MALCOM MCLAREN LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER YESTERDAY IN NYC, HE WAS 64.

New York, NY - Malcom McLaren had been fighting the battle with cancer for a number of years and "had recently been in appearance of full health which then rapidly deteriorated" according to Les Malloy, spokesman for McLaren.  His brand of cancer was mesothelioma which effects the tissue surrounding the organs.  He was probably best known for his role as manager for the punk-rock band, Sex Pistols.  However, there were many bands he was involved with including New York Dolls, Adam and the Ants, Bow wow wow, Jimmy the Hoover, and even produced his own music.  He was a raconteur, a designer, a harberdasher, an artist, a producer, a visionary, a friend, a publicist, an instigator, a free thinker, a director, a narrator, a motivator, and an inspiration to the whole punk generation.



Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010)

"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you.”

—Johnny Rotten (4/8/2010)

Chrissie Hynde noted, "What Malcolm would do was put people in motion...His idea, and what he tried to put together, would never be the obvious, and it wouldn't be what anyone else would try.

"Malcolm was, above all, the Great Raconteur" — Keanan Duffty

"what Malcom and the Sex Pistols started was a generation of musicians who had the balls to think for themselves . . ." — Gerald Mounfield

“Iwas upset when I heard the news, as I’ve always had a soft spot forMalcolm.  I knew him since I was 17 before the Pistols formed—I used todrive him around in Vivienne Westwood’s car to the tailors in London in thedays of the ‘Let It Rock’ clothing store.  Malcolm was definitely theBrian Epstein of punk—without him it wouldn’t have happened the way it did. Istayed friends with him throughout the years despite some of our differences.He came on ‘Jonesy’s Jukebox’ a couple of years ago, and that’s a goodmemory.  But my fondest memory of Malcolm, and I loved the guy, was hisbirthday gift to me when I turned 21—he got me a hooker and some heroin.”

—SteveJones, 4/9/2010

"Duran Duran would have never existed. Before Malcolm being a musician in England meant you had to read music, and clock up years of dues and motorway miles, hours of practice and play interminable solos wherever possible. Malcolm's attitude changed everything. Without him, no punk rock revolution, no 'Anarchy in The UK,' no 'Never Mind The Bollocks,' no Sex Pistols, no Clash....He was a true artist, and a continual restless source of inspiration. There will never be anyone quite like him again."

— John Tayor


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Posted by vieking at 4/9/2010 1:58 AM
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