{"title":"Malcolm McLaren","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm McLaren was an English manager and artist, born on January 22nd, 1946 in Stoke Newington, London. He rose to fame as the manager of the influential punk rock band, Sex Pistols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMcLaren played a crucial role in shaping the punk movement and is considered one of its key figures. His innovative management style and provocative approach helped propel the Sex Pistols to infamy and made them one of the most controversial bands of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, McLaren continued to push boundaries and challenge societal norms through various artistic endeavors. He explored different genres such as hip hop and world music, always staying ahead of trends and constantly reinventing himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"duck-rock","title":"Duck Rock","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis tour-de-force of turntablism, proto-hip-hop, polyrhythms, and b-boy electro, sprung from the disruptive and fertile mind of punk architect Malcolm McLaren, finally gets the much needed reissue treatment that it so rightly deserves. This 40th anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eDuck Rock \u003c\/i\u003eis packed to the gills with remastered audio, reconstructed artwork, and a whole additional disc of remixes and unreleased tracks. McLaren, a sonic antiquarian and impresario, drew in conspirators from around the globe, adding sampling, scratching, skits, panpipes, merengue, and township jive to an already overflowing creative cup. Looking back from four decades on, there is no doubt whatsoever that \u003ci\u003eDuck Rock’s\u003c\/i\u003e significance has been felt far and wide with artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Neneh Cherry, Paul Simon, and Vampire Weekend taking leads from its trailblazing musical collage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the version of \u003ci\u003eDuck Rock\u003c\/i\u003e that Malcolm McLaren intended to release on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. He personally remastered the tracks and compiled an additional record with 6 tracks which were previously unreleased on vinyl. Unfortunately, he was unable to release it during his lifetime, but in collaboration with Young Kim and the Malcolm McLaren Estate, and licensed by Universal Records, the state51 Conspiracy has managed to reissue it in all its glory in time for the 40th anniversary - right up to the same date: 27th May 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The state51 Conspiracy","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50437112496459,"sku":"2024492","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9ebe5c87-5b39-ed81-407b-5f80dd3f81f7_f61ae112_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726925693"},{"product_id":"malcolm-mclaren-interviewed-at-the-eagle-gallery-london-1996","title":"Malcolm McLaren: Interviewed at The Eagle Gallery, London 1996","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously unpublished interview with Malcolm McLaren, the progenitor of punk, clearly outlining his motivations and ambitions, while also personally reappraising punk’s legacy 20 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm McLaren, Interviewed at The Eagle Gallery, London 1996, prints for the first time a 1996 interview with the artist and pop impresario Malcolm McLaren. He reflects on punk as an artistic project, while also offering a unique insight into the thinking behind the visual iconography that surrounded the Sex Pistols.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the clothes that McLaren designed with Vivienne Westwood in the 1970s have been seen as punk fashion, so has the music of the Sex Pistols – the band he managed – and the associated graphics by Jamie Reid been understood to define the character of punk. Twenty years after the event, McLaren for the first time offers a reappraisal of punk as a collaborative artistic production defined as much more than just music or fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interview is accompanied by a full photographic documentation of McLaren giving the interview through which you can see him in the act of reformulating his response to punk with the recognition that it was the result of his artistic activity. For the rest of his life McLaren became increasingly focused on art activity, through film and installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short afterword by Young Kim (McLaren’s partner) and by Andrew Wilson (co-publisher of the book) sets the interview into context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interview and accompanying photo-portrait of McLaren offers unique insights into the creation of punk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback - 2024646","offer_id":50444016157003,"sku":"2024646","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50444016517451,"sku":"2024647","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/MM_PS_COVER_3d34f651_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727023375"},{"product_id":"paris-6","title":"Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e Malcolm McLaren, New York Dolls and Sex Pistols’ manager, writer, musician, fashion designer, marked the history of pop culture. His album \u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e released in 1994 on the French Vogue label was produced by Robin Millar (Sade, The Style Council, Everything But The Girl). This is the first time the album has been available on vinyl and arrives a few weeks before the opening of Paris Olympic Games which should see lead track ‘Paris Paris’ with Catherine Devenue on vocals widely referenced. Also features Francoise Hardy and Amina. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50468703240523,"sku":"2201879","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CS1016703-01A-BIG_246fc512_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727350350"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_785e9725_thumbnail_4096_c06c92b1-7a6a-4764-80a4-4574ecb257ab.jpg?v=1726925672","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/malcolm-mclaren-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}