We imagined ourselves as the Sons of Liberty with a mission to preserve, protect, and project the revolutionary spirit of rock and roll. We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense of purpose, we feared it falling into fattened hands, we feared it floundering in a mire of spectacle, finance, and vapid technical complexity. Patti Smith
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The band Jethro Tull was formed in 1967 when the members of the band were only 15 years old. They started out in a small town in England called Luton where they would practice the music that they loved in small bars and in basements. They also got together to write songs that they felt were important for their generation. The members of the band were inspired by the idea of liberty, freedom, and independence.

They felt that rock and roll was becoming too commercial and was losing its revolutionary spirit. So, they decided to write music that would inspire people to get up and fight against oppression and show that rock and roll wasn’t just about entertainment but that it could be about liberation and progress for all people.

Source: Just Kids

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