Sex Pistols

God Save Punk Icons GENERATION SEX = GENERATION X + SEX PISTOLS

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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.

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Video For ‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’ By SEX PISTOLS – The Controversial Uppercut Came Out This Day In 1977

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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

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ROLLING STONE MAG Names Horrible Albums By 50 Great Artists (Turn Up The Volume Names 5)

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America’s legendary music magazine ROLLING STONE revealed their list of
50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists featuring artists/bands
such as The Clash, Kiss, Kanye West, R.E.M., Metallica and Neil Young.

FULL LIST HERE.

It inspired Turn Up the Volume to come up,
just from the top of the head with 5 awful ones.

Here we go.

1. ‘Human After All’ by DAFT PUNK (2005)

I never was a DP fan. Their cheap 80s disco retro resonance, their
stupidly distorted voices, no thank you. And this one was their worst.

Stream/don’t stream

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2. The Great Rock And Roll Swindle by SEX PISTOLS

The Sex Pistols only made one album ‘Never Mind the Bollocks‘. Still the best punk rock LP
in my book. But this money-grabbing collection presented as the soundtrack to an awful (never-finished) movie was the late manager Malcolm Mclaren‘s pure cash-in act. Of course, anybody knew it, he in the first place (thumbs up for the title), but talking about flogging a dead horse.

Stream/don’t stream

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3. ‘Metal Music Machine’ by LOU REED (1975)

No surprise but I like the idea: a big-fuck-you music industry record. I like the artwork.
I like Lou Reed a lot (actually one of my all-time fav artists) and I actually like the guts
of the person who gave his fiat to release this horrible noise LP.

Stream/don’t stream

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4. The Car by ARCTIC MONKEYS (2022)

AM (read Alex Turner) evolved from inventive indie pop-punk revelation
to a lousy version of crooner bands like The National and the Bad Seeds.
A reeaallyy boring album.

5. The Weirdness by THE STOOGES (2007)

Why bad? It was such a disappointment (after having high expectations) when
I first heard it. It was a quick and cheap way to promote the reunion of one of the best
proto-punk bands ever. Take the money and run. As much as I love Iggy Pop, this was a (rare) low (mind you, still better than everything Blink-1982 and similar fake punk bands ever produced).

Stream/don’t stream

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7-Inch History – The Anti-Christ And The SEX PISTOLS This Day In 1976

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Great 7″ singles from the past…

26 November 2022

The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial debut single ‘ANARCHY IN THE U.K.‘,
one of the fiercest punk anthems ever, on 26 November 1976, 46 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.”

Here’s the American has been-antichrist and Trump voter Johnny Bloody Rotten.

Oh I am an anti-Christ
And I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy your passion boy
‘Cause I, I want to be, anarchy
In this fuckin’ city

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Belgian Travel Agency Sued SEX PISTOLS 45 Years Ago

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Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl

On 14 October 1977 – 45 years ago – the SEX PISTOLS released their fourth single HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN. A couple of weeks later, on 29 October a Belgian travel service took legal action against the band claiming the single’s sleeve infringed the copyright of one of its brochures.

The single’s front sleeve…

The Belgian travel brochure in question…

Never mind the bollocks here’s Johnny & Co…

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For Your Eyes… The PISTOL Video Trailer

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Impressive videos from past and present

PISTOL is a biographical drama miniseries. The six-part series follows Sex Pistols
guitarist Steve Jones and the band’s rise to prominence and notoriety. It just started streaming on Disney+.

NME says: “This is a high-energy and creatively pieced-together look back on
how punk rock, with Sex Pistols at the vanguard, swept the UK and beyond.”

Here’s the video trailer…

Steve Jones‘ Lonely Boy bio book was
the basic inspiration for the series.

SEX PISTOLS Saved The Queen Again 45 Years After The Single’s First Release

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Top singles from the past

5 June 2022

To celebrate Queen Elizabeth‘s 70 years in power millions of Brits went
ballistic this weekend during the massive Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
festivities for the imperishable folklore celebrity.

Last Friday, Virgin Records re-released the Sex Pistols‘ fierce anthem
God Save The Queen. The day after (4 June) it topped the UK Singles
Charts exactly 45 years after it was denied the numero uno spot by
the BBC morons on its first release.

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

No Future For Brexit – ‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’ By SEX PISTOLS Released 45 Years Ago And Relevant Again

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Top singles from the past…

27 May 2022

Band: Sex Pistols
Active: 1975 – 1978
(Reunions in 1996, 2002 – 2003, 2007 –2008)

Single: God Save The Queen
B-side: Did You No Wrong
Released: 27 May 1977 – 45 years ago today

Score: #2 in the UK, with rumors that the BBC
intervened in order to avoid that the single went to #1
Album: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Original clip…

Live in London 30 years later (2007)…

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