McCartney Times

It’s not too far a reach to posit that The Beatles were among the most important proto-punk bands. Of course, the gene is more potent when traced back to The Stooges or The Velvet Underground, but such bands didn’t gallop through the late 1960s wearing blinkers. Paul McCartney’s stomping White Album track ‘Helter Skelter’ is frequently cited as an early source of heavier music genres, but John Lennon likely had a broader impact in this field.Besides his heavier, more provocative work in songs like ‘Yer Blues’, ‘Revolution’ and ‘Mother’, Lennon’s personality was a blueprint for the quintessential punk. Granted, the late Beatle didn’t deepthroat his mic or slash his chest open like Iggy Pop, but his hedonistic tendencies and bohemian, anti-establishment outlook certainly fit the bill.

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