When hippies ruled the world

[Ted Jackson]

On 10 Apr 2002, at 5:42, stephen lindas wrote:

> I have A Brock interview where he says they weren't into the Hippy
> thing. They were into Anarchy. I've heard Nik compare HW as the first
> Sex Pistols(Not Quite but very revolutionary). Isn't the Hippy thing
> more of a west coast deal? Just because someone has long hair and uses
> drugs doesn't make them a hippy. Never heard HW sing pretty songs
> about peace and love. Their music was loud and psychotic. Would
> Sabbath or Zeppelin be hippies too?

Absolutely no, in Sab's case.  They have made it clear in many
interviews that they were too angry to buy into the hippie ethos.
The obsessively negative imagery in Geezer's early lyrics should be
plenty of proof of that!

theo