23 February 2025
Our Trump fanatic really goes off the rails here with a kind of
conspiracy theory à la MAGA about the new Sex Pistols reunion.
Full Johnny Forgotten feature here.
(Image on top: Cover of his biography)
31 January 2025
Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock, Frank Carter and Paul Cook
Never mind the bollocks, here’s Frank.
Original SEX PISTOLS Paul Cook (drummer), Glen Matlock (bassist) and Steve
Jones (guitarist) played a gig to raise funds for London’s historical, small Bush Hall
venue in Shepherd’s Bush (where Jones and Cook grew up) last year. They recruited
fab loudmouth Frank Carter of Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes.
Several other gigs followed quickly and this year they’ll perform
at the yearly musical event for Teenage Cancer Trust in the historic
Royal Albert Hall in London.
GOD SAVE FRANK
Full NME interview with Steve Jones here.
The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial debut single ANARCHY IN THE U.K.,
one of the fiercest punk anthems ever, on 26 November 1976, 48 years ago today.
It was originally issued in a plain black sleeve and peaked at #38 on the UK Singles
Chart, although it was either ignored or negatively received by the music press.
Their label EMI dropped the band a few months later, in January 1977.
Their manager at the time, the late Malcolm McLaren said the song was
“a call to arms to the kids who believe that rock and roll was taken away from
them. It’s a statement of self rule, of ultimate independence.”
In a new NME interview with Glenn Matlock (68 now), the former pistols’ bassist
said about the politically far-right turned Johnny Forgotten Rotten: “He wrote some
great lyrics, but did he really mean ‘em? Ah, that’s the thing. I never found him that
sincere.”
ANARCHY IN THE U.K.
Pistols: Story
Back in time
28 October 2024
Band: SEX PISTOLS
1975-1978
Album: NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS
Released on 28 October 1977, this day 47 years ago
Simply the best punk rock album ever in my book. All killers, no fillers.
Mean Molotov cocktails, thanks to Glenn Matlock‘s titanic tunes, fueled
by Steve Jones‘ awesome riffs, Paul Cook‘s hammering power and last but
not least, the maddening man in the middle, Johnny Rotten.
Without his unique, piercing sneers, biting lyrics, viciously staring eyes,
and his charismatic appearance, the Pistols would have been a far less
memorable animal. I just loved his guts, his performance, and his early
angry young man visions.
Unfortunately Johnny Forgotten turned into a conscious parody of himself
with a pathetic ‘the whole world is against me’ attitude throughout his whole
career and a fan of moron Donald Trump fan.
KEY SINGLE
ALBUM
23 August 2024
Press photo
Original SEX PISTOLS, Paul Cook (drummer), Glen Matlock (bassist) and Steve
Jones (guitarist) played their one and only album Never Mind The Bollocks
(still the best punk LP in my book), in its entirety at a fundraiser for London’s
historical, small Bush Hall venue in Shepherd’s Bush last week. It was a blast.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
And due to popular demand, they announced a handful of gigs in September in the UK.
BODIES
12 June 2024
Original SEX PISTOLS, Paul Cook (drummer), Glen Matlock (bassist) and Steve
Jones (guitarist) will perform their one and only album Never Mind The Bollocks
(still the best-ever punk LP in my book), in its entirety at a fundraiser for London’s
historical, small Bush Hall venue in Shepherd’s Bush on August 13 and 14.
As they distanced themselves and vice versa of former voice/face Johnny Forgotten Rotten who became a far-right thinking idiot, who is a fanatic fan of would-be dictator Donald Trump Duck and who recently wore a t-shirt with ‘0% LIBERAL’ on it will not front them (it would be hypocrite and pathetic if he still would sing a Sex Pistol track, any
one of them).
Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock, Frank Carter and Paul Cook Promo photo
Sharp-cutting vox Frank Carter (from FC & The Rattlesnakes who released
one of the best albums of 2024 with Dark Rainbow) will replace him.
Cook: “We’re going to be playing Pistols numbers cause they need support and they need the money. We thought it would be a great way to stop it going under. This is my local venue. I grew up in Shepherd’s Bush and I still live round here. It would be a real shame to see it disappear and we want to keep it going. So everyone get down to the gig!”
Jones: “If it all goes wrong. It’s Paul’s fucking fault.”
Glen Matlock: “Smaller music venues are the lifeblood of new music. It’s in these intimate spaces where the spirit of live music truly comes alive so we need to keep them going.”
Carter: “When the Sex Pistols call, you answer. I’m very excited to be a part of it.”
Bye bye, Johnny,
bye bye, Johnny B. bad.
Pistols: Instagram
11 November 2023
Steely Dan? Seriously, Steve?
8 September 2023
When touring with the Sex Pistols in 2008. Getting rich slowly, but surely…
(Image: cover of his ‘Fantastic Drums/Bass album)
Promotion/advertising from the past
The SEX PISTOLS released their one and only LP Never Mind the Bollocks,
Here’s the Sex Pistols in December 1977. Still the best punk record ever to
my punk ears.
In Japan the album was promoted in magazines
with the ad below. Talking about lost in translation.
Anarchy in Japan.
Pistols: Story
2 July 2023
GENERATION SEX? Take two Generation X (1976-1981) punks, Billy Idol (vocals) and Tony James (bass). Add two sex pistols (1975-1978 and several reunions), Steve Jones (guitar) and Paul Cook and you have a punk supergroup.
The veterans got together for the first time in 2018, playing a series of gigs and went back home afterward. But these are music junkies, so this year they returned for another series of gigs (festivals and indoors). One of them was in Utrecht, The Netherlands, last Tuesday.
I travelled to our neighbours to sniff some of the good old punk nostalgia.
And? It was big fun, no more, no less. They sounded as a cover band of their own respectively classics, that came to rock out, nothing more, nothing less and to invite
us to go bananas to all the golden oldies they cranked-up (setlist below) what we all
did of course.
Billy Idol‘s presence was a bit of a letdown. Instead of flaming up the crowd, he stood there most of the time as a shy boy despite the fact that he was a natural-born frontman all his life. On the other hand we had riff maniac Steve Jones who produced enough electricity to get us all loaded for the full show. Lots of dancing by ourselves.
Glastonbury last weekend
PICTURE THIS
“So what’s up, Billy?”
Tony and Billy, old mates
Riffin’ Steve
“So that’s how you play guitar”
Anarchy in The Netherlands
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All photos by Turn Up The Volume