David Telford's clear concise prose (what!!!) in last week's Salient was absolute bullshit!

Ok, I agree with him in places. I too consider Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols a classic album and likewise I detest disco.

But his attacks on the 'rock establishment' are simply a repitition of what became almost punk cliches in England during 1977, until I think ever the punks themselves got sick of hearing it. And Repectable has got nothing to do with punk. It is a straight-out Rolling Stones rock'n'roll song (and I like it).

The fact is, punk is on the wane. Some would say it is already history. The first, and perhaps the last, true punk band were the Sex Pistols and not only have they split up but one of them is dead. RIP Sid.

Those originals still around, such as the Clash, the Jam and the Damned (now the Doomed) have become part of the 'establishment'. And there's nothing wrong with that, it just means they're getting the success they deserve.

Meanwhile some of the punk posers, for example Sham 69, are starting to realise that no-one was fooled.

Mark Wilson