Glen Matlock on the 1996 Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre Reunion

[@chrisgoodson9312]

I remember this but what really blows my mind is the re union is now further away in years than the original band was when they re united!

[@judgenutmeg1977]

That really puts things into perspective. I witnessed them on this tour, Finsbury Park in 1996. I was 19. I'm 44 years old now. Jesus. Fucking grey hair too! 🤣🍻

[@killboy010]

@@judgenutmeg1977 you are very lucky also

[@twistedspanner]

Don't say that. I already feel like a geriatric. And I'm only 54. My best years are behind me. I remember Rotten saying " Fat 40 and back." They seemed really old. I remember my bird saying " Wow Glen looks good for his age" for fuck sakes 😭

[@twistedspanner]

@@judgenutmeg1977 ha ha. I'm only starting to get grey hair but wait till you pass 50. All sort of shit starts to go wrong. Your eyesight. I had perfect vision till I was 50. Stiff joints. Bad back. Heart attacks. Fuck me there's a whole lotta shit in store for us and it all bad 😂

[@Hugh_Bleffner]

Matlock seems like a genuinely nice guy, honest and down to earth. Quite the opposite of a certain singer who happens to be a self absorbed narcissist that picks fights with almost everyone he encounters

[@thewkovacs316]

glenn is a nice guy. it's what allowed both malcolm and lydon to pick on him. he didnt deserve it. he just wanted to make music. and pretty vacant is a brilliant song

[@colinmoore5991]

When you see John with real people and not journalists, he's a completely different person. Glen and John were always my favorites.

[@fabiopunk1661]

I was there. I came from Amsterdam by train with my girlfriend - I had just met her a few months before. We came back on Monday, arrived early in the morning and went straight to work. We got married. We are still married. I play the Sex Pistols almost every day, it helps me to bear what's wrong with this world. Peace.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

I remember seeing the Sex Pistols at Manchester's MEN Arena in 2007, there was no support band, the Pistols played their "Never Mind the Bollocks" album all the way through. It was a great night and I enjoyed seeing these legends performing live.

[@richardsaunders520]

Finsbury Park 96, I was there. 15 years old and my first gig. Amazing show

[@nuke97]

The 96 tour was fucking epic!!

[@jimbeans2466]

They all hate Lydon but he's the only reason they're famous.

[@rabfallon4507]

Is that Lyndon the old USA president

[@jimbeans2466]

@@rabfallon4507 no, that's Lyndon the typo.

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

That’s such a stupid statement. First of all, Steve and Matlock wrote all the music, not John. Secondly, as with all great bands, the layman’s notion that somehow only one or a few members matter while the rest are replaceable is totally false. A great band like Sex Pistols, Jane’s Addiction, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, and so on (as opposed to mediocre bands like nameless backing groups or KISS) is a lot like a food recipe. Take a chocolate sundae: vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts, cheery. You don’t say, fudge is the reason why sundaes taste good the other ingredients don’t even matter it’s the most important ingredient and the sundae wouldn’t be famous without the fudge. You are missing the point. An individual ingredient is not what makes the sundae so great, it’s the COMBINATION OF THE INGREDIENTS that is the point of the sundae. Changing any of the ingredients is a different kind of dessert and in most cases an inferior one. Instead of nuts, the cashier informs you it’s onions and being low on vanilla ice cream they are using the weird vegan vanilla. Don’t worry it still has the chocolate sauce which is all that matters anyway! The only reason Sex Pistols were famous was because of Lydon, Steve, Paul, Matlock, and Malcolm. They were a fantastic rock band with magic chemistry that recorded a great album. Not just the music, but they had an image courtesy of Malcolm’s shop. Without the music or without the clothes their impact wouldn’t of been a fraction of what it was. If it was all Lydon, why didn’t he at least equal or surpass the success of the Sex Pistols with his solo career and other bands? Why did he generally struggle so much to get a hit on the radio and release platinum albums?

[@1984isnotamanual]

I know but John can be over the top

[@willtupholme378]

No he isn't

[@alwaysright3718]

Saw it in Sydney and is still one of the best concerts I've ever seen/heard and I've seen 105 of the best bands in the world...

[@Chris-js6oz]

I was there in California, BABY!!! So fun to be able to see them live after wearing out Bollocks for 15 years. Also reading everything published, buying posters and wearing every t-shirt. lol I even sang Anarchy on stage at the Whiskey A Go Go when I was walking by one afternoon in 2003. The sound guy was so gracious letting me up on stage. Don't no what band was going to play, but my wife at the time got a kick out of it.

[@highjinxwillie62]

Really one of best and important bands of all time. I was in 🇬🇧 in 77 and I was a kid and scared of them. But couldn’t get enough of them.

[@heathcornbeef]

I'd add THE CLASH / STIFF LITTLE FINGERS AND THE MIGHTY MIGHTY RAMONE'S

[@bouzoukiman5000]

I'm younger than you so i found them in 86/87 and the older punks told me the sp's were fake and made by Malcolm McLaren. So a lot of people were dismissing them as the posers they are.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@bouzoukiman5000 John lydon is a poser and a complete waste of oxygen ..check out Johnny rotten vs Marky Ramone 2019 it will show you what a DICKHEAD he really is

[@highjinxwillie62]

@@bouzoukiman5000 fake news

[@highjinxwillie62]

@@bouzoukiman5000 watch the filth and the furry. It’s sets out all the facts. The real posers were the clash.

[@Mraquanetchris]

" We'll finish the tour and get paid " - Steve Jones LOL!

[@theselector4733]

Yep......that's the way it usually works in the Rock n Roll game.

[@FretFriendGWaL]

"A bus for the guys that play things and another bus for the guys that don't. You work it out." CLASS! Love the band, hate Lydon's ego!!! The man became a parody of himself unfortunately...

[@scsidrum]

Was a great opportunity for those that never got to see them in their hay day. I was grateful to have been there in Finsbury Park that day. We even crashed on the M4 en route but the car was the only thing dented that day. I was gigging with my wedding/covers band last year and Glen was there. The 1996 tour was exactly what it said on the tin, but it was a pleasure. You’re never too old and Glen demonstrates to this day why music and performing has no rules or bounds.

[@mikejandrews]

I went to that show, too. I was only 15 and was a great day. That day was my intro to Iggy Pop... great music, but I wasn't quite prepared for his see through trousers. :D

[@ianwhitehead691]

Iggy Pop is an old hippie 🤬💩

[@williambroadstreet3353]

Dream come true = went to see them in Canberra. Had just started working in my first job as a Graduate with the Department of Defence. What still strikes me was another gem that I had also wanted to see and that was Steve with his famous "SLAG" guitar strap. That sparkling blue Les Paul he had for that tour and has since sold to a good mate was sublime. Criminally some one stole his original creme cheesecake LP some time later and if you ever see him live using one it is another guitar Gibson's made for him. The band was so tight for this tour. Focused...well in a typical show man style unorganised chaotic way - but this iconic legendary band was just sublime. Always regret not taking pics.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@ralphthewonderllama5229]

Hilarious that for all Lydon's self-curated image of eloquence and quotability, it's Matlock and Jones who talk the most sense.

[@drea4195]

Glen's looking amazing here. Just read his book. Quite an eye opener for a Sex Pistols fan who is used to hearing only John Lydon's side of things. I also recommend Viv Albertine's memoirs, she knew them of course and her take on them is interesting.

[@punkoid76]

Jones’ book is really good too.

[@davidmarshall5665]

I saw them at the Phoenix festival in 1996 and they were fucking amazing.

[@tombelanovic7686]

Long story short: They should have kept Matlock and recorded a few more albums. They DID have it in them! But WITH Glen, NOT without him!!

[@mattiemclean9882]

would not have been the legendary band they are tho....

[@marguskiis7711]

With Matlock they would have stay intact like The Clash but it would have been less dramatic and boring. No Sid.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@marguskiis7711 and look what the Clash turned out like?...na the pistols were great and I'm glad they only had the one album.....even though I didn't see them when they reformed I'm glad they finally made some money as well considering all the useless punk bands that came after them ended up millionaires why shouldn't they?

[@GustavoJacob]

Well, Johnny might be annoying AF but he's the greatest at what he does, unique, paradoxical and INTERESTING.

[@PatrickBaele]

But what a band. Hating each other and being so great

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

I saw them in Melbourne in 96 on this tour . I loved it

[@miraeja]

wow glen looks suave, stylish and debonair. imo nothing worse than an aging punk or goth who still dresses like they did when 17

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@C.SchitzPopinov]

What a great performance to witness. A dream come true for me and a couple of others I was with.

[@chuckselvage3157]

They should never have kicked Matlock out in the first place Sid had more charisma but he was a mess.

[@bent2]

Well, John admitted later that bringing Sid into the band was a bad move. Especially because his drugs addiction skyrocketed afterwards. He felt guilt because Sid more or less killed himself with drugs. Glen was right that they turned into a cartoon band after he was ejected. It wasn't about the music anymore but all about the circus around them.

[@krezempl]

I dont consider Sid as member at all, he was just funny little poor kid, thats all.

[@chuckselvage3157]

@@krezempl Didn't help that his mother was a drug addict on welfare it was good that he had a friend like John though.

[@iamthewalruscuckookachoo1372]

Bollocks. Absolute and utter dog shit mate. Glenn wrote alot of there hits and taught the band how to play properly. Sid was a junkie that had a certain look. He couldn't play a fucking note. He was a freak show. Him and his mess of a girlfriend.

[@Jipwell]

I thinkbSid was always more of a frontman/singer too

[@keijotoivonen3988]

Glen Matlock is orginal Bass Man!

[@fuzmaginty5822]

sid was just an image

[@keijotoivonen3988]

Yes?!

[@BillyJr68]

I saw that tour and am glad I did. It was great.

[@thevelointhevale1132]

The thing that makes Lydon great as a front man is the thing that makes him unbearable as a human being you'd want to go on tour with.

[@heathcornbeef]

Too true just about every front Man/woman I've known are pretty full of themselves suppose you have to be to get up there in front of real musician's and crank out some lyrics

[@andrewwebster2598]

Glenn looking like Grandad from Only Fools and Horses more and more Joking aside, good to see he is still about & playing

[@bobmarlowe3390]

I saw them in Fairfax, VA in '96. The show was a blast!

[@Sebmpg]

All I know is that this guy certainly has clean feet.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Always washin' 'em in the sink, 'e was.

[@katoness]

As Steve Jones later said, Lydon is always "ON", that must get fucking irritating on tour.

[@clyder-mandj1850]

"ON" what? Don't get what you mean?

[@katoness]

@@clyder-mandj1850 "ON" meaning he never changes the persona of Rotten, when the mainstream are about.

[@ernestoribeiro2226]

@@katoness "I love John, BUT I can't stay with him in the same room."

[@greva2904]

It means Lyndon never shuts up and never stops mouthing off trying to wind everyone else up.

[@JackOwens]

Similar to David Lee Roth.

[@paulbanner9612]

Met Glen some years ago ....GREAT BLOKE 👍👍😎

[@regdwight235]

I don’t get all the criticism The 1996 reunion in my mind was one of the few valid reunions as it gave the chance for many to see a band that they weren’t able . Yes Lydon is difficult but you wouldn’t want it any other way . Of course Sex Pistols personal politics would be combustible that energy is what made them so potent in the first place . They not exactly going to be sitting there knitting together all harmonious . One of the GREAT English bands Legends

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@markeggins890]

Plus this time they got paid more fairly I think...

[@gordonwaite4571]

Great show. Super high energy. Lydon was a force of nature. Amazing to see the original group all together. And.no Sid, thank God.

[@ianwhitehead691]

SID ⛓️ VICIOUS 🔒 R.I.P 🔗

[@ustheserfs]

Sounded better this go around than they ever did in the 70s. But thank goodness they arrived when they did. They gave music another twenty years of life.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@tesIa.Iives.on.24]

Saw the gig in Stockholm. It was AWESOME!! The rock and punk was true.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

saw them on this tour here in NYC. Their set was almost a carbon cop of the record.

[@llanelli14]

Saw them in central Japan in 96 one year after seeing the Ramones in the same venue. I should have added Radiohead in 98 but 30cm of snow meant we only got half way to the same venue.

[@realsinisterminister]

Meaning that missing the Radiohead show was meant to be.......just be depressed at home instead of at a gig with heaps of other dopes

[@leedsboy64]

Saw them in 96 and 2007 and they were brilliant both times Lydon used to be a hero of mine but not any more I have more respect for the other 3 these days Well done to Steve and Paul on there recent venture

[@richardharrison1910]

Well said! That's growth for ya.

[@Muirton66]

@@Mrpublicimagelimited Totally agree, unfortunately John's narcissistic behaviour has become boring now, I used to hang on to his every word but those days are long gone, the othere three members have aged with dignity and unlike John they are not stuck in some 1970's time warp.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

saw then here in NYC. So glad Glen was with them. The bloke can play!

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@Mr.Monster1313]

Saw them in LA that year..great show..

[@andrewgraham5527]

Saw this tour in Glasgow it was fantastic

[@twistedspanner]

I finally got to see them at the Phoenix festival in 1996. I woke up that morning and was determined to make it all the way from Caernarfon North Wales to Stratford Upon Avon. A long long way. Me and my girlfriend at the time went to every taxi driver at the taxi rank and asked them to take us there. They all refused except for one bored guy who used to be station in the military there years earlier. He drove us all the way down there for just £80. When we got there we went into a local pub and got two free wristbands from the landlord and landlady and we got in for free. I had a bag full of speed and we saw the Sex Pistols. The band that changed my life. It was fantastic. Steve Jones said the Phoenix gig was the best gig they ever did. I think back and wonder how the fuck we managed to pull it off. Where there's a will there's a way. Now I'm a lazy couch potato. 😁

[@margateswede]

I was there too. It was bloody excellent

[@twistedspanner]

@@margateswede where were you? I was right next to those massive pair of Y front underpants on poles 😆 I turned around and saw a guy from my home town there. Strangely I saw him a week or two ago at table table for the first time in many years. He said hi and I said hi back but I didn't recognize him until I later saw him walk out. 😁

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I was at Finsbury Park in '96!.

[@twistedspanner]

No band of brothers from day one. When the establishment hated them. They should have been closer than ever but they hated each other. (Except for Cook and Jones). But that friction is what made them great. So different but not destined to last.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Cuz they were a fake boy band. A toy for malcolm mcclaren

[@twistedspanner]

@@bouzoukiman5000 are you Jonathan King?

[@punkoid76]

@@bouzoukiman5000 not another one, that bullshit played out decades ago.

[@thewkovacs316]

love that lydon went out of his way to look like sideshow bob

[@aaronjschaefer]

I was lucky to see this tour in Memphis, TN. Stabbing Westward opened...

[@danpretzer9944]

Saw them in houston. Yeah stabbing westward and gravity kills opened. God those bands were terrible ...

[@mauricioochoa4179]

The Sex Pistols pushed their main song writer and best musician, Glen Matlock, out of the band back in 1977. Yep, that’s the punk spirit! Lol

[@electricleg207]

Glad I'm not the only person who thinks that. They became cartoon with Viscious.

[@tombelanovic7686]

Precisely correct, exactly right. Glen would have made them or at least helped them write AT LEAST another album. Shame that, really.

[@mauricioochoa4179]

@@tombelanovic7686 The biggest shame was that he didn’t get to play on the album sans Anarchy. I think Glen is bitter to this day about that

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@retrogamer434]

If you watch interviews with Steve he says rotten wrote 99% of the songs. Glen and Steve did the riffs equally. Rotten is a one off and without his attitude and personality there would never be sex pistols. fast forward no curt or grunge for that matter

[@ianwhitehead691]

So them in 2007, Manchester, seen P.i.L a dozen times and The Professionals met John Lydon on his book signing tour. They are the Greatest 🇬🇧🧷🎸🎤✌🏻🔗🔒⛓️😁♥️

[@southcountydave]

I was there at the Hollywood Palladium show in August of ‘96

[@leedsboy64]

Strange comments below saying people do not like John Lydon Bullshit i would say he is more loved now than he has ever been

[@bt3743]

only by conservative assholes who think right wing status quo shit is counter culture. Whats punk about keeping things the same shit way they are?

[@drasticplasticaustin]

To Me it looked like it was all entered into with a "get off and milk it" sense of humour. The legacy had already been sullied with the Rock'N'Roll Swindle film and their ideals of the day had long taken a hike. They'll have seen this as a good earner!

[@bigtwit799]

1996 that's about ten years ago!

[@jonesy2111]

Glen is a top chap and player

[@neillp3827]

Somerimes he looks like aslan

[@NOWtheband]

@@neillp3827 - "Somerimes". Nice. ;-) "he looks like asian" what? Asian food? Asian decor? Asian street signs? Asian synthesizer design company logo's? Asian airline brochure? Asian market?

[@neillp3827]

@@NOWtheband aslan the lion from the lion and the witch and the wardrobe.

[@NOWtheband]

@@neillp3827 - AHHH, Aslan, not asian, ha ha ha ha! Ok, nice. Somerimes my eyes are crap! ;-)

[@dolceanstar]

"We'll finish the tour and we'll get paid" . . . . bottom line hits again!!!

[@colinrgage]

The ppl who played instruments in one bus the others in an a different one pmsl

[@charlessphere2626]

Saw the gig i Stockholm. It was AWESOME!!

[@sophiafake-virus2456]

They were tight, cus the guitarist and drummer were good.

[@alanknotts1844]

At least Glen has retained his dignity over the years. Lydon would sell his for a packet of fish fingers.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@Ytrearneindre]

i never got the opportunity to see them. wish they'd do it again before it's too late

[@Johnniehaha]

It's way too late.

[@ianwhitehead691]

John as fallen out big time with Steve and Paul, Over that Danny Boyle PISTOL punk drama thing, Can't see them ever getting back together now, to much bitterness and hurt. Shame really ☹️🧷✌🏻

[@codycoyote7046]

Johnny “We invented punk” -Lou Reed and Iggy Pop have entered the chat. Although I do understand that they were the first and only band to truly embody what punk really stood for.

[@billybeetroot8595]

It's just for the media, Johnny knows the score

[@morganfisherart]

New York Dolls, anyone? In 1971!!

[@lennonacid]

Quite simply, no one will ever like John Lydon. Period.

[@vampirascoffin870]

Be he dont care

[@millymeridan4521]

I doubt that

[@mikequinlivan8842]

Lydon is an insufferable prick. Also, the first couple PIL albums are amazing. Light-years ahead of the game. So...that's the trade off with him. Horrible person. Smart artist.

[@lennonacid]

@@mikequinlivan8842 Oh, I think he's an amazing artist and good lyricist. But too many people think he's an asshole. However, I do think that's an admirable quality in it's own way.

[@mikequinlivan8842]

@@lennonacid sure! And being an asshole is subjective. Just because I think he is an ass, doesn't mean he is. He certainly is an iconoclast, and has made his mark, far more than many probably expected.

[@NxDoyle]

I was so hoping the conclusion to that final sentiment was going to be, "...but... consider the alternative."

[@markgreet3543]

Never mind the bollocks they were a amazing group

[@albertoostinelli8946]

Saw it in Paris, fantastic !

[@markgreet3543]

John sorry shirt is so smart they were such a good dressed band

[@BuJammy]

If you stick around long enough, you'll be treated as a figure of Byronic genius and mystery. How many crappy writers, actors and comedians are honoured in the English speaking world simply because they out-survived the talented ones..?

[@trship6274]

Are the Pistols talented?

[@realsinisterminister]

WTF are you on about?

[@ModMokkaMatti]

A bastard that ain't all that jammy would say that.

[@jpedini]

I saw them at an outdoor venue in Mansfield Massachusetts during this tour and it sounded awesome, from start to finish. After all that nonsense with their first tour it was great to see and hear the songs played like they deserved to be played. Funny thing was John Lydon took offense to being spat upon all night and let the audience know about it a couple of times, then Steve Jones took a cooler of melted ice and dumped it on the perpetrators at the end of the show. Ha ha!

[@realsinisterminister]

Who wants to be spat at?............Dont blame them I had to discipline a fool who started doing that.....fkin horrible

[@lc-ii9ii]

John saying "we invented punk" is pretty cringey. John, you didn't even invent yourselves mate, let alone punk.

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

He's often cringey, I must say.

[@westboundbadger]

@@srenkaarepetersen9034 That's why he stands out in this vanilla world,...

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

He was pretty important for the notoriety part, though. Cook and Jones (and Matlock playing the bass parts on the record) provided solid musicianship, but the cartoon anarchist nihilism provided by Rotten was the hook that caught the attention of a media bored with what record company A&R flacks were bringing them. Fact is, his interview skills gave weight to this band, and the movement, because they were the flash point where the mass population became aware something was happening. Got to remember (or become aware) that periodicals like Time was as fast as media moved in those days. The Pistols were important mainly as a signifier of an onset of a shift in pop-music culture aesthetic. The music was okay, but was that the point? The Ramones and Stooges may have preceded them, but they didn't crystallize a 'scene' like the Pistols did. As far as them inventing themselves, Malcolm was definitely co-conspirator. But then again, you got to have a big mouth to do all that outsized bragging, don'cha?

[@frozen1762]

There was always a lot of bs around them but that's just part of PR of the times. I'm glad that in music of today that overly edgy act has gotten stale, problem is most of talent also got out of the window with it. If you focus just on the thing that is important they were a great band that revolutionized popular music.

[@zornrecords8858]

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[@pointnozzleaway]

Regardless of Anything .... I DON'T listen to Country Music because of the Sex Pistols and I am a HAPPY ... $*^$@! Person !

[@yorkemar]

I think iggy and the stooges invented punk..but the Pistols certainly put their own origional tilt on it...and were great.

[@charliecroker7005]

The US bands invented punk and gave it its name. The Pistols defined it. It's all good stuff, but NMTB towers over Blank Generation.

[@charliecroker7005]

...and Iggy Pop was nothing compared to the Voidoids or the Pistols.

[@chastitywhore6141]

Getting rid of long hair, flares. Platform shoes, and mood rings is what made the Sex Pistols important.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@charliecroker7005 you ever seen Iggy live?

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@theselector4733]

It wasn't called the Filfy Lucar tour for nuffin u know!!! LOL Put aside all the BS and the Pistols were just a GREAT RnR Band.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@freelyfarmexploits8854]

I was there in Finsbury Park, bloody hell it was mental!

[@Wicked_R]

I would of loved to be there ..saw them same tour in Oz though..I reckon the filthy lucre live album is the best live album of all time..it's just perfect.

[@freelyfarmexploits8854]

@@Wicked_R the crowd surge on Pretty Vacant was unreal, I was near the front side opposite Jonesy. Beer and drinks went up in the air the whole crowd was one giant pogo. Unforgettable moment, the energy with electric.

[@Wicked_R]

@@freelyfarmexploits8854 yeah my uncle was there an old school punk and says it was fuckin insane..it's amazing how good this band actually were..

[@freelyfarmexploits8854]

@@Wicked_R the '96' Pistols had the time to hammer out that unique sound, there were not a lot of people who saw them in 76/77, so this reunion tour was a fitting period for us to witness an actual great iconic band, I was only 12 when Punk emerged. I was so happy to actually see them at Finsbury Park. I think the '96' Sex Pistols were at their best . Its part of music history.

[@Wicked_R]

@@freelyfarmexploits8854 I was only 16 when I saw the filthy lucre tour..and I absolutely agree..I don't think I appreciated it back then as much as I have done in the past few years though mate.

[@philhudson...5017]

Check Jonesy at 1:40..... Having a giggle....... Saw them live in Melbourne.......👍🇦🇺🥊

[@TheVideoLounge]

I also went to this tour but I didn't see the actual Sex Pistols, I saw a tribute act to them performed by the original members.

[@antyeardsley]

Johnny singing pistol songs like PiL ruined it.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@Mrpublicimagelimited]

Agree 100%

[@neilthorley359]

Anything pistols is the way to be fantastic ❤

[@mrmac3971]

how's it out there in the cheap seats

[@Keno45]

Johnny at his pure honest best

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@stephanvenner2939]

The Reunion destroyed the myth but it also showed that the Sex Pistols where three good Musicians with an anoying egocentric as a frontman.

[@xigbar1994]

True enough, they might've reunited again by now if it wasn't for Lydon but Jones said himself that the hostility is why it worked in the first place. Perfect double edged sword.

[@realsinisterminister]

Without that frontman they were nothing and they all know it

[@Muirton66]

@@realsinisterminister True but without the musicians the frontman would be in the same position

[@jackmurphy6864]

@@realsinisterminister A frontman without a band is a poet. Not many will turn up to hear that.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@jackmurphy6864 really?....they are some of the strongest lyrics of all time wrote by an 18/19 year old......the Pistols would have been a bad copy of the Bay city Rollers without John.....and look at the Doors without Morrison?....and a whole host of others pretty silly comment you made there fella

[@HrhFish]

We invented punk? .... Erm I don't think so John. Mclaren plagiarised the idea from the thriving scene at CBGB's The Pistols certainly popularised the music in the UK.

[@theo1856]

uk punk is way different.

[@theo1856]

@@MILKERSM Ramones popularised punk all together but sex pistols invented the crazy hair and UK punk is so different to other punk.

[@charliecroker7005]

@@theo1856 The hair, the torn clothes and the attitude were Richard Hell innovations, but The Sex Pistols made a better job of it. Rotten's voice is more distinctive. Matlock's songs are more memorable. The Pistols were self-taught exponents of the DIY ethic, which is central to punk. The Voidoids were virtuoso musicians before they recorded BG.

[@theo1856]

@@charliecroker7005 Richard had spikey hair, a lot of them did but the pistols went insane and then other UK bands like discharge were even crazier.

[@theo1856]

@Hermes Trismagistus The sex pistols??

[@markgreet3543]

Saw them six times on 1996 2002 then 2007 2008 tours.met glen and John and 250 items on my sex pistols collection amazing band best ever

[@knockedoutloaded279]

Didn't make a new album because they couldn't...

[@katoness]

The three other members had recorded a bunch of backing tracks for Rotten to put lyrics to but Rotten was livid at the thought and refused to contribute.

[@katoness]

@keechmabreeks Well, I advise you to read Lydon's book, Anger is an Energy, as this is what he claims.

[@Muirton66]

@@katoness Very true

[@Timpriestley]

Who wants one? Nah.

[@steveredhimself]

the best indian rock group !

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

That night in Winterland, SA, should have been the last gig.

[@sivadcal]

SA??? Winterland show was in San Francisco, CA!!

[@Euadam]

No way on earth the Pistols invented Punk. They just jumped on the band wagon. Punk came out of Detroit, USA in the late 60s with bands like MC5. The first British single released was New Rose by The Damned in 1977.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

That proto punk theory is a pile of pretentious crap. If you follow the logic to its extreme, nobody ever invented anything. Yes the Pistols didn't invent Punk, but even the Ramones said in interviews back in the 70s they didn't want to be considered punk; it was they who changed their tune later on. Drawing the line as far back as MC5 just because they had a renegade attitude completely disregards the fact that musically they sounded nothing like the definitive sound that came out of the UK in 76.

[@lotharroberts5978]

1976.

[@TheVideoLounge]

Punk was birthed in the UK council estates in West London, rooted in garage rock it was a reaction to the complacency of the music and culture of the time, and Malcom McLaren was the midwife.

[@bluerfoot]

Its could be debated who "invented" punk but for sure it was way before these guys.

[@misfit2022]

What a silly statement. MC5 were definitely not punk.

[@Sir20hz]

With that kind of volition money and opp to do it after the 4th wave of punk began, i might put up w annoying circumstances Yknow.

[@markbrown1609]

i would only be able to small dosages of Johnny, matlock seems pragmatic.

[@petems3283]

Glen's not a bad bloke but I find his music soulless. Also just read his book Triggers, again, soulless. Then I read Jordan's Defying Gravity. Blew me away.

[@markgreet3543]

Meet glen 2002 in leicester nice guy

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Lydon with his snout in the trough.

[@GreasyBelcher]

I love them all equally.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!​@

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Joanie Rubbish was always a boring fake. Quite a bit predictable. In this clip he says, "let's start a war!". What? He'd be the first to hide

[@billybeetroot8595]

Theyre alot cleaner than they were in 76

[@johnwatts8346]

they did a 1 off tour, its not like theyve been playing the same old hits for 50 yrs tour after tour ...like certain other bands...

[@sratus]

It wasn't a one off, they did world tours again in 02/03 and 07/08

[@johnwatts8346]

@@sratus really, i dont remember that,

[@carlosnavarro1091]

He looks like someone from spain or portugal. He doesn't look British at all.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@markgreet3543]

My collection has lots of rare items

[@rman52]

They still sounded great. Pistols, NY Dolls, Stooges, CBGB'S was the return to the spirit of rock rebellion. Later RHCP Nirvana, and GNR. Then rock was over. Pop music was over.

[@zornrecords8858]

Watch Glen Matlock's new participation in AguiRRe's new record "Siete Vidas" !!!@

[@buddynatty969]

Sex Pistols its Punk Stars forever.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Steve getting politically cliquey?