The
Sex Pistols
Never
Mind the Bollocks
Virgin
Released
28th October 1977
Written for RAMzine
Sex Pistols – London
Producers: Chris Thomas, Bill Price
Compilations and soundtracks
Spunk -
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle - Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols - Flogging
a Dead Horse - Kiss This the Filth and the Fury – Jubilee - Sex Pistols (box
set) Agents of Anarchy - Silver Jubilee
Live albums
Anarchy
in the U.K: Live at the 76 Club - Filthy Lucre Live Live at Winterland 1978 -
Raw and Live - Live & Filthy – Raw
Singles
"Anarchy
in the U.K." "God Save the Queen" "Pretty Vacant"
"Holidays in the Sun" "No One Is Innocent"/"My
Way" "Something Else" "Silly Thing" "C'mon
Everybody" "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" "(I'm Not
Your) Steppin' Stone" "Who Killed Bambi?" "Pretty
Vacant" (live)
Other notable songs
"Belsen
Was a Gas" "Bodies"
Films
The
Punk Rock Movie - D.O.A. - A Rite of Passage - The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle -
The Filth and the Fury - There'll Always Be an England
Genre: Punk Rock
Biography:
“Formed
in London in 1975 amid the chaos that was the Sex Pistols, it’s often
overlooked just what a great band they are, and what great records they made. The
Sex Pistols are no ordinary band; their story is long and complicated,
and not without its casualties. Without them popular culture in the last 30+
years would be very, very different. The Pistols didn’t just kick down doors;
they kicked them off the wall. For a band who (really) only released one album
and four singles, they spawned a sea of imitators; and still do to this day.
Not bad for a band that supposedly couldn’t play. Yeah right! The
Sex Pistols could certainly play; one listen to their ferocious slab of
raw rock and roll will soon tell you that!”
~~~~~~~~~~
At
the tender age of 13 and just in my prime there materialised The
Sex Pistols, a crazed punk band whom nearly every school child wanted
to aspire to and I was no different! I loved the fact they said and did what
they wanted and wore extremely outrageous clothes. Their songs scorned society
and brought out the anarchy that was inside each and every teenager at the
time.
I
first saw them on TV and was astounded at their crass behaviour as did a lot of
teens at the time. Parents all over were reprimanding their wayward teens for
trying to mimic the band which only added fuel to the fire!
The
outlandish spikes and torn clothing were part of what everyone wanted to wear
and difficult when school uniform was what you were told to wear, but
underneath our uniforms were Sex Pistol T Shirts and obscure
jewellery that went unnoticed even by the most eagle-eyed teacher.
So
the scene is set and pogoing became the new rage to sounds like Anarchy
in the UK and God Save the Queen with teens
running riot and wearing safety pins in their ears – I wasn’t quite so lucky
with the safety pins in my ears, (over protective Parents) however, I was
getting good at back combing my hair and learning all the words, plus I hated Royalty
even at an early age!
The
only ‘problem’ pogoing in the bedroom was the stylus jumping on vinyl as it was
back then, to combat this we used to pogo furthest from the player in order not
to scratch the record!
It
didn’t matter that Rotten/Lydon sang out of key, it all added to the slur that
the Sex
Pistols produced, plus it gave us a chance to swear a lot and be part
of a new trend!
Of
course the Sex Pistols were not without their casualties and one was the
unfortunate demise of the legendary Sid Vicious (who replaced Glen Matlock in
77 due to drug use) who then met girlfriend Nancy Spungen which culminated in
her being stabbed in a New York Hotel and Vicious being arrested on suspicion
of her murder.
Vicious
died as a result of his mother supplying him with Heroin on which he later
overdosed on in his sleep.
So
Anarchy prevailed under the guise of the infamous Sex Pistols, assault,
drug use and even murder!
10/10
Track List:
Holidays
in the Sun
Bodies
No
Feelings
Liar
Problem
God
Save the Queen
Seventeen
Anarchy
in the UK
Sub-Mission
Pretty
Vacant
New
York
EMI
Members:
Johnny
Rotten – Lead Vocals
Steve
Jones – Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sid Vicious
– Bass Guitar on “Bodies”
Glen
Matlock – Bass Guitar on "Anarchy in the UK"
Paul
Cook – Drums
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