Sex Pistols - Origins and Early Days

Originally called The Strand (in reference to a song by Roxy Music), the band was formed during 1972 by Paul Cook (drums), Steve Jones (vocals) and Wally Nightingale (guitar). During 1973 the band members began to frequent a 1950s-style clothes shop called 'Let It Rock' in the Kings Road, Chelsea area of London. Here they met the shop's manager, Malcolm McLaren. Jones, being aware that McLaren had some connections within the music business, asked if he would be interested in becoming the group's manager, although at the time McLaren d ...

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Main Members Johnny Rotten – vocals (1975-1978, 1996, 2002, 2003) Steve Jones – guitar (1975-1978, 1996, 2002, 2003), vocals (1972-1975) Glen Matlock – bass (1974-1977, 1996, 2002, 2003) Paul Cook – drums (1972-1978, 1996, 2002, 2003) Other Members Sid Vicious – bass (1977-1978) Wally Nightingale – guitar (1972-1975) See also:

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Sex Pistols - Albums. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (October 28, 1977) #1 UK, #106 US The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (February 26, 1979) #7 UK Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols (interviews and radio spots) (July 27, 1979) #6 UK Flogging a Dead Horse (compilation) (February 16, 1980) #23 UK Kiss This: The Best Of (October 10, 1992) #10 UK Filthy Lucre Live (June 24, 1996) #26 UK Jubilee: The Best Of (May 27, 2002) #29 UK Sex Pistols (box set) (June 2, 2002) ...

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The Sex Pistols remain influential, however, both for their musical style and in terms of their influence on the British cultural landscape. Whereas previous challenges to the class system, and to the post-war British ethos of uncomplaining sacrifice, had come mainly from within, such as from the public school and Oxbridge dominated satire boom of the late 1960s and early '70s (including the Monty Python troupe), or from the social-realist novels and theatre of the 1950s and early '60s, the Pistols communicated directly with a much wider, more vernacular audience and, to some ...

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The Sex Pistols' final UK performance was at Ivanhoe's in Huddersfield on Christmas Day 1977, a benefit for the families of striking firemen. Despite the band's state of disintegration by this time, the gig was considered by some as a vindication of their anti-establishment stance when they were, for once, united with what might be viewed as their true constituency, the dispossessed English working class. They played two shows, a matinee and an evening show. Tickets for the latter were furtively sold for a secret venue, announced shortly bef ...

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Following a showcase gig as part of London's first punk festival at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, the band was signed (for a large advance) to the major label EMI. The Sex Pistols' first single, "Anarchy in the UK", released on November 26, 1976, served as a statement of intent -- full of wit, anger and visceral energy. Despite a common misconception that punk bands 'couldn't play', the evidence of live recordings of the time reveal th ...

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After the end of the 'Anarchy Tour' in December 1976, EMI decided it was too dangerous for the Sex Pistols to be in the UK, so they got the band some gigs at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in early January 1977. After getting some bad publicity at Heathrow Airport on their return, EMI finally had enough and dumped the band on January 27, 1977. The Paradiso gigs would be the last with Glen Matlock on bass. In February Matlock parted company with the band. According to legend he was sacked because he "liked The Beatles" - although in a 2002 televis ...

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After leaving the Pistols, Johnny Rotten reverted to his given name of John Lydon, and formed Public Image Ltd with his old friend Jah Wobble (né John Wardle), a previous contender to replace Matlock. This group was signed by Virgin and Warner Brothers (in the UK and US respectively). Vicious meanwhile relocated to New York and continued to gig as a solo performer, recording an album that many consider substandard. He was shortly afterwards arrested on October 12, 1978 for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, in New York City and died on February 2, 19 ...

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