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15 unusual facts about Sex Pistols'


Alex Soria

Carlos would bring home punk rock records such as The Clash, Sex Pistols and Stiff Little Fingers and play them for his brother.

Austin Sun

It also covered the first American performances of Elvis Costello, at the Armadillo World Headquarters, and the Sex Pistols, in San Antonio.

Channel Z

Channel Z's final apparent song was Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols.

Flogging a Dead Horse

Flogging a Dead Horse is a compilation album of singles by the Sex Pistols, released after their break-up, and includes the four songs issued as singles A-sides that were included on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, three of their B-sides, and the six A-sides taken from The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and one B-side, "My Way".

Reid's first sleeve design consisted of the title hastily scrawled across his designs for the Never Mind the Bollocks (front cover) and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle albums (back cover).

I, Superbiker

The title track 'I, Superbiker' was written by Phil Collen Phil Collen of Def Leppard Def Leppard with his band Manraze Manraze which also features drummer Paul Cook Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols.

John Kabbaj

Instead of playing the British national anthem God Save The Queen, the Sex Pistols song of the same name was played, much to Kabbaj's disgust.

Maasbree

The punk rock group Sex Pistols performed at Maf Centrum on December 11, 1977 as part of their Dutch Tour.

Marcus Lipton

Later, in response to the Sex Pistols' criticism of the British Royal Family, he argued that "if pop music is going to be used to destroy our established institutions, then it must be destroyed first".

Never Mind the Bombings, Here's Your Six Figures

The EP was expected to face copyright issues for sharing a similar name and cover art to Sex Pistols' 1977 studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

No Future

The title is a reference to the Sex Pistols song "God Save The Queen".

The Damage Manual

It has been said that they originally approached John Lydon (Public Image Ltd, Sex Pistols) for an amicable resurgence (both Atkins and Wobble did notable work in PiL) but he declined the opportunity.

The Filthy Lucre Tour: Live in Japan

The Filthy Lucre Tour: Live in Japan is a Laser Disc and DVD depicting a live concert recorded and originally released in 1996 by the Sex Pistols.

There'll Always Be an England

The punk band The Sex Pistols are also famous for entering on stage to this tune.

Zazen Extasy

#: She covered Sex Pistols's "E.M.I.", but this song wasn’t recorded on this DVD.


Al Gregg

After leaving school at sixteen he played guitar and sang in various punk bands including the Wall, (produced by both Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols and Jimmy Pursey from Sham 69), and appeared in music magazines like Melody Maker, and recorded on the Wall's Day Tripper 12" and EP.

Anal Gestapo

Apart from Turbonegro songs, their live set at times includes covers of Sex Pistols, Demolition 23., The Diamond Dogs, Neurotic Outsiders, and Dead Boys.

Bollock Brothers

Always on the lookout for clever publicity, their 1983 electro version of the Sex Pistols' album Never Mind The Bollocks received critical acclaim and featured Michael Fagan, the man who famously entered the Queen's bedchamber at Buckingham Palace.

Danny Kustow

After the breakup, Kustow found himself in a series of short lived projects, such as Time UK with former drummer from The Jam, Rick Buckler; The Spectres with former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock; and The Planets.

David Rotheray

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.

Ednaswap

Wacko was also described by one reviewer as a "Sex Pistols, Mick Ronson, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix smoothie".

Go Home Productions

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.").

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969

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.

Groovy Times

The 'King of Early Evening ITV' mentioned in the song is confirmed as Bill Grundy, whose career was ruined after his infamous interview with the Sex Pistols and was indeed presenting early evening television on British terrestrial channel ITV.

Hammersmith Palais

The Palais played host to countless artists; among them: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, The Cure, The Police, U2, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Hanoi Rocks and Kylie Minogue.

Jill Furmanovsky

She has photographed many of the biggest names in rock music, including: Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, The Ramones, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Blondie, The Police, The Plea, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Pretenders and Oasis.

Kerem Özyeğen

The group was strongly influenced by bands such as Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine.

Kiss This

Kiss This is a "best of" compilation by the Sex Pistols released in 1992, which features all of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols album tracks, interspersed with singles and B-sides.

Masters of the Backside

The band was managed by future Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who wanted to create a band with the musical sound of The Ramones and the style of former Television member Richard Hell, both of whom he had seen perform at CBGB.

Music genre

But many pieces commonly thought of as 'art' (Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus', many Schubert songs, many Verdi arias) have qualities of simplicity; conversely, it is by no means obvious that the Sex Pistols' records were 'accessible', Frank Zappa's work 'simple', or Billie Holiday's 'facile'.

Oh Bondage Up Yours!

Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex's songwriter as well as lead vocalist, had been motivated to join the punk scene like many others as a result of attending a Sex Pistols concert—her first encounter with the band, when she still went by Marianne Elliot-Said, was in Hastings in early July 1976.

Pankrti

Initially they played covers of established punk bands including the Sex Pistols, The Clash and New York Dolls.

The Quietus

The Quietus has featured exclusive interviews with Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock, The Clash's Mick Jones, The Smiths' Johnny Marr, The The's Matt Johnson, Oasis's Noel Gallagher, New Order's Peter Hook, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, The Killers' Brandon Flowers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Andy McCluskey, and La Roux's Elly Jackson, among others.

The Strap-Ons

(RM) from Maximum Rock N Roll commented on their "absurd lyrics, that are as much shouted as they are sung", which sounds like "a mix of The Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, Heartbreakers and '50s rock and roll.

Theatre of Silence: The Lost Soul of Football

The second edition (released 2011) contains a guest chapter written by former Sex Pistols front man, John Lydon.

Tim Grundy

Grundy was born to a Scottish mother and Bill Grundy, the broadcaster remembered for his expletive-filled interview with the Sex Pistols.

Trouser Press

The magazine provided in-depth articles on bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Boomtown Rats, The Clash, The Damned, the Ramones, Television, and many other similar groups, long before other U.S. music publications did.

Una Baines

She rented a flat in Prestwich, which became a meeting place for the four friends (Baines, Smith, Martin Bramah and Tony Friel) who would go on to form the band, inspired by seeing Sex Pistols play in Manchester.

Young Nation

Its theme music, typical of the time, was a bouncy tune with high-pitched vocals by a female and a male (a clip of this was featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury).