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The London SS were
the band that never was but were as important as the Sex Pistols in
the birth of what would come to be known as punk rock. They never
had a stable line up, never played a gig and never released a
record and were in essence Mick Jones and Tony James (see left).
But critically
for Punk Rock they
brought into
contact individuals with similar musical, fashion and attitude
ideas who from that point struck out and formed bands. If The
Kings Road and The Sex Pistols was the Yin of punk rock then the
London SS and what came fater was the Yang. From the London SS
come the beginnings of Generation X, The Clash, The Boys & The
Damned and other musicians who later played in the Rich Kids and
Patrik Fitzgerald
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