Sex Pistols - Recording "Anarchy in the UK" and "Holidays in the Sun"

[@juergenpettke536]

This album is pure explosion of energy.

[@jamesian-allen8725]

And the most pissed off rock N roll ever burned into a tape machine...they meant business and re revolutionized rock N roll in the process !!!

[@simplesecretof]

“He was behind the curtain playing, thanks for that” English sarcasm to boot.😎🏴‍☠️😎🏴‍☠️😎

[@flashtheoriginal]

Glen played some of the bass on "Anarchy" as that was largely pre-recorded whilst at EMI. But Steve Jones basically did everything, guitar-wise. CLASS

[@andrewludlam5686]

Fantastic. R.I.P Bill Price.

[@frog553]

I am pretty sure I found one of his Beatles records at Electric Fetus In Minneapolis. Because it had his name written on it and it is pretty old and used.

[@revol148]

@andrewludlam5686 he retired to Bath - I lived there a few decades ago and used to see him wandering around the city - I never plucked up the courage to speak to him ! Producer for Never mind the bollocks, Appetite for destruction and London calling - what a legacy !

[@Drjeferylevy]

Great mini doc about the making of one of the best rock albums ever made.

[@karllux-d6g]

There's no way around it, and it will go up History lane like a noisy motley Fanfare. Nowadays we tend to see social engineering in everything, but if there was any here, it was only McLaren's ''situationist'' agenda. It's an album about real issues, it will prevail. 46 years and 9 months and counting...

[@csweet207]

The entire "Nevermind the Bollocks" album was beautifully mixed.

[@SimonMiles-m8l]

The best band of all time... cos... no other band changed so many people.. hate or love.. And still going strong... Nothing Vacant about the Pistols... They changed our mindset..

[@Bikewithlove]

John’s a phenomenally good singer. He makes it sound like he’s in the ballpark of the right notes, but if you focus in on his voice you can’t hear a hint of a wrong note.

[@johnharmer4606]

He was unique, in that he was comparable to nobody at the time or the present.

[@zaradragonia9863]

​@@johnharmer4606Oh Johnny Rotten! How I adore him. He was a fantastic wordsmith and performer. Without him, the Pistols could have been just another new band around town. Going nowhere

[@calldyuk1751]

Fascinating footage. Steve Jones more or less wrote the best album in history. Makes me think whether any other albums have been recorded this way with basically slight variations and overdubs on the one guitar part.

[@Robcatist]

@Your Average Golfer 100% correct Matlock was the musician he taught Jones how to play testament to Jones aptitude for guitar playing that he picked it up so quickly and developed his unique style and sound.

[@gordianknot6867]

Butch vig made Kurt Cobain over dub the guitar parts to drain you about 7 times to get a really thick sound.

[@crimsondeath7468]

@@gordianknot6867 And still it sucked so hard 😅 Comparing the pistols with those fags is blasphemy

[@CodeNameV13]

​@@Robcatist Glenn was actually the musical talent behind the Pistols yet he wasn't punk enough for McClaren, even though he wrote most of Bollocks.

[@s1ckboirari]

@@CodeNameV13 Glenn played bass, he was 1/4th of the writers. He wasn't the musical talent he was apart of 4 very important people

[@FrontmanVideo]

Wow this is REALLY cool!! It's amazing hearing the tracks straight from the tapes!

[@lewisgreen2957]

The rhythm section were superb..

[@karllux-d6g]

Very Professional.

[@oinkooink]

Do you feel cool saying "rhythm section"?

[@karllux-d6g]

@@oinkooink Hi ! I'm a bassist myself; i don't feel discriminated by the term.

[@j700jam4]

Those two producers really brought NMTB to life with all the overdubs and fills on Steve’s guitar

[@zooluwarrior]

The performance on this album was a breathtaking embodiment of sheer magic, weaving a tapestry of enchantment that captivated every soul who listened to it.

[@betaville72]

Johnny might do 2 takes and they'd be totally different, different notes, different phrasing, but they'd both sound right. A weird talent.

[@dhj1182]

Insane genius. Insane musical brilliance.

[@RumbleBones]

Bill Price did an excellent job on recording and production.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

Three years before, Steve had never picked up a guitar

[@Wolffzahn]

Power chords and blues progression all day long 😅

[@tatethompson1234]

@@Wolffzahn barre chords.

[@nicolastambuyser3822]

Steve isnt the one playing, its a womble

[@RROWE98]

@@nicolastambuyser3822 it is him playing, he used to tell people that because he was a windup merchant

[@User-jk8wq]

@Duolingo Owl Just naturally gifted. Can’t fake that

[@brendanmoon3537]

The Great Bill Price

[@krisscanlon4051]

If you think about Price recording, Steve Levine, Mick Jones and Mick Ralph's that says a lot of Jones ability too.

[@marcialmerino1045]

My dear friend ! When you are gifted you are gifted !

[@krisscanlon4051]

Oh indeed!

[@ChayBode]

When I first heard Elvis and Scotty Moore on guitar, I was blown away, years later Steve Jones did what Scotty Moore did to me, blew me away, this was ANARCHY in the UK.

[@calvertphoto]

Steve Jones' guitar tone is pure perfection.

[@mhm123a]

My grandmas best friend Dennis was Bills wife, I knew Bill just not very well, I admire his work so much though

[@User-jk8wq]

Bill Price was an absolute genius!

[@mhm123a]

@@User-jk8wq Definitely!

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Best ever album ever made.First punk band.Nevermind The Bollocks completely shook the whole rock music scene, a new platform was formed with that band .The landscape of rock music was changed forever in the UK and really started off the Manchester music scene imparticular.No other album has excited me like that album did and The Sex Pistols only album will stand the test of time even after almost 50 years. To think it was almost never made because after being banned left right and centre from record companies because of obviously the expletives on the album cover aswell,Richard Branson of Virgin records signed them and he saved us all from absolute boredom.

[@TweedSuit]

Johnny Rotten: I Hate Pink Floyd. Chris Thomas: lol.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Mixed Darkside plus years of friendship with Gilmour lol

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

Apparently there was a conversation between Johnny Rotten and David Gilmour in 1979 when Lydon admitted that they didn’t really hate Pink Floyd. 😂😂😂

[@ellezard0844]

Steve and Cookie :)

[@mikebarton]

Terrific clip. 👏👏

[@controllineprecisionaeroba7454]

Love the marching sound start of Holiday

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

That SNARE!!!!

[@lbgskuad]

YES!

[@firestormlivingsolutions]

Legendary and underrated...

[@newcybrown6352]

Someone must have the multi track tapes . Would love to hear them.

[@RefinedRouge]

I always when i used to play before i had to sell my les paul due to arthritis in my fret hand, try to get my guitar to sound like Steve Jones guitar sound

[@miguelmolins]

nevermind the bollocks has one of the most amazing mixes in rock n roll history

[@THEBYGONE]

As a blossoming teen I thought his sound was so sexy, esp on Anarchy

[@stevehalverson790]

I was in college when Never Mind the Bullocks came out. I wasn’t a fan of Punk. I liked The Rolling Stones and AC/DC, but I loved this record. Went to see a couple of Punk bands and hated everything about it. The music sucked and I recall a bunch of spitting. To sum up, I hate punk rock, but love the Sex Pistols. I just consider this album rock and roll.

[@artiefufkin1885]

Lemmy from Motorhead always said the Sex Pistols were just a great rock n roll band, nothing more nothing less..

[@janattaaya]

Back in 1979 in school I'd heard the rumours about the Sex Pistols not being able to play but when I finally I heard their album I was like:"What??".

[@Annunaki_0517]

Punk was fantastic. If you thought the music sucked, you saw the wrong bands. X, The Clash, Social Distortion, Stiff Little Fingers, The Buzzcocks, The Dead Boys, The Heartbreakers (Johnny Thunders, not Tom Petty), The Ramones. I could go on but I think I’ve made my point.

[@pauljmcmillan]

That was brilliant

[@TimBoykinGuitar]

There’s a lot of Hawkwind in the Sex Pistols sound. There’s more psychedelic biker trash there than pub rock. The Jam played really fast and choppy, like Dr. Feelgood. There’s a live album of Sham 69, with Jimmy Pursey with Steve and Paul. Steve could play plenty fast, but Paul pulls everything down to Hawkwind speed. He was a great drummer, but not a speed merchant.

[@garyw1971]

What an insight!! Many thanks Brother! 🤟🤟🤟

[@mattfairbanks7621]

Steve👌👌

[@phillipmoore6400]

Steve Jones was one of the best

[@uselessoldman7964]

Would be nice to have a copy of those multitrack stems to play with

[@stephenchow5161]

thanks for this

[@a.abeyta6237]

Fun music for fun people.

[@WearySisyphus]

love

[@jaynefulton473]

The best punk band ever!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

still miss Glen's bass sound. Hear the demo of Pretty Vacant without the singing. . It is SO nice Steve's bass was very much more aggressive and nasty sounding and fit well with the songs thrust.

[@Jean-PhilippedeVirville]

here's the pistols !

[@rootsandtropes264]

The opening riff from "Holidays In the Sun" was "nicked" from a song rom The Jam called "In the City". Sid Vicious & Paul Weller had a scrap in the pub over it. Direct comparison of the two songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKlq6Glp9aWotk

[@mickymac6571]

Same descending chord sequence for sure, isn't there a clash song that has a similar riff?.

[@jonstern7511]

Not that I can think of 🤷🏻‍♂️​@@mickymac6571

[@briandavitt9640]

Mono deluxe

[@sickpup820]

RIP Bill Price.

[@melissatyree566]

Steve carried the record.

[@kengibbens5059]

Fuckin epic album.

[@billybob1723]

Great album. Unfortunately, the album volume is low and the high end is slightly muffled, not unlike Black Sabbath Paranoid. You really have to crank the volume.

[@User-jk8wq]

That album needs another remaster. Hopefully in 2027 they do a 50th anniversary re release!

[@Braineaters8]

I actually find the album volume pretty high on the remaster

[@billybob1723]

@@Braineaters8 - 36 years and 49 pirates late.

[@pumolito]

Algún link en español ? Gracias

[@muchgreatness7497]

THIS IS EPIC!!!

[@jeffratz]

Steve tight with speed keep off the smack kiddies

[@daveseville7394]

What's the name of the programme?

[@urbanrider403]

What documentary is this from

[@User-jk8wq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/noTVg4WDq7GMZs0 There you go mate. Well worth a watch

[@brycegeiger2337]

Classic Album's....I own the DVD....Probably the best Documentary I have ever seen....

[@DfactorPop]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hamQZZuLlticb80

[@MrChezlor]

Classic album there’s a whole series dude from hawk wind to blonde to the Motörhead n Metallica all worth watching

[@larkdodge1403]

where is that studio?

[@dynjarren7523]

The guitar sound was incredible and so was the drumming! Powerful! Johnny was No Crooner! There’s the understatement of the century! Johnny Rotten couldn’t sing period! Glen Matlock wrote all the Songs! Sid just looked good!

[@mattiemclean9882]

Too many exclamation marks! !

[@icon4266]

Dyn Jarren Johnny is a fucking great singer

[@CoomerGremlinDGGfan]

Good or bad, John was the perfect singer for that band. Can you think of a better singer for that record? I cant

[@Dilligaf1]

​@@icon4266 Surely you jest, ya fuckin' twat?!

[@stevepotocin9501]

Lydon was a great singer. Go clean out your ears.

[@jamesh9227]

Some where an American hardcore fan is seething.

[@factoryfactory7142]

See his picture hanging on your waaaaaaallllllaaahh!

[@10beanz]

He can't take all the credit because Sid Vicious did a lot of the more technical stuff. Some great Sid riffs at the time.

[@Chaosticsoda]

beutiful

[@zSpacetundra]

where is this clip from?

[@TerryChimes123]

Tightest rythym guitarist. Not tightest lead guitarist !!

[@rigsby1454]

When people say punk bands can't play, listen to bollocks

[@floydlay9189]

No wonder Paul Weller got the shits,,,Holidays in the Sun,,the riff is In The City!

[@OtherMike5000]

SSL

[@Stephan74]

Nobody could have done that guitar ever

[@tomasvanecek8626]

What a load of BS... Steve never recorded bass parts on Bollocks on guitar with octave divider.. and these guys shoulda know it would have sounded like utter crap.. it was a regular bass guitar, a P-bass would be my guess .. without Matlock´s beatles-ish overplaying.. but his Rick had a great sound anyway ;) listen to the Holidays demo

[@cejannuzi]

That is not what they said. Review the video. They said he played on bass something like his rhythm parts, only an octave lower.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

@@cejannuzi Didnt sound like that .. and even so, he never just once copied ONLY the root of guitar chords on Bollocks... just listen. Anyway, I just listened to 2002 (and many more) SP shows with Glen... he played exactly in the same vein as Steve did on Bollocks - no embellishments, just the meat.. and it was perfect

[@tjyamaharacing7734]

John lydon wrote everything,

[@cejannuzi]

Lyrics only.

[@tjyamaharacing7734]

@cejannuzi Ofcourse lyrics " no one wrote the music" no one could write the music" jeez everyone 's an expert

[@Andykey-d7w]

Snobs

[@luciferdzhugashvili]

He didn’t record it Chris Spedding is on the record

[@themadmattster9647]

Bullshit

[@b.3066]

No.

[@roybennett9284]

No he didn't

[@recyclinggestapo6943]

@@roybennett9284 Sorry mate, McLaren was a Tavistock institute employee. The pistols were a boy-band😞

[@roybennett9284]

@@recyclinggestapo6943 I'm mate keep off the meth, kind regards Roy Bennett from Wollongong NSW Australia

[@reademandsweep]

Not sure Jones was playing that tbh.

[@miisu]

Don't be silly.

[@davidlomax4028]

Some wankers reckon its not Steve at all.. And that Chris Spedding played all the guitar parts... But they're cnts!

[@CodeNameV13]

Rumour has it Steve stole his first guitar 😂

[@laravelisbullschitt3281]

They nicked all their gear!!