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What did Stephen Stills do that made some punk bands hate him so much? 

It was all down to a series in Rolling Stone magazine called Rock Star Rate-A-Record. Simple concept: sit a musician down with a handful of current releases and let them give mini-reviews. Nothing illustrated the chasm between punk and the older rock establishment better than the Rate-A-Record session with Stills on 4th June 1977 :

Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker 

This is that punk shit everyone’s going nuts over? Sounds like four 6 year-olds picking up instruments for the first time. This sucks.

The Clash - White Riot

This is worse than the one you just played me. Whatever happened to singing? Is this some kind of pro-KKK thing? This is what we marched against back in the sixties!

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

Now that’s more like it. This is a monster record by a great band. Listen to that groove my man Mick is laying down. Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess.

Wait, there’s no way Stephen Stills actually said, “Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess,” right? Or is he actually just that awesome?

o stevie