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Johnny rotten pistol6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Speaking to Metro about his time in the band in September 2021, Lydon said: "I don't know that there was much glory. Throw in some pretty meaty egos and it was only a matter of time before things imploded. To onlookers, they were fighting the oppressive regime they raged about in their songs, but in reality, the Sex Pistols were mainly just fighting each other.ĭespite their colossal legacy, the Sex Pistols lasted for one album and less than three years together, with group in-fighting exacerbated by their manager Malcolm McLaren. John 'Johnny Rotten' Lydon, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock (and later Sid Vicious, aka John Ritchie) became musical game-changers, proving that anyone could be a successful band, even if you weren't the best musicians – as long as the message was there for people to relate to. With fashion icon Vivienne Westwood aiding them with their style, soon teens across the country started ripping up and defacing their T-shirts, developing a penchant for putting safety pins in everything they could get a safety pin through. So it seems almost a miracle that it took this long for Disney+/FX's Pistolto materialise.īold, brash and with a don't-give-a-f**k attitude, the band teased the potential of a working-class uprising as they performed 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'God Save The Queen' down the River Thames and outside the Houses of Parliament. ![]() In the late 1970s, nothing symbolised rebellion and anarchy more than the Sex Pistols. ![]()
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