25 November 2024
God save Glenn.
Matlock played on the new Blondie album, out in 2025, promotes his newest solo LP on the road and reunited with his sex pistols pals, guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook to do some gigs with Frank Carter as the legendary punk band’s frontman.
Full Glenn Matlock interview here.
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
GS: Facebook
All photos by Turn Up The Volume
One summer festival track a day keeps the doctor away
26 June 2023
Back in 2018, it looked like former 70s Generation X punk icons Billy Idol and bassist Tony James (also Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the Sisters of Mercy) and Sex Pistols legends, drummer Paul Cook and brill-riff guitarist Steve Jones had nothing to do, were bored
and phoned each other to kick out the jams together.
Enter GENERATION SEX. They played a string of gigs, mixing Gen X and
Pistols classics and then returned to their bat caves to get bored again.
But you can’t keep lifetime punk junkies like these bandidos too long away from a stage. GS got together again this year, already played some festivals the past few months and will continue to do the same this summer.
Last weekend they took the stage at Glastonbury Festival.
Yes, they’re older and don’t look like James Dean anymore. So what? They’re still younger than The Stones, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan. And since when is age the touchstone for playing fucking great music. 65-year-old stars can suck, but 18-year-old snotty-nosed indies can suck too. 18-year old snotty-nosed indies can rock your balls off, so can (some) 65-year-old stars too.
So what about these old cowboys? They’re BIG FUN. And watch/hear how Cook hammers his drums, Jones still comes up with anarchist riffs as he did his whole pistol life and rebel yeller Billy Idol still screams his lungs out. Bye, bye Johnny Forgotten.
GOD SAVE GENERATION SEX.
I’ll be there.
GENERATION SEX: Facebook – Instagram
For your punk eyes
27 May 2023
The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial sucker-punch GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
46 years ago today, on 27 May 1977. Despite it sold enough copies to reach the top
spot on the UK Singles Charts the BBC‘s conservative bosses refused to play the song.
Given the fact that Queen Elizabeth passed away last September
this classic punk anthem shines another light on its content.
God save the Queen
A fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb
God save the Queen
She ain’t no human being
There is no future
In England’s dreaming
SEX PISTOLS: Bio – Discography