We're the Sex Pistols and that's something to be celebrated I think." While the Sex Pistols lacked Sid Vicious, they now have the dynamic that made them famous.
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While their only album The Vicious White Kids wasn't released until 1991, the cover of " My Way" is an excellent punk staple. Other appearances include Rich Kids, mostly known for their single " Ghosts of Princes in Towers", Iggy Pop's 1980 album Soldier, and The Damned's Not of This Earth in 1995 for " Tailspin" and " Never Could Believe." Beyond that he has toured with a large number of other punk and post-punk acts, managing to make a living as a spare bassist. His biggest act since leaving the Sex Pistols has been occasional Sex Pistols reunion concerts, as he explained to The Guardian that "John, Steve, Paul and myself have got something in common that no other four people in the world have. The most notable work he has done since is almost certainly being the bassist for his replacement's later band Vicious White Kids, in which Sid Vicious proved himself as a very capable front man. That divergence in what the band should aspired to be can be seen in Matlock's annoyance with Johnny Rotten for turning down the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as given in an interview with Post Gazette: "I think it was a unilateral decision by Johnny Rotten and I don't agree with it." Steve Jones merely said "I appreciate it but I couldn't care less" about the honor. Paul wasn’t too happy about it and ended up landing one on Sid, who finished the evening in the casualty department of the local hospital. When responding to a question from Rhino about whether it was Malcolm McClaren, the Pistols' manager, who fired Matlock, Steve Jones confessed that it was a group decision: "He was a good writer but he didn't look like a Sex Pistol and he was always washing his feet." The official telegram, as remembered by the BBC, said "Yes Glen Matlock was thrown out of the Sex Pistols so I'm told because he went on too long about Paul McCartney STOP" Apparently, Sid Vicious approached Paul Weller at the Speakeasy Club one night, shortly after its release, and was taking the piss about having nicked one of his songs.
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Matlock had already left the band.Īs far as a reason for his dismissal has actually emerged, it seems that he left for the same reasons why Sid Vicious joined: his look and what he thought the band should be. Vicious died in 1979 at age 21.While most fans of the Sex Pistols know that Sid Vicious replaced Glen Matlock as the bassist, few know, however that almost all the bass parts on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - with the exception of " Anarchy in the UK" - were not played by Matlock, but by Steve Jones, the band's guitarist.
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Rotten, whose real name is John Lydon, has slammed the series as “disrespectful” and is refusing to grant permission for the songs to be included.Įdmund Cullen, a lawyer for Jones and Cook, told a judge at the High Court in London on Thursday that the former bandmates have a “brittle and fractious” relationship.Ĭullen argued that under the terms of a 1998 band agreement, decisions regarding licensing requests could be determined on a “majority rules basis.” Lydon, however, contends that licenses to use the music can’t be granted without his consent.Ĭullen said both the band’s original bassist, Glen Matlock, and the estate of Matlock’s replacement, Sid Vicious, supported the position of Cook and Jones. Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook want the songs to appear in “Pistol,” a television series based on a memoir by Jones.
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LONDON – Two former members of the Sex Pistols are suing singer Johnny Rotten for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series about the anarchic punk rock icons.