How much do you think punk and ska scene has changed in the last 30 years?
JM- Substantially. Both are much larger. Bands aren’t quite the same, though there are good bands. It’s different thought. That’s because it was new back then and the spark of creation was in the air. There’s nothing you can do about that. However kids nowadays are much hipper, much smarter in some ways than in the past. Actually kids from England have always been very sharp but these days they take fewer drugs and play their instruments better. What originally attracted you to the music scene? JM- I was walking down the street with my Father and I saw book in a shop window. The book was called “The Punk Rock book” or maybe just “Punk Rock.” As soon as I saw it I experienced a kind of fascination that utterly took over my soul. I got the book and read it over and over again. The book covered The Jam, The Pistols, Subway Sect, Eater, all those old English groups. Because it had a lot of lyrics in it I knew a lot of punk lyrics before I ever heard a song. Once I heard the music it took a
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