... individualized. That view of being an individual and rebelling is one that echoes throughout rock. The Door's "Break on Through" challenges people to view things in a different light while the Sex Pistol"s "Anarchy in the UK" is about rebellion against everything, plain and simple. Bob Marley got up and stood up to fight for his rights and the Beastie Boys had ... began was the war that killed Roger Water's dad. He is no way supporting them or their actions in any way. Statements like this are familiar in rock music. The Sex Pistols around this same time period released the ironically t...

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... and used real instruments and shunned "real rock and roll" and looked down up guitar solos and musical complexity. Punk first hit the mainstream in the form of the UK's Sex Pistols, so sometimes punk is called "The Second British Invasion" even though punk probably came from New York. Punk was the music of social and class rebellion. Also "true punks" would ... ...

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... abuse of religion and the warring it causes. Other songs like "Hangar 18" show a mistrust for the government, an attitude also reflected in Mustaine choosing to record a version of the Sex Pistols" "Anarchy in the U.K." Though a dark figure in the world of guitar heroes Mustaine remains a hero to many, if not for the protest music of his own, then for the hope ... ...

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