Rotheray joined his first band when he was aged 13; it was called Mammoth, at one time performing the then-current Sex Pistols song, "Pretty Vacant" at a school concert, without any microphones.
Another mash-up that has received approval of the original artists involved is "Ray of Gob" which superimposes the vocals from Madonna's "Ray of Light" onto clips from several songs by the Sex Pistols (including "Pretty Vacant", "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K.").
The player names their character (Default is Sid Vacant, a parody of Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols song "Pretty Vacant") and chooses a picture to represent them.
An Irish language version of the song, entitled "Folamh go Deas" (a literal translation), was also performed by Irish band Na MagairlĂ in 1981.
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The group The Ukrainians perform a Ukrainian language version of this song on their EP Anarchy In The UK and album Respublika.
At what was intended to be Sham 69's final concert at the Glasgow Apollo Theatre on June 29, 1979 Jones and Cook had joined Sham onstage for the encore of "Pretty Vacant", "White Riot", "If the Kids Are United" and "What Have We Got".
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Channel Z's final apparent song was Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols.