The Sex Pistols Interviewed On The Late Late Show

From The Late Late Show - Craig Ferguson interviews John Lydon and Steve Jones. The musical performance can be seen here:
• The Sex Pistols - Pret...

[@71kernow]

i met john lydon on a flight back from LA to London. He is a performer. That is why he is in the business. He is actually a nice bloke. No bullshit. Only person on a whole flight that offered me a hand getting my bag as i am disabled - he was a decent bloke, respectful and kind. He is very well spoken and likes a laugh. He had no reason to be nice or polite he was just a decent bloke. End of.

[@ufewl]

he does seem that way to me

[@epiphany55]

Decent bloke then.

[@udubidub]

lizzy way yes but he's a fenian Cnut

[@Boski391]

Sometimes in real life, the so called "nice guys" are really not the nicest. Sometimes the guys who play the meanest, and most intimidating people are really nice. Point is, don't judge a book by its cover. If you can find it, The Filth and The Fury (2000) is a Documentary film, has John Lydon, speaking from his heart, emotionally, explaining that he wish he could have stopped Sid from his ultimate self destruction and demise. Here you have a true friend speaking compassionately about the guilt he feels that he let Sid down. Very touching. There are also a wonderful shot of when the Sex Pistols hosted a Christmas Party for underprivileged children, and the smiles that they brought to these wonderful kids, by handing out presents and cake. Guess who else was smiling, but the bigger kids, The Sex Pistols. So yes, cover blown, the Sex Pistols, and John Lydon are nice guys. :)

[@transferdatathreewally24]

You often find smoothies in suits are heartless, growlers in rags are something else, light/shadows, yin yang .

[@petemarr824]

A Scottish guy interviewing two English guys on an American show.. God Save The UK :)

[@DanielGarciaNYC]

Pete Marr hahahah....you hit on the head! I mean just look at the "American " movie stars. Who are they now? Bale (English) as Batman ( yeah I know Ben is taking it over but indulge me) Cavill (Brit) as Superman, Garfield as Spider-Man ( Does he count cause he is Half American half Brit?) Fassbender (Irish) Magneto, McAvoy (Scot) as Prof X, Jackman (Aussie) Wolverine ,and the go to action star nowadays is Statham. Now don't get me wrong I have NOTHING against any of these actors but America is kinda running out of the Male movie star.

[@matthewcohen7488]

+Pete Marr Well they all live in LA. Just as Morrissey lives in LA, too. How many other Brits, when they make it, move to LA? Can you blame them for leaving that freezing island where you catch a cold every winter from the damp that just won't go away, the endless rain, and horrible food. You cannot find something spicy to eat ANYWHERE in the UK. It doesn't matter if its Indian, or whatever, you cannot get spicy food there. Buffalo Wings to them are chicken wings with catsup on them.

[@petemarr824]

The Americans look so healthy eh ;) Dont even start me on the bad points about your country, I havent got the time to type so much ;)

[@Scott6794]

+Pete Marr Aye... minus the Royals.

[@Nomadmandolin]

+Pete Marr The USA is not the land of the free any longer. I'm 55yo and about to get out!!

[@josymon]

I'm waiting for Steve to call Craig a dirty bastard or a dirty fucker. Lol

[@DanHarrisonKing]

wot a fahkin rotta

[@BillyJango]

What was that? Nothing, nothing, a rude word.........Next question?

[@mccann444]

Ok

[@guylawrance2216]

Steve is sitting there thinking.........i’ve been listening to this shit coming out of his mouth for 45 years ! 😁

[@leedsboy64]

totally agree

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@leedsboy64 John Lydon actually talks a lot of sense. Yes, he's loud and brash, but he's also intelligent and he knows what he's talking about. Try listening to one of his interviews before you condemn him.

[@leedsboy64]

@@CB-xr1eg I have been a fan of his for over 40 years and i love most of his music and his live performances also his books None of this changes the fact that he is mostly arrogant and predictable these days

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@leedsboy64 But that's not what the op is talking about. he said that Lydon had been talking shit to Jones for 45 years. Which is a gross exaggeration as he was 50 when this was aired so he hadn't known Jones for 45 years. And as I said, Lydon is intelligent and talks a lot of sense. Also you said "these days"...the video was posted 15 years ago and the interview was a few years prior to that.

[@leedsboy64]

@@CB-xr1eg you make some fair points i have gradually changed my mind about JL over a number of years An interesting one was at the time of The Sex Pistols biopic shown on Disney recently Steve and Paul said they invited him to be involved but he declined I choose to believe there version of events I am aware he was caring for his sick wife at the time however he still found time to appear on morning tv to call them filthy liars

[@cristiantedeschi3550]

They were'nt a band, they were a phenomenom

[@fanboy2015]

That album is a masterpiece. Not one bad song on it.

[@flloydblack1589]

bodies

[@dougmedina4619]

@@flloydblack1589 Agree.

[@marcglenwright2185]

No Feelings is my favourite

[@cantthinkofausername8698]

'Seventeen' was always a bit of a stinker.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@flloydblack1589 why is bodies bad?

[@Theconcretewaves]

john lydon should have a program, hes so smart and funny

[@bartlettohio]

One might think that John is evil and crass, but after seeing him break down and cry talking about Sid all these years later feeling responsible for Sid's death...he has the heart and soul of an artist...he is a good man.

[@s1ckboirari]

He's no more evil than anybody else, the evil people are the bank owners, the peados, Epsiteins and Clintons alike. He's a normal kid from London who had issues with the world and used words to make society look at themselves and realise how brainwashed everyone was becoming

[@GraffitiPhysical]

Honesty and outspokenness is what John Lydon is best known for. Hard to find in the world of news and entertainment. Really enjoy his interviews. Great wit and obviously highly intelligent. That's why a lot of people find him confronting. He doesn't hold back from calling a spade a spade. Respect.

[@ufewl]

Not sure why so many are hating on Lydon, I put it down to jealousy, and remember BBC banned Johnny Rotten in 1978 for telling the truth about Jimmy Savile, which puts him a cut above the complete wankers who are slagging him off as if anyone value the opinion of an idiot in the first place.

[@71kernow]

im not sure on the hating. one thing that will puzzle until THE COMPLETE TRUTH IS OUT, ifpeople in show business were aware or had felt strange around Saville et al, HOW COULD OF ESTHER RANTZEN (no relative of mine) NOT OF KNOWN AT THE VERY LEAST A RUMOUR??? She was during my youth spinning 'an off the wall' type programme that would of had researchers etc - abit late to be on National TV crying - was she crying for the children or crying for herself to keep her name out of it. We pay a TV License each year - i would like to see the whole line up under scrutinity, except for those who have been on TV and welcomed the Polce in. End of.

[@AndrewSmith-oc9zt]

+lizzy way she was involved no two ways about it....

[@mjh5437]

@@AndrewSmith-oc9zt What? Are people saying Esther Rantzen is a paedo now??

[@drea4195]

This must be the best I've ever seen these two getting along together. It would have been nice if it had lasted...

[@MarcZERO1980]

Lovely to see John and Steve getting on so well together here. Sad considering the latest court case.

[@Frugs22]

"Justin Timberlake would put bums on seats, but lets face it, when we play, no one's sitting down." lol that is a well thought out phrase.

[@MrBaronCabron]

Not really. Nobody stands watching a movie

[@UnknownSun556]

When I was 15, I stayed up way past my bedtime to watch Craig Ferguson because he usually had better guests than the earlier late night talk shows. And that's how I got into punk, in a way.

[@Indiee182]

You had a bed time at 15, dude? 😂

[@Nick-qf7vt]

@@Indiee182 Hell, I wish I did. You need all the sleep you can get at that age.

[@lowgrowl5]

That was well funny! Johnny Lydon is like an excited, little kid but in his fifties, bouncing up and down with his great wit and neat comments. I like the way he always pushes the limits, goes over the top and completely exagerates everything (like I've just done to get my point across!) without ever, EVER ...losing control of his hairstyle.

[@TheNovemberRomance]

John: I'm fat fifty and I'm back! Audience: YAY! Steve: *Cough*

[@sarahlizabethk]

Sid Vicious was basically a stage prop.

[@chuckselvage3157]

One of the best frontmen of all time.

[@666kingdrummer]

"Don't mention the war" Cracks me up every time, and I don't know why

[@Zed1391]

I think it might be a reference to Fawlty Towers.

[@harryhaller8145]

That's it! Brilliant! Thanks for making sense of the joke.

[@Zed1391]

You're welcome.

[@ianblythe1067]

Ye Basil Fawlty and eventually get pissed off and does it himself.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Jeff Baker where’s Sy bill

[@thejesman]

Lol, I love hearing Lydon being interviewed. Dude is such a character.

[@bpabustan]

I always thought they were scary, man they are HILARIOUS!

[@danielaschwarz1971]

So right,Johnny and Steve are lovely.I read Johnny´s book:John Lydon "Anger Is An Energy" and his book is amazing.He is so brutally honest but lovely&funny too :-))

[@Scorp308]

That interview was so funny. Good to see Johnny enjoying himself. Here's to another 50 years, mate.

[@iveco321]

i was fortunate to be 14 in 1976 when punk kicked off, and yes although britain was in a depression the music and youth culture really was awsome

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Amerika's been in a perpetual Depression since 1929, interrupted only by its constant warmongering and meddling in the affairs of other countries.

[@joejuarez8808]

Mr. Lydon Is a good guy. I really admire how he loves and takes care of sick wife. Mr. Lydon is rock treasure. My son and I saw him in PIL during the Cruel World Festival. He was great!!!

[@pandorlla]

Wow he is insanely hyper for a fifty something year old!

[@Louisefalk78]

I love when johhny says: We are tough lads us, you gotta go through it. And then craig says: I don´t kjnow if you have to go through it ... And then johnny says: There was no where else to go... That reminds me when I had a hard time in my childhood I was listening to Johnny´s words and the pistols really really helped me going through some tough times.. They are serious cool people...

[@hullcityafc72]

Lydon is still one of the most imposing and original people when he's doing an interview..

[@Sarah-gf9ed]

Love the Sex Pistols! Was very lucky to see them back in 2008 at Hammersmith. They were on top form and on fire! What a performance! I had the great pleasure of meeting John last year, I was a bit nervous approaching him, as they say that you shouldn't meet your heroes and my heart was racing LOL! But he was lovely. Dream come true for me as I always wanted to meet him. I wanted to say a lot more to him but was too starstruck! Plus I have the most insane crush on him so that made it a bit tricky LOL! It's such a shame that they've fallen out over the TV drama. There'll never be a band like them. Luckily John has PIL who I love equally as much as the Pistols. ❤❤❤❤

[@DevSodDribble]

Fat, 50 and anything is better than dead at 20 from a heroin overdose. I remember realizing that Sid Vicious had been dead for longer than he'd been alive in the first place; The Sex Pistols should do as many reunion shows as they damn well please, because it's great to be alive.

[@dougie1968]

Such a shame John has had a major falling out with Steve and Paul over the new TV drama series about the Sex Pistols. The guys successfully sued John after he tried to veto the use of the band's songs. I believe John feels betrayed and I doubt they'll ever get back together again.

[@drea4195]

Was just thinking about it as I watched this. So sad that it's come to this...they really could have been friends, helped each other out over the years, seeing as how they've both been living in So. Cal. Just read both their autobiographies. Two great people who had so much in common but can't see past their differences.

[@JesusSuckedGayPenis]

Steve Jones made some really poignant points.

[@martinperotti5954]

The sex pistols were always honest-coherent-anti everything-anti establishment that s why i love them and the songs are awesome too!

[@bigcheese2128]

Not exactly anti establishment to say there is hope for america yet

[@grizzle100]

But he is fiercely intelligent and would no doubt be a professor of English somewhere given that he based his stage prescence on a performance by Laurence Olivier of Richard 111

[@ufewl]

wow interesting as I jsut compared him to Shakespear who wrote that bookk

[@Wes5501]

Support your Allies, cause your running out of em! lol

[@bapyou]

5:55 - Steve Jones scratches his armpit 6:00 - Steve Jones yawns LOL! 5 *****

[@minime2174]

Hi 10 years later :)

[@PaulEcosse]

This needs to happen again in 2013 / 14

[@Calummcntsh6]

-How are you both? -I'm fat, fifty and i'm back Brilliant :)

[@cadge]

Lydon hates anyone else to get a word in.......John, we quite like to hear Steve talk, he is very interesting!

[@melissatyree566]

I love Steve. Shut up John.

[@elflakeador09]

Johnny Rotten doesn't give a single f#@k!! 😂😂😂

[@talldave1000]

Thats the spirit of Punk...

[@claudial3875]

I miss Craig so much!! Just watching this again makes me want new episodes.

[@billycrash138]

they should have a comedy show!!!

[@OtterpopSlaughterMop]

@6cath6arsis6 They ended in '78. You may want to learn a thing or two about the people you try to insult in the future, charlatan.

[@walterevans2118]

POOR STEVE !!!!!........HE NEVER SPOKE !!.....HE COULDN'T GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS !!!.........LOLOLOLOL

[@osabbas]

John would DESPISE anyone categorizing anything hes done, or categorizing music in general...as well he should. It promotes laziness. It's one of the things I admire about him and a few other musicians. Once the record industry catches on to something interesting, they throw a label on it, package it, and sell units. If you buy into that, you've just been duped by some guys in suits with no interest in art. Just be an individual and make music and art you wanna make.

[@rodbottomley4514]

I think John is in Malibu now. Someone posted a vid of him shopping. Strange vid too the guy doesn't even say hi. Hey John if your reading this STOP DRINKING CORONA BEER its not good for you. Buy some steam whistle or something!

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

I'M FAT, 50, AND I'M BACK!!! XDXDXDXDXD Johnny is one of my most favorite music personas ever, I MEAN IT.

[@kennybegeske8824]

Before John and Steve Moved To the United States Just Like Sid Vicious did

[@JonahsWail]

How does 2007 tv video quality look so ancient

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I wouldn't know. We're not all posh twats with massive 100-inch 4K or better hologram-driven TVs, so I don't see what the complaint is.

[@mekissingyou]

Johnny always seems happier on the american shows you know. He always lets his guard down and has fun. The only other interview i saw of him where he was relaxed in the UK was friday night with jonathan ross.

[@elpadrino1128]

John Lydon reminds me of The Grinch here :v specially when he grabs the record

[@drea4195]

I really believe he's got a heart of gold, but there's that rebel punk image to uphold.

[@tombarkerbgs09]

crass any day. didnt sell out unlike the clash, the pistols and eventually the ramones to.

[@lordlouisiii5083]

John is naturally on coke

[@ariesleorising]

I'm fat, 50, and I'm back!! Love it

[@OliverSutton1962]

Im going to search out some more Steve Jones interviews, he tells like it is. :-\

[@LaurenE2689]

+oliver sutton Jonesy never gave a shit about anything. He never has never will. Jonesy is everything! :)

[@OliverSutton1962]

Cheers Jeff.

[@camilleparent9548]

twas fun hearing steve talk

[@revolutionday1]

Checkout his radio work on "Jonsey's Jukebox". There are videos on here, as well. Good stuff!

[@johnsoutar5030]

Yep check out Jonesey's Jukebox - he has some great guests and great convos. One with Brian May from Queen comes to mind.

[@FuckingROMANCER]

@MomoBlocko No,I think that it depends.I mean,If I'd known him in a local chip shop or this kind of world,Maybe he would me my Idol anyway.I clarify,he's not my idol but he's a person that I admire.And not because he's in the Sex Pistols or what,but because I like his way to think,to speak,to say the things,and his way to see.!Even if he worked in a miserable place and he had'nt success,I think that his way to be was always the same.!So maybe yeah if he was my idol,probabily he would be itanyway

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

in references to the BEATLES surviving members, MAXIMUM ROCK AND ROLL magazine reumnited the pistols with a tape of sid!!! GREAT PHOTO!!! Johnny Rotten "Grow Up" i love it the 4 members did this!!! johnny rotten is now 55 years old 'grow up' but this gives me an idea :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) funny thing ANARCHY IN THE UK was banned upon first release, now they perform it on JAY LENO!

[@shoemanbundy]

Ok, prove your point then. Show me where my punctuation is incorrect. Go ahead, I dare you. Or were you just saying that to appear tough? :) I don't know where you get the xenophobic crap, but I'm anything but. If anyone needs to learn English(which is correctly punctuated with a capital E), then how about you actually write one comment that isn't a train wreck. And all the sexual references shows you have no comebacks yourself. What irony is in my comment? You don't know what irony is do you?

[@shoemanbundy]

Umm...did anyone say that I NEED to say something debatable? Sorry if I didn't say exactly what you want to hear, but if I see someone telling someone else to learn English and then go on to use it as if they were a child in 2nd grade I'm calling it out. Stop with the stuff you make up too. It's not making you look like you have a better argument with how you keep responding with the infinite run-on sentences. I never even mentioned the Pistols! Either realize my point or shut up -_-

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

But what you CAN do is do things YOUR way if possible, be honest about your feelings, - show them you're no puppet. I used to be a "submittive" person, I mean I'd submit to others' wishes just to be okay with them. It did me no good. I quit that, thanks to Sex Pistols and Pink Floyd (YES, Pink Floyd).

[@guinnessharvey4476]

Just one album. Has any band ever had that kind of impact and influence with just one album??

[@JehnnyRotten]

"I'm fat, 50 and I'm back" haha

[@twinfiresigns34]

@Metalriko wtf are you talking about? their original bassist was the biggest part of their songwriting and sound

[@gslade95]

@MomoBlocko he has got a brain. a chav wouldn't consider requiem by mozart as their favourite pieces of music or be a regular reader of the works of shakespeare.

[@JktuUekmw]

MAAAN! Johnny is the best guest that was on the show EVER!! How come he doesn't come back like every month?

[@amixofeverything]

Sid was a johnny come lately. He didn't even record on Nevermind the Bollocks. He was only an image.

[@1983Jacko]

Just listen to those phonies clap, they would have done the same if britney spears had walked out.

[@mertustun5442]

Did they talk to each other after this show? Once Jonesy said that he was uncomfortable when he's around Lydon and he would never hang out with him.

[@mahalolovesyou]

what was show was he referring on 4:23? and what this "don't mention the war" gesture he made? someone please explain.

[@LasgalenOsten]

this is too british

[@blitzedpig1651]

Nate River nope, Monty python is too British. Benny Hill is too genious.

[@pauldunneska]

Nate River he's of Irish blood and only carries an Irish passport.

[@VONCEIL1]

no such thing as british ....your english ,irish ,scotts or welsh , its who u are ,tho many of us are a mix...been that way for a thousand years ,im an anglo saxon ..born in england,my family name comes from 7th century scotland . steves a west londoner ,john ,north .....theres a difference , back in our day

[@notamused3715]

Paul Dunne- John is 100% ethnically Irish and a born-Irish citizen like all 2nd generationers such as myself. I didn't know he only carried an Irish passport but he is entitled to one of course and I am pleased he is so loyal to his heritage because as an old punk of Irish Catholic family, I have always felt a sort of kinship with John!

[@ZandraBson]

@BilboBaghead81 Wow wow wow! Slow down with the bad language please x) I pay tax in uk as well, sure its not easy here. Hav I said? But its not harder that US! At least what my american friends say who cant even go see a doctor or dentist just because everything is private owned in the us. I can be wrong, ok? But thats my opinion. Or are u only allowed to have one? Yeh I can tell that u are not 28.....

[@taylorisabeast17]

haha wow.sid vicious literally never learned to play bass.they used to unplug his amp during concerts, and glen mattlock recorded the bass for the ONE and only album they ever recorded.they might be "anarchist" and "punk rock", but by no means do they compare to artists like the clash, the ramones, or even green day. these guys became famous off of the douchebag images their record label created for them, not because of the mediocre music they wrote.

[@love2punk]

the border line of punk is sum 41 that is it anything like simple plan and blink 182 arent punk to me the offspring , greenday and sum 41 are punk their early stuff was better but i dont care, i mean who would you rather sum 41 or gay simple plan>??? and also punk is a branch from rock and roll that all started from record companies and most punk bands dont want their style to become mainstream maybe it just does!!!

[@love2punk]

i understand but its not true , how was rock and roll first ever spread across the earth? well if you didnt know it was a record company called SUN RECORDS and people have been with record companies since the dawn of rock and roll and wait isnt punk a branch from rock and roll??? dont punk bands sign up with RecordS? if they did it then they can do it now! sum 41 and greenday could make their own style but maybe they dont want it to become widespread maybe it just does BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE It

[@love2punk]

Dood because most people these days think that the punk bands now arent punk they think that 19 60's and 70's bands are the only true ones that is fucking bullshit!, and plus sum 41 dont sing like girls, answer me this why do people play punk if they want to draw attention ? wouldnt that be wanting to make your style more mainstream??? more fans + more concerts + putting out albums = eventually mainstream!!

[@love2punk]

hmm i dont really see anything wrong with sum 41 , dood wtf im sick of people who think that your only punk if your sitting in some fucken gutter and drinkin shitloads and knowone knows about your band !!!!, music is only commercial when record companys tell the composers how their music should sound, so it doesnt matter if your living in a dumpster playing a guitar or your in a skyscraper composing music , its still what youve created , no one elses music!!!!

[@AndreOuellette5150]

"We invented punk. We make the rules. You follow." -The Sex Pistols

[@mike129995]

@omerta0414 hey man, the ramones were influenced by the new york dolls to create punk. the sex pistols saw the ramones on a european tour, and liked the style so much, they decided to make their own punk band, So the pistols and the clash made punk mainstream, but the ramones and the dolls really created the genre.

[@jrmetmoi]

@Purerockband A 'chav', to explain this to those in the US, is like basically all the people that end up on Jerry Springer. Or like Anna Nicole when she was alive. Or like the people on that show My Name Is Earl. Only British that's all instead of American. Speaking of which there is a Jerry Spiger-alike wannabe show in the UK and it's called the Jeremy Kyle show.

[@BrokenBard]

@MrFixsus Punk was the attitude of Rock and Roll music. That's why they did cover songs of Summertime Blues, Substitute, Roadrunner, etc...Rock and Roll, man. Look at the Ramones, they aren't Punk either, the attitude is Punk and the music is garage Rock and Roll. If you lived through it, you'd know that. It isn't about what the music stores list the genre as.

[@kinderstoten]

Times changed and so did peoples attitudes about the whole idea of punk rock. IS it the fashion? is it the attitude? you know what, who cares...I'm not gonna go up to some spikey haired, leather jacket wearing moron, and give him/her my "old man" 2 cents of what I think punk rock is about, because it'll sound nothing more than some pissing contest.

[@love2punk]

and why should this remain futuile no i need to make sure that everyone understands this i may be younger than you but i dont care , your either punk or you aint , and people who care so much about it are just annoying thats what happens with a lot of things if you care too much about them and think about them too much then you fail in everyway of what you want to do.

[@love2punk]

NO punk shouldnt always be about oh the government is doing this and that , and if maybe you actually looked at sum 41 closeley not just taking in what random people say , you might understand that their attitude is somewhat the same as the older punk bands like the ramones, most people say oh their with mtv they suck

[@TimeCelt]

Why do ignorant people feel the need to try to enlighten the rest of us? Matlock co-wrote the songs. Steve Jones had to rerecord all of his stuff on never mind. The Sex Pistols died when John chose. Sid Vicious was/is little more then a publicity tool, albeit a good one.

[@xtraflo]

The Video looks wierd. Is it in 3D or something ?? lol Anyway - "Sex Pistols" are one of those bands that really arent great, they just have a really good Rock Band Name. I bet ur avereage person has probably Heard of the Sex Pistols , but could not tell you one song theyve ever made.

[@kevisit111]

Buddy, you're wrong. Today is worse than ever before. Talent is a thing of the past. I'm 45 years old, and I can tell you that talent in showbiz has DECREASED, generally. since the 1970's. If you you doubt me, check out any TV show, album, book, or movie from the 70's.

[@muzicrox]

I grew up listenening to The Sex Pistols on account of my parents. Now in my opinion, I did like Sid, completely off his face half the time..but I did like him. He didn't make the band what it was. He could barely play a fucking guitar. Now.... There not The Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotton :D

[@brism32]

I am British; are there not any posters here who cannot put together a couple of lines of decent 'unmangled' English. It is not only Americans and other colonies, but I find that there are many from even these small isles who cannot string together a meaningful sentence.

[@love2punk]

also dood were not living in the fucken 1960's anymore so maybe you all need to accept that punk doesnt matter if your widely known or not known at all , if your a fast paced band you use heaps of energy, you dont sing like complete girls and your not fully depressed id say youd be punk!

[@DK-jy4jb]

Hey, we're about the same age -- I meant no disrespect to the punks of my youth (as opposed to the posers now, who just buy a Social Distortion T-shirt at the mall) but (1) it sucks getting old (2) these two guys are getting old, and (3) these guys used to make fun of people who got old.

[@TheMarroquinTwins]

Oh yeah sure we kniw of GG Allin. I know of him too, but not a fan of his music. I don't like punk. Im into more heavier rock like screamo, industrial metal etc. The only song I like BY FAR of The Sex Pistols is Anarchy in The UK

[@fighisver]

@77StrayDog yeah maybe he was a sell out but the punk rock snene needed someone to sell out to get people inspired or else no one would listen or play punk rock rotten was a legend and you need to get over the whole "sellout" thing anyway i mean, who cares?

[@OttoRamone94]

@vlwpictures haha you don't get it aight? they never called themselves punk, and lydon is against any categorization at all. so its correct to call them a genre of their own. @COOPZilon never heard about that?! you know at which time this was?

[@merseybeast76]

no blockyboy, listen to Stiff Little Fingers, Cocksparrer, The Lurkers, ANL, 999, The Clash, Damned, Vibrators, Ramones, Penetration, X ray Spex and dozens of other bands and not a Maclaren contrived double album of drivel. It does what it says on the tin

[@medow006]

@Tomsedated i'm not certain, but i think he's imitating Hitler, which is why Ferguson is like "alright alright alright!" and probably thinking "oh my fucking god this loon is imitating hitler on my show, god help me!"

[@love2punk]

and maybe you should actually see how sum 41 act and maybe research bands before you randomly say that their not punk , and they probly dont like mtv their just with them so they can get money to do tours and stuff.

[@love2punk]

dood you can be with a fucken major record company, on MTV, or playing in the middle or jak fucken no where, if you have the right attitude and the right passion YOU ARE PUNK!!!!!! its just spreadin the punk rock !

[@BuddhaStarr]

Why does everyone talk about green day on sex pistols videos? I have no problem with green day but for fuck sake people!! This is the sex pistols, green day aren't even worth a mentoin here

[@klokworkpunk25]

@omerta0414 the sex pistols did NOT create punk. theyre my fav band and i know that. bands like the who, the kinks, MC5, david bowie, patti smith, new york dolls, and the stooges created punk.