Sex Pistols: In Their Own Words | Music Documentary | Johnny Rotten | Sid Vicious

A deep dive into the history, influence, and music of the groundbreaking punk rock band, The Sex Pistols. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most important acts in the history of popular music and pop culture. Their fashion and hairstyles were a significant influence on punk image, and they are often associated with anarchism within music.
Included clips and performances of songs; Submission, No Fun, Pretty Vacant, Anarchy in the U.K., God Save the Queen, Problems, No Feelings, Bodies, Holidays in the Sun
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians.
The Sex Pistols originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten (John Lydon), guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen Matlock; Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious in early 1977. Under the management of Malcolm McLaren, the band attracted some controversies that both captivated and appalled Britain. Through an obscenity-laced television interview in December 1976 and their May 1977 single "God Save the Queen", the latter of which attacked Britons' social conformity and deference to the Crown, calling the monarchy a "fascist regime". The release of the song popularised punk rock in the UK.
The Sex Pistols' only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977) - a UK number one - is a staple record of punk rock. In January 1978, at the end of their turbulent tour of the US, Rotten announced the band's break-up. Over the next few months, the three remaining members recorded songs for McLaren's film of the Sex Pistols' story, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
The Sex Pistols have been recognized as an influential band. In 2004, Rolling Stone placed them No. 58 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". On 24 February 2006, the Sex Pistols-, also directly inspired the style, and often the formation itself, of many punk and post-punk bands during their first two-and-a-half-year run. The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Adverts, Vic Godard of Subway Sect, and Ari Up of the Slits are among those in London's "inner circle" of early punk bands that credit the Pistols.
Among the many musicians of a later time who have acknowledged their debt to the Pistols are members of the Jesus and Mary Chain, NOFX, The Stone Roses, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Green Day, and Oasis. Tim Mohr links Western radio airplay of the Sex Pistols as helping create the whole East German punk movement. Calling the band "immensely influential", a London College of Music study guide notes that "many styles of popular music, such as grunge, indie, thrash metal and even rap owe their foundations to the legacy of groundbreaking punk bands-of which the Sex Pistols was the most prominent."
Director: Alastair Laurence
Stars: Glen Matlock, Don Letts, Alex Ogg, John Robb
Track list:
Submission
No Fun
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy in the U.K.
God Save the Queen
Problems
No Feelings
Bodies
Holidays in the Sun
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols track list:
1. "Holidays in the Sun"
2. "Bodies"
3. "No Feelings"
4. "Liar"
5. "God Save the Queen"
6. "Problems"
7. "Seventeen"
8. "Anarchy in the U.K."
9. "Submission"
10. "Pretty Vacant"
11. "New York"
12. "E.M.I."
13. "No Feelings" (B-Side of A&M God Save the Queen)
14. "Did You No Wrong" (B-Side of Virgin God Save the Queen)
15. "No Fun" (B-Side of Pretty Vacant)
16. "Satellite" (B-Side of Holidays in the Sun)
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[@carldyson9342]

The best punk band ever just love them iam 60 years old and still listening to Never Mind The Bollocks just a fantastic album

[@ianmills5237]

They’re even better if you’re English 😁

[@mathish100]

So true, mr. So true! You got great taste, just like me,..heh-heh... and everybody else who love that album.

[@mathish100]

@@ianmills5237 Maybe, but don`t under- estimate us who don`t live in England, and our love for this music, the album, and the band itself.😜🍄

[@likkidixx]

It has stood the test of time.

[@Iiwii11]

Same here exactly.

[@JackReynolds-w7g]

Say what you like, but the Sex Pistols were totally one of a kind. No band has ever been like them.

[@princegroove]

Often imitated but never duplicated indeed.

[@sexobscura]

and may I ask, as opposed to which other band ...

[@danielbrown3461]

Wrong....Flipper and the Stooges were just like the Pistols....So was Devo...they were threatened regularly.

[@JohnnySmith.]

It's a shame Glen didn't realise and utilise the power that he had within the band.We would've got at least one more album from them and Sid's life probably wouldn't have been so tragically cut short. But,hindsight is a wonderful thing...

[@onlyme219]

To only make one real album and to it get deservedly the status of a masterpiece of its time is very, very impressive. I'm 57 and still listen to the album going to work. I also do the same with Adam and the Ants and Kings of the Wild Frontier :) Side note: Glen doesn't get enough credit, seems after Sid he was forgot, that's not right

[@Hillbilly001]

Ahhh, the memories. I was 17 in 1977. Cheers from Tennessee

[@g3pdhbelonis447]

I was also 17 and in TN in 1977

[@Hillbilly001]

@@g3pdhbelonis447 I was a hardcore rebel back then. If "they" said it was bad, I had to find out if it was or not. Don't know how I survived, but it sure was a lot of fun. LoL. Cheers

[@curtissea5340]

exactally ...👏👏👏👏👏

[@jeromedavis1353]

Same here. Knew I needed to go see them in Atlanta. Knew I wouldn’t. Knew I’d regret it the rest of my life!

[@musicloverchicago437]

I was happy to hear Alex Ogg's comments about Sid Vicious at 38:38. "Sid Vicious is, basically he's become this kind of accidental icon, and I'm not sure he's the right icon really for the punk years because I think there's something intensely liberating and intelligent about what happened, and to have it sort of dumbed down to this Sidney figure who was just a walking car crash of a personality I actually think does a huge disservice to the people who actually achieved a lot at that time." Ogg is actually too kind.

[@likkidixx]

I understand your point of view but people need a face to relate to.

[@michaelsuder486]

Sid was a talentless moron. They should have never gotten rid of Matlock

[@waynesilverman3048]

His hair as well spot on

[@Alasdair-uo8zg]

Sid was the Bez of his day.😋

[@princegroove]

A paradigm shift occurred in popular music with these incredible boys.

[@danielbrown3461]

Same thing with the Ramones.

[@kevanbrown7620]

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is a classic album. Every track is bang on. Best Punk album.

[@organicmechanic5150]

I got into trouble at primary school for playing Bodies on the pa system. Teachers had no sense of humour in the 80's.

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@organicmechanic5150 "Fuck this and fuck that" ha

[@organicmechanic5150]

@@kevanbrown7620 "Fucking all the bollocks, fucking brat" 😂

[@angryeel2864]

I agree with Rotten being an anti star and antagonizing the crowd. He was definitely original and one of a kind, but for the record, Jim Morrison was the first frontman to not engage with the crowd and cater to them. He also antagonized them at times. Furthermore, Morrison inspired Iggy to do likewise with The Stooges, who took it to another level. Both The Doors and The Stooges were influences of Rotten and the band. Not taking anything away from them at all. I've been a big fan of the Sex Pistols and Lydon for decades. Saying they were great and or influential is an understatement.

[@alanstrom2221]

Oh for sure mate, you are right. Morrison was very anti-establishment. Jim antagonised his audience by calling them idiots. He was drunk, so he didn't articulate what he really meant. Society and the mainstream media feeds the general public with misinformation and treats them as fools and idiots. Jim meant that people in the audience and the general population allowed society to treat them as fools and idiots. The irony of the Hippy Counter Culture was that the majority of them became part of the corporate mainstream once they got their Uni degrees that Mummy and Daddy paid for. Pseudo Hippies, Pseudo Punks, Pseudo Echo, that last one is an Aussie 'in joke'. Pseudo Hippies & Pseudo Punks come from very safe, comfortable & secure family backgrounds. They can 'afford' to take risks & venture into volatile situations, because they have the assurance of Mummy & Daddy's support to fall back on. Jim's father was an officer in the military. Jim was rebellious. This combination does not lead to a good relationship. They rarely saw each other after Jim moved out. Jim lived without a 'safety net' People like Jim Morrison use drugs and alcohol to 'fall back on'. Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain and Nick Drake and Ian Curtis, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Robert Johnson, Bob Marley, Otis Redding, Hank Williams, Marc Bolan, Gram Parsons, Tim Buckley & Jeff Buckley are some of the greatest losses to this world. Not all from drug or alcohol, though I just felt like like listing some great losses.

[@FLAVCO]

John Lydon had those amazing piercing eyes that look right through you! You can’t fake that!! 😳

[@LoyalAsst]

5:39 😂 Who's that? He's hot.

[@simonkormendy849]

For me, The Sex Pistols are the original Punk Rockers, they got it right from day one.

[@edwardbliss8931]

Watching these 70s punk documentaries repeat the same thing over and over makes me wish something like this happened again. Something, anything to stir things up

[@plejady]

it will when you are 70 years old

[@ryananasmokleb9494]

ok sweety, they locked us up for b.s and they want you to get a vxx passport.. if that dont rustle your punk-gland .......

[@layditms2]

Uh Punk never went away

[@salvelegio1425]

For me personally it’s like before, during and after The Sex Pistols. One of the best band ever. Thank you lads!!!

[@themichael3105]

This is brilliant! Thx! Cheers

[@mathish100]

I`ve always loved Sex Pistols. And still do .

[@tinamitchell7496]

"In Their Own Words"... really? I didn't see John, Jonesy or Cookie in the list of 'Stars' of this film, only Matlock. So edited snippets of 'Their Own Words', no actual first hand words in this production from anyone other than Glen The Grifter. Lots of opinion from 'others' with opinions. Another go at 'Pistol'

[@ariesstar85]

Totally agree with you have said

[@TateGg-ji5lf]

You should ask for a rebate.

[@milehigh61]

Exactly! Who are these w*nkers

[@gregdahlen4375]

how's he a grifter?

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

Glen wrote most of the songs on nevermind the bollocks

[@tutts999]

Seems so long ago now, but the music still kicks ass.

[@CitizenSammy]

I adore Sid, but canning Glen was the biggest blunder in rock history.

[@mjh5437]

God I SO wish I was old enough to have seen them play live.

[@midlifebiker7424]

The gigs were pretty violent, I got my tooth knocked out by someone swinging a stool around like it was their dance partner..... Some ppl were throttling each other, spitting in each others mouths and deliberately vomiting....in the name of self deprecation.... Bit of an eye opener for a 15yo..... I went on to become a skin and Stiff Little Fingers after the pistols...

[@princegroove]

Ok, boomer! 😂

[@annemac]

I wish I was alive at the time to have seen them😭

[@Jedi_Pimp]

"Monkey's tea party" Jonny Rotten describing manger and the label's ripping the band off. They never had a lawyer to represent them. ( Up The Punks )

[@BrianMarcus-nz7cs]

🌱🐝Monkey Piss 🍺👍

[@numptyed1]

whilst i love Sid to pieces, Glen was THE bassist for the pistols, no question. the "Sid Sings" LP is a good example of why

[@anthonymagda9059]

Yep we must reckon that Matlock was a Bass player, Sid was a punk rock groupie, perfect image for the band, only problem was HE COULD NOT PLAY BASS TO SAVE HIS LIFE, NOT TO MENTION HE WAS EXTREMELY YOUNG (THE YOUNGEST MEMBER BY A FEW YEARS).....HE WAS NOT PLUGGED IN AT SOME SHOWS, DUE TO HIS POOR PLAY, AND WAS SO FUCKED UP HE WOULD'NT EVEN NOTICE HE WAS NOT BEING HEARD...PUNK ROCK TO ITS CORE....RIP SIMON RICHEY AKA SIDNEY VICIOUS......

[@dorjevajra]

Too bad they couldn't keep Glen on bass and have Sid double up with Johnny to sing. Almost like a 70s version of the beastie boys.

[@markgreet3543]

Seen them 6 times on reunion tours, met glen, and John and have 250 items in my collection possibly one of greatest bands ever, Steve a great guitar player, John articulate witty and great frontman Paul a good heavy drummer, glen an amazing bass player, sid had some potential listen to him play belsen demo, then say he was bad never mind the bollocks the sex pistols were unique no band like them ever again, but once in a lifetime is still great.

[@likkidixx]

As a bass player myself, I'm amazed how great the bass lines are! 17 years "old"... Did learn the bass because/thanks to Sid.

[@markgreet3543]

@@likkidixx respect.

[@rodxavieres]

Conheci Glen nas vezes em que ele tocou aqui com o Supla ( Um Punk daqui) no Brasil. Super atencioso e gentil... Meu sonho seria conversar com John meu maior ídolo e Steve Jones também!!! Acho que eles são uma mistura perfeita de cada um com sua personalidade!!! Deveriam se entender pois já estão na velhice!!!

[@markgreet3543]

@@rodxavieres ???

[@rodxavieres]

@@markgreet3543 olá!!!Sou do Brasil e natural de São Paulo Capital!!! Sou fã dos Sex Pistols desde os meus 16 anos!!! Meus tios foram punks, porém o Punk Rock no Brasil é fraco!!! Bandas medíocres!!! Hoje estou com 40 anos e ouço Pistols quase todos os dias!!! Espero que o PIL venha para o Brasil algum dia!!! Abraço pra vc 🙌

[@kevinwilliams5224]

Sex Pistols....the only band to NOT grow into being part of the system. The system tried to eat them but kept puking them back out! True ROCK LEGENDS!👹

[@legeantdunord4091]

John Lydon is not a punk, he’s a poet…a poet maudit but a poet!

[@sputnikwar]

Excellent, thanks for that. Although I've seen SO much Pistols stuff over the years, there were still bits there that were new to me. It was a cool little film, thanks for posting.

[@likkidixx]

KZbin made our lives easier, didn't it.

[@JohnnySmith.]

"Larrop"(23:00) haha! Glen reminded me of my old geezer(god rest his soul).That was one of his favourites. "Go back and larrop him John,he wont bother you again"😂

[@markgreet3543]

I've been a fan since mid 1980s, started to collect 1987-1988 still adding to my collection forever more.

[@fluxfotos22]

The blue nun kicked in and all hell was let loose.

[@radiantshimmer1]

Exactly. There were only 4 or 5 into punk. In my school just me and 1 other! 😎

[@0UtLAwSCuMFUcK]

Never mind the bollocks still have it since the day I bought it in 77, also signed by all members. Incl Sid as well.

[@johnbarry1965]

Want to sell it? I wouldn't!!!

[@gregdahlen4375]

how'd you get the signatures?

[@0UtLAwSCuMFUcK]

sorry no :)@@johnbarry1965

[@0UtLAwSCuMFUcK]

I saw them here in Sweden, in Växiö, halmstad and helsingborg. Signatures I achieved in Stockholm, first hand ;)@@gregdahlen4375

[@mjh5437]

Worth a lot of money is Sid is on it,his autograph is very rare because he died so yo.

[@markgreet3543]

The band were together 26 months, then they reformed 1996 2002 one gig only 2003 then 2007 finally 2008. John lydon felt they were running out of ideas after the usa tour and him and sid were having differences, he had a fight with sid before winterland gig,and notice hiw sid does high vocals on no feelings almost to poke fun at rotten during winterland gig.

[@mickharrison9004]

Amazing........................grace 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 we give you the most important band ever ,from the most important country ever ,who had the biggest empire ever 🇬🇧✌️

[@michaelmerino9788]

🇬🇧 💩💩💩💩💩💩 🤨

[@mickharrison9004]

@@michaelmerino9788 come and say that to our faces retard .

[@scottsimmons6656]

“Video will return after ad”…. Doesn’t get much less punk than that. John is a professional contrarian.

[@tinamitchell7496]

I hope you aren't referring to Lydon with that comment? He had zero to do with this opinion piece.

[@sexobscura]

*"Hi, I'm Janet Street-Porter and I invented Johnny Rotten"*

[@muzzymuzzmuzz1]

Jon Robb's rather keen on the Pistols, isn't he?🤣🤣

[@josephyates7761]

He s a top dude 😎

[@johngammon963]

Glen Matlock is the spine of the pistols - his bass lines are absolutely terrific - when he was replaced by Sid - musically speaking, it killed the band.

[@donniewynn3277]

Glenn gets undeserved hate. He should have stayed in the band.

[@leewhite2195]

Holidays and Bodies are the best songs though,the only two without a co-write by Matlock.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

​@@leewhite2195Steve Jones wrote the music. Vicious just played HIS notes BADLY 😂

[@Metal_Horror]

If you listen to any of their shit when Glen was still in the band, it sounds way different. You can even see it in this video, with examples like Pretty Vacant and Anarchy in The UK. Anarchy had several basslines, and the guitar had a pretty obvious flange/phaser effect. At the very least, the basslines were light years ahead of what they ended up being with Sid in the band. I love Glen's basslines. He was actually an above average bassist, and very creative. That combination between simplistic guitars and competent bass actually ended up being a fairly common setup in the punk world; Rancid, The Buzzcocks, Descendents, I could go on and on. Once Glen left, the basslines became Steve's simplified lines, which were fine, but Sid made them sound like shit most of the time. I've literally never heard anyone make a bass sound as bad as Sid standing up there popping the shit out of his strings, looking cool af. It's weird because at times he played them fine. It's almost like he was too lazy to play the songs decently. Bollocks still ended up sounding amazing (Jones playing bass), and it's possible that if Glen had stayed in the band, punk wouldn't have had so much of its "anybody can play punk", low barrier reputation, which was an absolutely huge part of the whole thing.

[@Metal_Horror]

@thesoundlikechameleons2082 They talk about the songwriting process pretty extensively in the documentary, and Steve definitely did *not* "write all the music." Glen was the creative force, and by far the best musician. Once he left, songwriting stopped. It would've sucked to write without a bass player, especially when he's the one who came up with most of the ideas.

[@rodjohnson2534]

Most underrated band ever!!!

[@georgemeacham8591]

good doco, but seriously, "in their own words"!

[@craigmorgan6010]

I’m too young to remember 1977. I got into punk in the early to mid nineties [Offsprings classic smash album - NOFX - Bad Religion - Green Days Dookie album, Pennywise and so forth]. They reformed and toured very briefly in the nineties and I remember it being kinda funny and cool how - in the same way they slagged of other forms of music in the seventies - they slagged of the nineties punk bands of that time. Saying they weren’t really punk and how they were reforming to show them how it’s done.

[@crusadeelectronics2444]

They were right and you were never part of the punk scene. It was dead by the 90's.

[@musicloverchicago437]

I understand the appeal of Green Day, Offspring, etc, but none of those bands were punk. They were pop trying to sound punk.

[@StephenAPA]

Sex pistols were pop. Pink only died to the bandwagon punks as in 2023 it’s definitely still alive.

[@spek-27]

​@@musicloverchicago437And the Sex Pistols were basically a boy band that was out together. So what?

[@musicloverchicago437]

@@spek-27 McLaren chose people who were legit musicians except for sad Sid. Lydon is a genius, his style wasn't manufactured.

[@markgreet3543]

Rock n roll years was a tv series bbc 1, it followed the news and music of each year 1976 it showed bill grundy interview clip and sex pistols so it goes clip, it changed my life it simply was amazing I've been a fan since 1985.

[@fnW6392]

Wir liebem euch noch heute.....thX.. & sid...rip

[@pauljakubiak9495]

Awesome!!

[@伊藤ミケ]

貴重な映像❤

[@davidwhite4874]

Sex Pistols: In Glen Matlock's and a Couple of Other People's Words. Fixed it.

[@matthewchicchi7262]

Your videos are very well researched, but can you please balance your audio? The music is screeching loud and the interviews are inaudible. You could get a freshman intern to do better work than this,

[@joeanthony7759]

Yes please.

[@davidpaul6656]

Absofuckinlutely!!!

[@MrBrindleStyle]

Go on then... DIY... anything... do something...

[@vox1966]

I am 68 years old when I first heard the Pistols I was so happy being a Musician it was so hard to emulate Elp, Yes , Led Zeppelin and many more it was so refreshing to hear simple rock

[@brianconway100]

“ Without the sex pistols we wouldn’t have had punk“, Are you for real? The punk movement had already started in New York, with a long lead up to it. In Glen Matlock’s own words, he took inspiration for Pretty vacant from Richard Hell’s ‘Blank Generation’ (we won’t mention Abba’s SOS). The Stooges I don’t wanna be your dog was 1969 for example. I love the pistols and they did have their own unique style (I’m English by the way, would like to say punk started here but I do accept the facts)

[@bigdave1302]

The American 'punk' is more polished and safe, nothing like the real British punk.

[@djquinn11]

The MC5 and Stooges were from Detroit.

[@brianconway100]

@@djquinn11 Yes, exactly. As I said, started in New York, but with a long lead up to it (not only from New York). MC5, Stooges and many more.

[@markrosenquist8259]

Exactly. The Stooges are The Godfather’s of Punk.

[@Stranglerxx77]

Iggy was influenced by seeing the doors play so Jim was probably the archetypal first punk outsider

[@cejannuzi]

The one thing they missed out on was being on an independent label (which in the case of the second wave of American punk meant bands having their own label). What's interesting is that in terms of changing pop culture and pop music, the Smiths also proved to be hugely influential. And they really came not long after the SPs had faded from the scene.

[@betaville72]

Sex Pistols: In Their Own Words wold imply it was the sex pistols telling the story 'in their own words' not, John Robb's words, or whoever.

[@michaelsuder486]

Well, Glen Matlock's words....he was in the band. But yea I get what you mean

[@spankflaps1365]

I think another spinoff from punk was their self deprecating comedy spirit, that inspired a generation of comedians like Ben Elton, Mayall, Edmundson, Planer, Newman, Baddiel, Reeves and Mortimer.

[@SteveAbbott-Channel]

62 here englisj live in Thailand. I still play the pistols

[@SteveAbbott-Channel]

English

[@mjh5437]

One of those McLaren/Westwood t-shirts Steve is wearing at 2:22 sold for £27,000 about three years ago.

[@FlawlessKam]

The swastika shirt Sid wore a bunch sold for 48,800. As a vintage lover myself seeing all these kids wearing shirts that would be later worth tens of thousands of dollars is fascinating.

[@mjh5437]

@@FlawlessKam48,000 Dollars or 48,000 Pounds? 😮😮😮

[@markmiddleton7120]

3.30 minutes, "Bernie Rhodes auditioned John Lydon" ? Never heard that before, is this true? Thought it was Malcolm Mclaren.

[@grigorykolesnyk2985]

I've been listening to them since childhood. I still love it. God bless Sex Pistols❗✌️

[@Communitycare4]

First 60 seconds in stop a m.way were they the influence ref ib and jso?!!

[@garywebster3585]

Best punk single was Arabs in Arrads by the Art Attacks. Three minutes of musical and lyrical perfection.

[@samwindmill8264]

I've only ever heard "Neutron Bomb" and "I Am a Dalek"

[@anthonymagda9059]

OPINIONS, LIKE ASSHOLES, EVERYONE HAS ONE, AND THEY PRETTY MUCH ALL SMELL LIKE SHIT......LIKE YOURS, OPINION THAT IS......

[@imboaustim9498]

Wrong. They should have played Austin but actually played Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio. This is great footage of the Dallas show though.

[@user-xp6ss4vu3g]

Yeah I adored Sid Vicious as well all these years later I still love him but it's the f****** universe that we live in the reasons that things happen for whatever the hell the reason is that things have to happen a certain way and they do move in that way❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Phil1stalk]

Terrible sound volume. Spot interviews sound muddied and in low volume then the music clips come blasting in and you can't hear anything or get any continuity. Poor production. Pretty vacant.

[@iamtnarea1503]

Wish there was a guitar group that could come along now and have a similar impact.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Different times...

[@Sameoldfitup]

It started in my head

[@areamusicale]

I saw the reunion in 1994. ... they played for only 20 - 25 minutes

[@tomihaili8756]

"In their own words..." They interviewed only Matlock.

[@jcdova29]

Great bands don’t last very long. Johnny Rotten was the best frontman ever.

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

Unfortunately i wasn't born till 1980 😢 definitely hear nirvana in them and plenty of us punk bands ! Would of loved to have been 20 when they were still about

[@mjh5437]

There had never been anything like ii….it was incredible,we never knew what would happen next from day-to-day,a fantastically exciting time.

[@mustafakemal9547]

In their own words ???????? Really ? Its only Glen ? wheres the band ???

[@victorbockris5423]

The Ramones started Punk Rock in New York in 1974. The British punk bands were influenced by The Ramones. Having said that The Sex Pistols were the greatest rock n roll band in the world during their glory days. Punk Lives. punk will never die.😊

[@anthonymagda9059]

Just love all five of em (sid), there never was and never will be a group that is this raw and this honest, PERIOD...... JOHNNY ROTTEN FOR PRESIDENT 2024....

[@rodjohnson2534]

Was Steve Jones so underrated!!!

[@jimmyb5498]

the title should have read In glen matlock's words!!

[@paulgrendall5138]

Hope he still refuses to own a cell-phone!!

[@vincentsmith-hf7by]

They started punk music period 💯

[@vincentsmith-hf7by]

Just like fishbone open up doors for other groups in that time 💯

[@waynesilverman3048]

Steve played a fender for one gig ,that sound he got from his Gibson

[@jupiternash2888]

Just so alot of y’all know glen helped with the lyrics yeah but none of the band members kept making music besides paul but it didn’t get recognized at all compared to when john made up his own band PIL (Public Image LTD) and still was changing the music industry and punk also still went against the institutions etc john lydon is the true song writer compared to everyone in the sex pistols .

[@jupiternash2888]

And he’s always been humble and the same . 🐐♾️

[@leofranssen]

A pistols docu without John in it. Really.. doesn't anybody notice. Are you all gone crazy.

[@vinylzappa]

we just didn't want to be disappointed

[@Drjackdempsey9644]

Did Sid vicious ever actually play the bass?

[@TheStream]

Apparently, Vicious was allowed to play bass on one track, "Bodies", but his contribution was later overdubbed by Jones.

[@AndrewAHayes]

Robb is talking out of his arse, Punk was coined in 1970 and referred to the garage rock scene, the pistols were always one step behind The Damned who were the first to release a single an album and tour the states, The Damned never thought of themselves as Punk when the band started, they were pigeon holed by the media as were The Sex Pistols, so the advent of British Punk was all down to the music press.

[@davidbolger2000AD]

Should've been called Glen Matlock In His Own Words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ecoturismovalle1570]

I jsut watched the Sid and Nancy movie. I feel sad for Sid who could have gone a lot farther with the Sex Pistols.

[@davidgoodfellow2384]

They certainly caused chaos brilliant band absolutely genius

[@richardrincon3090]

Does anybody remember that video were Johnny? Rotten and marky Ramon are arguing and Henry Rollins has a look on. His face as soon as they start fighting i'm gonna run

[@ladyhonor822]

💋💋💋 I LOVE SID VICIOUS ❤️❤️❤️ AMEN Philadelphia USA ☦️

[@KD-dh7mh]

Why no interview with Johnny without whom there would have been no pistols

[@bingbamboo3332]

Thank you. Great job

[@TheStream]

Thanks for watching!

[@onlydarrrenn]

the best

[@mrsuperger5429]

Its a myth that Sid couldn't play bass guitar. He played on the SPOTS Tour and at Winterland. Both are on youtoob.

[@okgood8529]

Sorry but your wrong. Sid couldn't play at all. He and John were close friends, and he looked punk.

[@michaelsuder486]

It's not a myth. Both Steve and John said he couldn't play. He apparently tried to learn but then just gave up

[@ariesstar85]

I love the sex pistols but got to agree with some of the comments, how can a sex pistol in their own words programme, not have John lydon, Steve Jones or Paul cook? Without these 3 there are no sex pistols, not to mention John lydon wrote most of the music!

[@psychobillyjim9962]

Punk started in New York at CBGBs, the punk Style came from England.

[@markrosenquist8259]

The Stooges were around before CBGBs. They are The Godfather’s of punk.

[@josephyates7761]

Not a bad film... good fun 😊

[@TheBrrp]

I mean people especially English people seem to forget that in new York bands like the ramones and Blondie and Patty smith were already making punk music prior to the Sex Pistols so to say punk wouldn’t exist is just wrong haha. They definitely had a massive effect on punk and it would be a lot different wothout them. What about the damned?! They were around just before if I’m not mistaken. Thank god for the Sex Pistols they definitely layed a lot of the ground work but punk was already starting without them. They kind of made people aware though. And I mean what about iggy pop or Black Sabbath? They were the real originators especially iggy pop. He’s the godfather of punk music no question

[@mjh5437]

All those other bands you mentioned were good,but incredibly boring in comparison to what the Sex Pistols brought to the table.

[@kathrynumtuch6605]

Saw Glen on Iggy tour Lust for Life tour 1979 ?

[@James-ly3wf]

Actual title -“The Sex pistols in Glen Matlocks own words…… plus some good footage of the band live, and some z list talking heads”

[@gregdahlen4375]

john really pours on the british accent

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Elvis Presley,The Beatles,The Sex Pistols.Wheres the next music phenomenon going to happen? Answer NEVER.Thats it folks.

[@michaelsuder486]

Hasn't happened since Nirvana

[@gregdahlen4375]

Sid did something at the gigs, he sang

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

Steve jones is a very disturbed man.

[@anadjokic253]

5:30 stage presence 8:00 10:00 violence on gigs 13:00 anarchy in the UK 30:00 god save the queen around 30:34 sid and glan basists stuff sid and nancy 37:00 start od their story and more about sid 40:00 american tour and fall out 46:00 their musical legacy

[@layditms2]

lol why are you styled like our generation ( and older ) ? awkward

[@billyrocca9029]

The guy with the mohawk at the beginning is so wrong! Reducing rock before the Pistols to the stones and the Beatles is ludicrous! What about the Kinks? The Who? and countless other really interesting acts... As for Punk, lots of bands emerged at the very same time, with different approaches, but all focusing on bringing the old world down by all means possible. Among them were much better musicians than the Pistols like the Damned or the Stranglers and in another genre the Jam... it was all labelled as "new wave". Punk was some kind of simplified glam rock, pub rock with a touch of holliganism and hardcore bondage SM fashion clichés... My opinion anyway, and I was a Punk.

[@raviscott4853]

Iggy & The Stooges and MC5 have a better claim to be punk's pioneers. IMHO of course.

[@gregdahlen4375]

i'd think what you wear affects the music u make

[@realsinisterminister]

Their own words?..........hahaha

[@davidthomerson751]

The Sex Pistols weren't the first punk band, but they were the punk band to really stick it to the man - Bill Grundy, God save the Queen l, etc.

[@britinbrazil7912]

For a band that was always touted as a collection of guys who couldn't play, Steve Jones and Paul Cook were pretty good if unpolished musicians, thrashing out some classic riffs. But don't believe the hype, listening to these songs almost 50 years later it's obvious there was some talent there, even John Lydon was a natural front man. Of course Sid Vicious didn't even try to play, still can't understand what the objective was in bringing him in - a complete and utter waste of space.