{"id":703,"date":"2016-09-22T07:26:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T06:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/?p=703"},"modified":"2016-09-22T07:26:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T06:26:51","slug":"mekons-are-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Mekons are forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s2\">I<\/span><span class=\"s2\">n some parallel universe<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mekons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mekons<\/a> are huge rock stars. They&#8217;re worshiped for their legacy as first-wave  Brit punks and adored for spending four decades evolving into something  else entirely. Their hodgepodge of influences, from the Sex Pistols and  Balfa Brothers to George Jones and King Tubby, only add to their  popularity, and the one-time Leeds-based socialist collective are both  recognized and respected as transformative pioneers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It&#8217;s  a nice thought. One that the band&#8217;s shamefully small legion of fans and  advocates know is far more deserved than their status as perpetual  underdogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sdcitybeat.com\/article-17820-Mekons-are-forever.html\" target=\"_blank\">To read more:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sdcitybeat.com\/article-17820-Mekons-are-forever.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-704\" title=\"citybeat\" src=\"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/citybeat-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"citybeat\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/citybeat-261x300.jpg 261w, http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/citybeat.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In some parallel universe, Mekons are huge rock stars. They&#8217;re worshiped for their legacy as first-wave Brit punks and adored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mekons.de\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}