Malcolm McLaren (22 January 1946, London, UK – 8 April 2010, Switzerland) h… Read Full Bio ↴Malcolm McLaren (22 January 1946, London, UK – 8 April 2010, Switzerland) had a varied career starting from Art School dropout to Kings Road merchant, moving into band manager, socio-political instigator, quasi-musician himself, wry social commentator & influential media manipulator. In the late 1960s he started designing clothes and by 1972 he opened a clothing boutique in London with his then girlfriend, Vivienne Westwood.
In 1975, after a failed stint at managing & relaunching the image of the notoriously hard living and chaotic band the New York Dolls, Malcolm nurtured the formation of one of the most infamous punk bands in history, The Sex Pistols. He became their manager, and controlled their contracts, as well as most importantly to him, their image in the media. The venture ended in a disastrous US tour, and a film called "The Great Rock And Roll Swindle" that featured McLaren, and glorified his untraditional Situationist PR approach and manipulative Svengali-esque role in the band's career.
In the '80s, after the Sex Pistols had long broken up, Malcolm became the manager of another band, Adam and the Ants which veered away from punk's coarse format via new romantic pirate garb and poly rhythmic African style drumming. When Adam Ant rebelled and left the band, Malcolm repackaged the musicians with a 14 year old Anglo/Burmese girl named Annabella Lwin to form the band Bow Wow Wow. He soon used his headline making skills to propel the band and their underage lead singer to the top of the charts with a nude album cover scandal.
In the early 1980's, Malcolm began producing his own records, beginning with the hits "Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch" from the groundbreaking 1983 album "Duck Walk" which used NYC hip hoppers and scratch DJ's The World Famous Supreme Team, as its foundation. Future members of Art of Noise performed on, produced, and/or jointly composed various tracks. He next turned to opera, masterminding a pop adaptation of "Madam Butterfly" on the album "Fans" using an assortment of female vocalists, and skilled musician Robby Kilgore on the tracks.
McLaren has released numerous other albums and tracks since, including contributions to the movie soundtracks of Carry On Columbus, and Kill Bill 2, but his musical career peaked with his 1980's works. McLaren's original "Double Dutch" era material has since been reappropriated and sampled by sucessful artists including Mariah Carey, Eminem, Amerie and De La Soul.
In his later years, McLaren occasionally contributed to newspapers and magazines, directed and produced films and appeared on British reality television programmes. He died on the morning of 8 April 2010, following a battle with cancer.
In 1975, after a failed stint at managing & relaunching the image of the notoriously hard living and chaotic band the New York Dolls, Malcolm nurtured the formation of one of the most infamous punk bands in history, The Sex Pistols. He became their manager, and controlled their contracts, as well as most importantly to him, their image in the media. The venture ended in a disastrous US tour, and a film called "The Great Rock And Roll Swindle" that featured McLaren, and glorified his untraditional Situationist PR approach and manipulative Svengali-esque role in the band's career.
In the '80s, after the Sex Pistols had long broken up, Malcolm became the manager of another band, Adam and the Ants which veered away from punk's coarse format via new romantic pirate garb and poly rhythmic African style drumming. When Adam Ant rebelled and left the band, Malcolm repackaged the musicians with a 14 year old Anglo/Burmese girl named Annabella Lwin to form the band Bow Wow Wow. He soon used his headline making skills to propel the band and their underage lead singer to the top of the charts with a nude album cover scandal.
In the early 1980's, Malcolm began producing his own records, beginning with the hits "Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch" from the groundbreaking 1983 album "Duck Walk" which used NYC hip hoppers and scratch DJ's The World Famous Supreme Team, as its foundation. Future members of Art of Noise performed on, produced, and/or jointly composed various tracks. He next turned to opera, masterminding a pop adaptation of "Madam Butterfly" on the album "Fans" using an assortment of female vocalists, and skilled musician Robby Kilgore on the tracks.
McLaren has released numerous other albums and tracks since, including contributions to the movie soundtracks of Carry On Columbus, and Kill Bill 2, but his musical career peaked with his 1980's works. McLaren's original "Double Dutch" era material has since been reappropriated and sampled by sucessful artists including Mariah Carey, Eminem, Amerie and De La Soul.
In his later years, McLaren occasionally contributed to newspapers and magazines, directed and produced films and appeared on British reality television programmes. He died on the morning of 8 April 2010, following a battle with cancer.
Class is in Session
Malcolm McLaren Lyrics
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DBangz I′m teaching lessons, correcting and not a whole Smith and…
Freckleface Feels like summer started yesterday Time flies when every da…
G-dot & Born Yo Yo, LP in the building Den Records Now check it as…
G. Dot & Born Yo Yo, LP in the building Den Records Now check it as…
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Malcolm McLaren:
07 Paris Paris I feel love, Paris Paris Love to love, Paris Paris…
About Her My man's Got a heart Like a rock Cast in…
Buffalo Gals (DJ Cut Haa, ha-la-ha-la Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba (Baa-ba) …
Buffalo Gals II Haaaaaa, Ha-la-ha-la, Ba - Ba - Ba - Ba -…
Call a Wave After the summer holidays I decided to shed my clothes forev…
Club Le Narcisse A secret history of a time to come The free explosion,…
Deep In Vogue This has got to be a special tribute to the…
Double Dutch All over the world high school girls Take to the ropes…
Duck For The Oyster Hit it maestro Duck rock All join hands and circle south A …
I Like You In Velvet There's a girl I simply dote on She has no single…
Jazz Is Paris I wore black on sashe ma de treis Feelings in the…
Je T'aime Moi Non Plus Je t′aime je t'aime Oh oui je t′aime - Moi non plus -…
Jive My Baby Tina Tina says you can dress her She loves you She loves to…
La Main Parisienne In this crowded desert they call Paris I've been watching yo…
Madam Butterfly Back in Nagasaki I got married to Cho Cho San That…
Madame Butterfly Madam Butterfly From the opera "Madam Butterfly" by Puccini…
Miles And Miles of Milles Davis Meeting Juliette Gréco in bed in the afternoon with Miles…
Mon Die Senie Seeing those short hairs so close And smelling the stale odo…
Paris Paris I feel love, Paris Paris Love to love, Paris Paris…
Pere Lachaise Marilyn Monroe Ain′t got no rock 'n roll Ain′t got the means…
Revenge of the Flowers Le parfum sucrй de vos roses s'йvapore Et moi je compose Vou…
Shall We Dance Written by: Malcolm McLaren INTRODUCING PRETTY FATT Like the…
Something Lisa-Marie you're a beautiful girl Do you really think so? T…
Walking With Satie Tracing back my steps in time All I do is think…
Waltz Darling A sweet tuxedo girl you see Queen of ball society Fond of…
Who the Hell Is Sonia Rykiel? Le livre, la robe, la femme Comme une sculpture, un tableau,…
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MrProphecy
There need to be more people thinking like this in the world
Verte Bow
The refined yet wildly subversive Malcolm - what a gift this man was.
decapyre
1 of the best TED speeches
Truth & Right's
All I know him from is his collaboration with the world's famous Supreme Team when they made Buffalo Gals, And he did quite a few other tracks too, had a whole album I believe with them
call6060842
To think 6 months later he died, bless you Malcolm no ones perfect but ultimately you helped folk by inspiration and a lease of liberty freedom that people did not have without your encouragement & ideas, they know that deep down.
Kris Scanlon
wow that's amazing didn't realize it was that close
Ustp27
"He arrived at the venue tired and short of breath, which you can hear during his talk. We thought it was just a cold. Days later we discovered he was unwell and then soon diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos many years earlier. Some believe this exposure occurred when creating the shop on London's Kings Road referred to during his talk." -Ted
SIMON CONSTABLE
@Christopher Dale yes he even mentions going through a whole pack of French ciggies at Sandemans. Did that once and couldn't talk the following day!
Kris Scanlon
yes i would think the combination of cigarettes and being around clothing manufacturers would be the culprit
Christopher Dale
He was a heavy Smoker.