A new Sex Pistols biopic is coming up, but Lydon feels cheated as he wasn’t invited to star
in it. Weird as he voted for the biggest American cheater ever, his beloved ex-president Donald Trump.
Full feature in NME here 1 year ago.
Image on top: cover of his ‘Anger Is An Energy’ biography
7 April 2022
Another new Sex Pistols compilation is coming up.
A 20-track record titled The Original Recordings out on 27 May.
“For the first time in over a decade, 20 of the Sex Pistol’s recordings from 1976 to 1978 are collected together to tell the story of one of the world’s most influential and extraordinary bands. The tracks here cover the entire initial period of the band’s recording career – from Anarchy in The UK, through Never Mind The Bollocks to the post John Lydon Great Rock ‘n’
Roll Swindle soundtrack featuring early demos, cover versions and more. The compilation is completed by some essential B- sides – I Wanna Be Me (the flipside of Anarchy…), ‘Satellite’
(the b-side of ‘Holidays In The Sun’) and Did You No Wrong (from ‘God Save The Queen’).”
Pre-order info here.
The compil is coming out as a companion to Pistol, Danny Boyle’s new
Disney+ series (Disney??) on the Sex Pistols, out 31 May, without the
consent of John ‘Rotten’ Lydon.
Trailer
Three thoughts…
One: Their limited production of songs is already compiled
a million times, the greedy not-punk Pistols money machine
is not satisfied yet.
Two: ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ still is the best punk longplayer ever
in my book, although I can’t listen to it anymore (see point three).
Three: Johnny Rotten (Jonny Forgotten is more appropriate now) has become
the opposite of what he all pretended to be and stand for in the early Pistols days.
His sharp-cutting lyrics back then now sound hollow, crooked, and, uh, rotten.
The moment he realised he could make a living out of his faked personality, he
became a pathetic parody of himself, And even worse, over the years he became a
bitter, moaning right-wing punk old-timer who’s an American citizen for years now
and voted for Donald fucking Trump.
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye Johnny
Good bye Johnny B. Goode
You’re the LIAR, Johnny
Great singles from the past…
26 November 2021
The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial debut single ‘ANARCHY IN THE U.K.‘,
one of the fiercest punk anthems ever, on 26 November 1976, 45 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 Forgotten…
SEX PISTOLS: Facebook
The Sex Pistols bassist and ace tune-smith Glen Matlock
about their late manager Malcolm McLaren…
(Image on top: cover form Matlock’s solo album ‘Good To Go) / Full Matlock feature here
31 August 2020
For most people the last day of August is also the last day of summer, the last day of holidays. That’s the bad news. The good news is that Turn Up The Volume starts his holidays in the sun today at the hot French Riviera. Yeeeahhh! Much sun, much drinks, much delicious food. Prepare yourselves for the last summer live track of 2020.
C’mon you Rotten American…
SEX PISTOLS: Website
French holidays in the sun for Turn Up The Volume!
Knockouts from the past…
26 November 2019
The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial debut single ‘ANARCHY IN THE U.K.‘,
one of the fiercest punk anthems ever, on 26 November 1976, 43 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 criticized 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 Antichrist…
SEX PISTOLS: Facebook
12 November 2019
Despite the controversy around the album’s title, the song’s lyrics and the fact that the
SEX PISTOLS were banned from playing many venues in the UK their debut LP ‘NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS’ – the best punk album ever in my book – the longplayer topped the UK Albums Charts on 12 November 1977, 42 years ago today…
Never mind the critics, here’s the fury…
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SEX PISTOLS: Facebook – Website
The Antichrist has arrived & closed the parliament to chase his fascist Rule Britannia dream
Who’s gonna save the bloody Queen then?…
C’mon, get up lazy rich bastards and play that funky music, white boys…
Weekly series of five rolling ripsnorters to go completely bananas to this summer…
This week we unleash five classic punk sledgehammers to bang your head to…
1. ‘No Fun’ by The Stooges
(Self-titled debut LP – 1969)
2. ‘New Rose’ by THE DAMNED
(Album: Damned Damned Damned – 1977)
3. ‘Bodies’ by SEX PISTOLS
(Album: Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols – 1977)
4. ‘Janie Jones’ by THE CLASH
(From self-titled Debut LP – 1977)
5. ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ by RAMONES
(From self-titled debut LP – 1976)
All 40 Summer Bangers so far
collected here on Spotify…
See/hear you next week, music junkies…