Three Chords and the Truth: The Ramones, the Sex Pistols and the Clash
Ask most punk fans today to name their top ten punk songs and bands and it's likely that the Ramones, Sex Pistols and the Clash will still be there.
08 Jan 2019
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Say It Loud! 100 Great Protest Songs: Part 2 - Steve Reich to the Sex Pistols
PopMatters has scoured the musical spectrum for the best examples of the protest song form, including anthems of great popularity and obscurity alike. Stay tuned all week as we unveil the top 100.
19 Jun 2018
The Sex Pistols and the Beating of an Exceptionally Dead Horse
Sometimes the best thing about a book is its cover.
Magdalen Jenne
Books
03 May 2017
The Rest Is Senseless: A Conversation With Citizen John Lydon
With a new PiL album and an autobiography out, the former Johnny Rotten looks back on his 59 years, calling them "strange" with "a serious learning curve" in his earliest days.
09 Sep 2015
Sex Pistols: Pun(k)s, Pranks, and Provocations
At a time when factions of the punk movement were trying to establish a collective identity, Johnny Rotten maintained an outsider stance while ripping into the darlings of the hip punk set with the same ferocity he applied to the living dinosaurs of establishment rock.
20 Mar 2012
Counterbalance No. 10: 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols'
The Spirit of ’77 abounds as the Sex Pistols round out the Top Ten on the Big List. Mendelsohn and Klinger take a cheap holiday in other people’s misery. Right. Now.
19 Nov 2010
Public Image Limited: 7 May 2010 - The Phoenix
After a 17-year hiatus, Johnny Rotten took the stage to prove that age hasn't softened the punk-rock attitude he became famous for while fronting the Sex Pistols.
Dave MacIntyre
Events
12 May 2010
World's Famous - The Death and Life of Malcolm McLaren
Through a string of genre-hopping musical explorations, he was at best a visionary, at worst a journalist in thrall to the sights and sounds of the streets, whether those found in the Bronx or Johannesburg or Vienna.
08 Apr 2010
The Sex Pistols: There'll Always Be an England
Temple first provides the background out of which the boys and indeed, the whole punk movement emerged, before going on to debunk some of the myths and to substantiate some others.
02 Apr 2009
The Sex Pistols: The Great Rock and Roll Swindle [DVD]
Still, 250 hours of footage, and none of it showed up on this DVD...? Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
Will Harris
Reviews
26 Jul 2005
The Sex Pistols: self-titled
As the Pistols geared up for the release of 'God Save the Queen', scores of youths, scattered around Europe and elsewhere, sensed the imminent revolution: They dismissed David Bowie and Gary Glitter as bourgeois, listened to 'Anarchy in the UK', and as the last act of defiance, wore safety pins on their school uniforms.
Tara Taghizadeh
Music
16 Jul 2002
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