the product of Malcolm McLaren’s
marketing? That’s not very punk.
VICKIE HALL SAN FRANCISCO
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