Sex Pistols interview in Finland 1996 in Full

[@ScottishTeeVee]

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[@Essexgeezer]

Your archive is stunning,really appreciate your channel 🇬🇧.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thank you @@Essexgeezer 🙂

[@junglismonk4256]

You absolute legend.

[@carlskelton5230]

Paul Cook telling John Lydon to "shut up" when he keeps interrupting him. Priceless.

[@sexobscura]

should've been done when they were young

[@J0EYbagaDONUTS]

I would be sick of hearing him too

[@Haerinx87]

Timestamp?

[@konata9828]

​@@Haerinx8722:01

[@Fatherjohn76]

“Care for a cigarette?” “No. It’ll spoil my continuity” 😂 brilliant

[@kevindeforest6489]

Jonesy for the win.

[@stephenedwards382]

Steve Jones and Cookie the only talented members of the band, especially Steve Jones.

[@JCT1926]

\@@stephenedwards382 Matlock wrote NMTB no?

[@stephenedwards382]

@@JCT1926 not sure about that tbh

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

​@@stephenedwards382All four of them were massively talented. John did some amazing records with PIL.

[@MrJakeTucker]

Not seen this before. Thanks. Watching from the start, with Lydon standing still, I started to wonder if it was a cardboard cutout of Lydon.

[@sexobscura]

he's mostly been an effigy

[@oxanagornovskaya2670]

😂 true

[@bobhinks8546]

Me too 😂😅😂😅😊

[@chuckselvage3157]

He didn't say much which is weird maybe he was sober lol.

[@linfieldaces1]

Same here then soon as the read this comment he moved!

[@edwardmulholland7912]

Great interview, I saw an interview with Glen years later where he talked about the tension between John and the rest of the band, like for example 2 tour buses - one for John and another for the rest of the band. But they were professional about it and did the tour. The tension always helped the music. Great to see this. Thank you.

[@sexobscura]

lucky you were there in the midst of it all

[@fazole]

John's death stare calmly ignored! 😆

[@sexobscura]

death = fool

[@sexobscura]

@trixiek942 According to himself. I say he copied a few American CBGB types who did the stare before him as it was a 'thing'

[@maraomania1360]

​@@sexobscura lol Lydon copying the bubblegum pop bands from cbgbs?

[@rabfallon4507]

great listening to the others , when John let's them finish a sentence .

[@sexobscura]

here here

[@scottyblog]

So true.

[@spaceengineer1452]

That Lydon cardboard cut out , is unnerving !

[@ScottishTeeVee]

😆

[@jeffrufo561]

I said the same thing to myself.

[@spaceengineer1452]

@@jeffrufo561 😇😁

[@SilverLine269]

🤣Fckng hilarious

[@adeleassouline529]

This is brilliant , thanks for sharing ❤

[@damianscott821]

it must be exhausting playing the part of Johnny Rotten

[@ComradeTrotsky1017]

Not when John Lydon is himself - which is just Johnny Rotten.

[@karllux-d6g]

Was.

[@chrisefc3579]

Thankyou STV, this is gold.

[@katoness]

Steve offering John a cig was so sweet!!

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

'Not to mix socially' 😉, cheers Stevee. Magic. Priceless.

[@robstellung]

made my day - and i've got festive plans for latter - drink may be involved . Many many thanks.

[@Judith.13.]

Ooohw I wonder what persuaded the interviewer “risking his life” and if he was nervous doing this interview 😂 the boys are always so sweet and never unruly😂 Thank you! Nice🌷

[@missangelic69]

Thank you for another fantastic upload 😊 always uploading the best vids

[@wangson]

Look at John back there, angry at anything he could be angry about with whatever is presented in front of him....angry for the sake of being angry....par for the course.

[@simonkormendy849]

And the unfortunate fact is that the corrupt music-industry hasn't changed one bit, it's still the same as it ever was.

[@BeliaLastes]

Jonesy asking John if he wants a 🚬💨 was priceless , John says no it'll spoil my continuity 😂

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@Boilingfrogg]

Always glad they did the reunion. As for all them who called them sell outs and that they only did it for the money 💰 so fkn what they deserved every penny. Best band to ever exist in my world. Every band wants to make a few Bob.

[@brookegoslin]

I agree 100%

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Agreed, they gave me thousands of hours of enjoyment via their music, so they deserve to be paid for it.

[@Boilingfrogg]

@@ScottishTeeVee Precisely.

[@doom_81]

Very well said.

[@stannats2637]

Amen

[@eddiewillers1]

Love how John just stands there, glowering at the camera in typical Rotten fashion.

[@sexobscura]

stunned mullet (and he got that 'glare' from Patti Smith - not the 'bad eyesight' he's claimed)

[@brookegoslin]

Perfect 👌🏼

[@gronxman1]

I remember the reunion like it was yesterday. I can't believe this was almost 29 years ago! Time flies

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@louisyoung1916]

I have to think the interviewer was a little relieved when he could stop trying to pull those teeth. 🤔 It was interesting to see how things changed from the 70s to this tour, and how some things never do change. Thank you for posting this! 👏👏🙂

[@hammerhead222]

Christ! I thought that was a cutout! Then he started to talk!

[@simonkormendy849]

Remember, these guys are four working-class people, they made music for the people, by the people, not music for the corrupt music-industry by the corrupt music industry, it was always about the music, it was never all about the image, it was also all about giving the "two-fingered salute" to the establishment and dealing with things honestly.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@brookegoslin]

Yes I agree ! Much respect 👌🏼🤘🏼✨

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Okay, so why change a perfectly able bass guitarist for someone who just couldn't play? And Glenn was responsible for some of their better known riffs. What did Sid add other than image and an untimely death?

[@drexlspivey5828]

Love the way Paul Cook is such a nice guy no matter what's going on around him

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Yeah, agreed, he always seems like a decent fella as does Glen

[@simonvaughan6017]

There's something almost camp about John's performance here.

[@punkoid76]

There always was, according to Matlock he does the worlds best Kenneth Williams impersonation.

[@wyverntheterrible]

​@@punkoid76 him and Rambo practise together

[@Ytrearneindre]

"almost"? :D

[@simonvaughan6017]

@@Ytrearneindre OK, "floridly".

[@brookegoslin]

He’s awesome

[@zackspaulding]

First gig of the first comeback....what a tour, seen them in London and Glasgow.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

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[@zackspaulding]

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[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@zackspaulding Thank you Vincent

[@markgreet3543]

Great interview, they should a clip of this next day after finsbury gig, which was good, I did not know it was in Finland this interview,well you learn something new, anyway respect .

[@richardsaunders520]

This is 3 days before I saw them at Finsbury Park. Theyre even wearing the same clothes haha

[@marcomb1913]

I love John Lydon

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Marco

[@richymoore]

Jonesy can never be forgiven for those trousers

[@brookegoslin]

I think he looks great . Great trousers .

[@williamk3702]

fave moments: Steve saying 'don't be predictable' to Paul. And when the interviewer says '...will this progress into anything beyond a tour?' Glen says 'can't see it, really' instantly. Glen reminds me of an elongated Dudley Moore, in appearance - there was a nutty idea going round once that the Earth experiences fluctuations in gravitational pull which (supposedly) accounts for the varying heights of persons. Glen could portray the low-grav Dud in an illustration of said concept. Steve said 'concept' just as I typed that! Plate o'shrimp! God bless Malcolm.

[@stiiimes]

watching john put on his rotten persona is akin to watching pro wrestling

[@eyeswideshut3001]

This is priceless

[@r.hill.2369]

"revert to vikings"

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

Not in Finland so much.

[@linuxsauna]

@@mattiassvanberg8292 The "vikings" originated from Finland / Vinland / ancient Odenmaa (Uudenmaa). The concept is about Vi=we kings= "are the kings now". Only certain folks was supposed to breed back in the day by a natural order. Lemminkäinen ("the one who breeds") was the main bloke. Val-halla ("the choosing space") was / is located in front of modern day Hel-sinki (one of the islands) . "Hel" was the central place of Odenmaa. There is still a museum there to this day. Root= the language people nowadays call as "finlandsvenska" was the first language of mankind. It is a "genetic" language - just like you know how for example birds "just know how to sing". A very basic sound base thing. The first human created (and more descriptive, poetic if you like) language was / is Van ("one") which is nowadays known as "Finnish" or "Suomi". This Van language includes so called Root-keys. In Finnish the "swedish language" is called "ruotsi" - in estonian: "rootsi". The ancient connection there. Well, there was this ancient breeding system in Finland (from where ALL of humanity originated from - FInland / Odenmaa (Oden is the sun and Maa means land) was a tropical place before the Ice Age) - but the catholic church (after destroying the original culture of Europe) eventually reached Finland (the last pagan domain). All know the rest of it. Other Nordic countries had been converted to "christianity" already. An ancient account (and others) exist of that ancient Odenmaa and Vinland (Finland) culture: The Bock Saga (set in motion by Ior Bock - the last Bock or "Pukki" - breeder. But it is (of course ridiculed by the mainstream history consensus / media). Basically we're all in bit of a trouble these days in means of people power, no matter where ya from, really. Cheers.

[@EddieCeefax45AFC]

Lydon goes into false mode when he starts ripping into Mick Jagger. Since been revealed Jagger had some involvement behind the scenes with the Pistols, including offering them lawyers when Sid was arrested.

[@samythekay]

I just love that Cook is is just Translating Lydon's speech minus the ego.

[@rockjam4534]

The Sex PistOls are like marmite, you either love em' or you hate em'.

[@Haerinx87]

I love their music....but hate them as individuals. Well, Paul Cook is OK

[@dky_70]

John looks like the Night King stood at the back

[@simonkormendy849]

Honestly, I'm not surprised that these guys are the way they are when being interviewed, the interviewer effectively asked them the same question forty-million times in a row, or what seems like it anyway, if an interviewer did that to me I'm sure I'd be the same.

[@opinion3742]

I'm surprised that they managed 72 days together.

[@professorwalter1284]

John doing a great Blade Runner spin off.

[@markgreet3543]

Steve is so funny, and John is very articulate,and fun as ever, Glen I've meet him nice guy, and met john as well.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

You are lucky to have met them 😎

[@markgreet3543]

@@ScottishTeeVee hello yes I agree.

[@markgreet3543]

@@ScottishTeeVee I met glen at a record fair in leicester, as a special guest got a photo he signed never mind the bollocks,and teenage sex pistol book, i met John 10 years later at leicester 02 public image ltd gig he signed a ticket, live to met Steve and Paul, I know Paul was drinking in a pub once in loughborough,which is 9 miles from leicester, anyway keep up the good work.

[@markgreet3543]

@@ScottishTeeVee sorry oops meant wouldlove to meet Steve or Paul.

[@sexobscura]

but John forgot to wash the cake mixture out of his hair

[@spockgsc100]

As much as I love the Sex Pistols I do find Lydon very annoying.

[@drew_peabawls13]

Well, he IS playing the character of Johnny Rotten

[@spockgsc100]

@@drew_peabawls13 Is he?

[@brookegoslin]

That’s the amazingness of his character … being annoying is a good thing keeps people on their toes .

[@brookegoslin]

He is being himself I like that . Not like the fake stars of today .

[@angelmagnicidio]

Jhonny is behind, silence and quiet, it makes me laugh, he is the more verborragic member and for some reason remain in silence, serious and showing a bad face, letting the others talk some.

[@McGrogansSchool]

Pity Sid didn’t make it. RIP. Hope Johnny gets the chance to do Eurovision for 🇮🇪

[@shannongfm9945]

Sid couldn’t play. He could have banged a tambourine.

[@babs66]

Anybody think johnny is like Chris Packham? Ironically Chris collects punk records. I'm autistic wondering if John is too. I'm going to see him next year in a musichall.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Enjoy the concert

[@babs66]

@@ScottishTeeVee no it's his talk:)

[@perpetualmotion357]

I used to not think much of Lydon but watching a bunch of these interviews through the years is giving me an affinity toward him, especially ones from the early 90's. I remember the one with Henry Rollins but I'm starting to see Johns point lol

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Steve was the ultimate punk legend

[@BricktopsPigs]

He always was and is the most badass true punk ever to live. Doesnt get the credit he deserves for being such a badass.

[@TheChadTI]

They look so effortlessly cool just sitting there. I remember being in bands trying waay to hard to look that relaxed.😅

[@hombrelobomedia3503]

no it'll spoil my continuity

[@bagpuss998]

John is the only one who knows the score .

[@Muirton66]

How do you work that one out ?

[@PhilipBurton-dn3ce]

John being...well...just being John

[@brookegoslin]

Perfect 👌🏼

[@FrontmanVideo]

John always acts like he doesn't care but then he turns around and talks as if he has something to prove about how important and influential the Sex Pistols are. It's a little annoying but interesting to see that he very much always cared about how they were perceived. For the most part, John's schtick really is all such an act. And in a situation like this, he has to flip on the "Rotten" switch and give everyone what they expect from him. It's also a wall he puts up due to his insecurities.

[@ndogg20]

Kind of sad that he has to do this act for a living and live on past accomplishments. But he can be intentionally or unintentionally funny as hell with claims that if not for him then Hip Hop wouldn't exist.

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

Very true , I love John but he is riddled with insecurities that’s why he bites , but he’s human , the pistols were great but I love the Stones , Beatles aswell , some great bands from the pistols era aswell the jam, the Clash , the Specials , a great description of John that was though 👍

[@Mraquanetchris]

He's playing a character, yes. It's theater. Great theater.

[@karmax2765]

16:14 Steve’s reference to the Bill Grundy show is hilarious

[@just-Q-1]

It's pretty clear that back then it was about using the nostalgia effect to make a few lousy bucks. The thing would have been much cooler if they had played new songs or produced new albums back then. But that's not what the whole thing was about. The Pistols stood for something completely new and original in their time. Instead, in the 90s they simply warmed up the whole thing a bit and that was it.

[@williamrae9954]

Most surreal gig I've ever been to...i was expecting students, instead it was fat,bespectacled, balding original fans...climax was someone at my ankles searching for his false teeth 😂😂

[@ScottishTeeVee]

I kinda expected mostly older fans at the gigs I attended. For the Glasgow SECC gig, I stood up the back of the venue, as I looked around the crowd trying to spot any music biz people, a lady wandered through the crowd and stood right next to me, it was John's wife Nora, she seemed very happy, dancing a little, really enjoying the gig.💃

[@mikejandrews]

I find it interesting that this is in Finland. I vaguely remembering hearing that they did a warm up gig somewhere before the "official" Filthy Lucre Tour opening at Finsbury Park. Maybe that was in Finland....? I don't remember... Maybe this interview took place then?

[@dirk586]

Listen to Johnny and i know everything's gonna be OK. I Love you man..

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Lol Rotten just standing there at the start with that face.

[@williamrae9954]

Lord Rotten is what this country needs 😂

[@chrissyfuel492]

I love the interviewer's sign at the end

[@chrissyfuel492]

I mean sigh

[@chrissyfuel492]

I mean sign

[@KebabMusicLtd]

I remember Steve saying on his radio talk show a few years ago, (the one where Paul was on as a guest) that the band peaked too soon. They were just beginning to find their sound, but then they were catapulted into stardom as a result of the Bill Grundy show. On reflection he felt that was the beginning of the end. Overnight their 'exaggerated' reputation went before them and council's up and down the country wouldn't let them play in the local venues. Kind of ironic John going on about fossil Mick Jagger considering that the Pistols reforming in 1996 was 20 years after their initial break-thru. When the Pistols first formed, the Stones had been together for a little over 11-12 years. John was later kinder to Mick in his memory that Jagger had helped Sid find a lawyer when 'whatever happened there' went down with Nancy. Obviously, It's not true that nobody cared for the Pistols when they first arrived on the scene. I was in my last years at school in 76 and 77 and everyone was impressed by them for being cocky, loud-mouthed and unapologetic. Pop or Rock Music needed them and it was a refreshing change for the scene as it was then. Bollocks and Swindle both sound fresh today as they were back then, and of course, it did open the doors to the punk/new wave/electric era. In this interview he comes across as a caricature of Johnny Rotten. It's like he's trying to be edgy but in a polite way.

[@andywells397]

No more bands like this..ever

[@raybarrett7985]

i can feel and see a tension between john and the rest of the band then years lta they make a sex pistols documentary and dont include john yet john was the main 1 in that band it put me off the other pistols john has the talent look at pill disgrace what they did to john

[@andrewmacdonald3667]

It wasn’t a documentary. It was a drama based on Steve Jones memoir, ‘Lonely Boy’.

[@brendendavis8596]

Johnny rottens most obnoxious era

[@CherylChaison]

Hard for jonny rotten to stay quiet.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

When I first saw this video, for a few seconds I thought it was a cardboard image of John, just lurking in the background.

[@brookegoslin]

So what … got a problem ?

[@stevenanderson2816]

Is that the dummy in the background

[@javedriaz6862]

When I was 4 years old in 1976-77. They were unheard of despite living in the UK. Mu mum would block out any obscene programs and songs. My mum was hot on my upbringing. Now 51 years old I can see this type of group. I heard of them from 1989 onwards

[@redwatch1100]

No, virtuosity is not what comes to mind with the Rolling Stones.

[@rockabillyrevolution]

£22 for a gig - times have changed!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Be lucky to get two beers for that at a gig now. 🍻

[@rockabillyrevolution]

@@ScottishTeeVee who would have foreseen JL competing in Eurovision back then either? 😎👍

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@rockabillyrevolution Yep, I would never have imagined that turn of events, quite bizarre, but I hope it works out for John and PIL

[@rockabillyrevolution]

@@ScottishTeeVee aye me too - nothing but respect for the man.

[@douglasmilton2805]

Bunk in through the emergency exits. Oldie but goodie.

[@StreetHierarchy]

8:30 did somebody just fart three times? Because I'm guessing it was the guitarist, forgot his name.

[@datajari]

Yeah absolutely. Thats hilarious!

[@BricktopsPigs]

I missed that,went back and hurt myself laughing. Sounded stinky.

[@brookegoslin]

Natural all the way 👌🏼🧨

[@goldenaura949]

I love John Lydon, but you can tell he get on their nerves. Lol

[@christophercharlesonelifetime]

Glen steve and Paul trying to act like, until John speaks, like JohnnyRotten, John Lydon

[@douglasmilton2805]

Has Glen got a hideously agèd portrait in the attic while he stays eternally young?

[@hgreen8666]

He sure looked the best here.

[@Fractalite]

This interview was nearly 30 years ago . He still looks good but hes certainly looking senior now.

[@eppuee5413]

They were In Finland were I was now I see my fantstic group I like them cos they were great people and still are 🇫🇮😇😃😁

[@galassan435]

ジョンが最初のうち置物みたいに動かねんだけど、こえーよ😂

[@tomaszhoff8933]

DAMN RIGHT ! JOHN!................................................

[@Captain_Rhodes]

John should have stood there like he did for the first minute but for the whole interview. Say nothing. That would have been hilarious. Jones looking good here. Still pulling off the leopard trousers.

[@Littlewing6was9]

Dyes his hair like a pro 🐻 roar 🦁 💚 💙 💛

[@hgreen8666]

Johnny is hilarious.

[@redmartian]

01:59 why didn't john take steve's offer? just out of courtesy.

[@daveymills8751]

Rotten is so cool is unprecedented

[@Christian-qu9ml]

Look at Johns face. 😂

[@ScottishTeeVee]

At first I was wondering if it was a cardboard cut out of John, then he moved😆

[@brookegoslin]

Teeheehee nice face .

[@lorellesouthern3527]

Johnny has bleach in his hair.was that a timing problem?what the hell is he doing?

[@stephenedwards382]

Thats the most i have ever heard Cookie say

[@jimdeadmail9]

What a lovely nose Steve Jones has got.

[@likkidixx]

I laughed trough the entire video.

[@tomaszhoff8933]

only one................ JOHN is NOT DRUNK !

[@Hepausesshaving182GGMU]

I love the pistols always have but the one thing bugs me give the American band the ramones props I mean EVERYONE knows they weee all at the first uk shows and two years later they “invented” punk

[@RusstafaB]

Haha beat Lydon playing pool at the Sir George Robey in Finsbury Park mid 1970s

[@danny3171]

It's not about the money. Coming from a man who advertised butter. 😂

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

Yeah and it paid for a PiL album and tour

[@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859]

I WISH PAUL PUT OUT A BOOK.

[@chrislewis-n3v]

john lydon was a sensational punk singer- but unfortunately an almighty prat-

[@markgreet3543]

John check top is so nice and stylish.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Why is he wearing courgette flowers on his head? 😂

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

They look like a Eurovision song contest group 😂😂😂

[@StephenMerchant-up8sg]

1:55 probably the moment the band broke up...again. John always 'on' is what Steve hated

[@NIJHR]

hahah lidon thinking he's intimidating

[@timppatimo6287]

Johnny looks like Kevin Spacey ahhahah