Monitor Down » zombies http://www.monitordown.com The music blog that doesn't want to hear itself Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:42:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 R.I.P. Malcolm McLaren http://www.monitordown.com/2010/04/08/r-i-p-malcolm-mclaren/ http://www.monitordown.com/2010/04/08/r-i-p-malcolm-mclaren/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:23:07 +0000 Peter Kimmich http://www.monitordown.com/?p=467 malcolm mclarenMalcolm McLaren, the producer and band manager known for being the brains behind the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls, died of cancer this morning in New York. He was 64.

McLaren gained notoriety after the Sex Pistols single “God Save the Queen” was banned in 1977 by the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority, yet still managed to reach number 2 in the UK charts. He is also known for projects such as his solo albums Duck Rock and Waltz Darling, as well as his Zombies/Esther Bigeou collage “About Her,” from the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill 2.

More about his intriguing life story can be found in the links below:

The Independent

Rolling Stone

Arts Beat

The Village Voice

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