Sex Pistols was an emblematic punk rock musical group. It was born on 1975, in England (London). They split up in 1979 The Sex Pistols started the punk movement in the United Kingdom. It was considererd the most important punk group of the moment. The group was formed by:
*John Lydon (more known as Johnny Rotten as a consequence of his teeth) – vocalist
*Steve Jones – guitarist
*Paul Cook – drummer
*Glen Matlock-> later replaced by Sid Vicious (in 1977) – bass player
Sid and Johnny
The Sex Pistols were very problematic and that made that they became more famous (they were banned in the whole England). Sex Pistols rised of the group the Strands (formed by Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Wally Nighttingale).
They were hired and released in many record labels (like EMI, A&M Records and Virgin) because their behaviour and the lyrics of their songs was bad, obscene and vulgar. They were doing that for a while. For example when they were with Virgin Records, in the final of the 77 year they launched Never Mind The Bollocks. Together was against and the LP was censored, but finally the Sex Pistols won.
In the January of the 1978 they made a tour in the EUA and they split up because Johnny Rotten left the group.
Sid Vicious tried to do music own his own. But died because his girlfriend Nancy Spungen was a drug addict. Vicious agree with the sentence “live fast die young” like her and he became drug addict too. That’s the reason why he died. Nancy died before and he was considered the criminal. He stayed in the prison and when he had the conditional liberty died.
Nancy and Sid
In 1996 there was the return of the Sex Pistols without Sid. They wanted to earn money. They have sung in more music festivals until now.
The Sex Pistols (with Glen) in 2007
Now they are old! I don’t know if they have the same punk spirit than in the 70’s!
