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The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. They were the first punk rock band to take the music down an anarchic, nihilistic path, thus influencing the shape of punk for several generations after. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen Matlock, who would later leave the band and be replaced by Sid Vicious. |
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Latest News in english
about Sex Pistols
Manituana, By Wu Ming (translated by Shaun Whiteside) (Independent)
Date: 06 Nov 2009
As a literary project, it looks at first glance like a giggly stunt positioned in some mischief-making space midway between Monty Python and the Sex Pistols. In 2000, a quartet of cultural pranksters and gadflies from Bologna published Q, a historical novel of adventure and ideas set in the 16th century. They chose as their first sobriquet "Luther Blissett": improbably enough, the name of a ...
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Tour:Smart - Martin Atkins at Avant Garden Tonight. Date: 05 Nov 2009
Houstonist -
CALLING ALL HOUSTON BANDS! If you're interested in being a truly functional touring band then H-Town Rock advises you to stop in to Avant Garden tonight and listen to what Martin Atkins has to say. Atkins is a former member of PiL [Public Image, Ltd. aka that band Johnny Rotten had after the Sex Pistols], Killing Joke, and Ministry. His book Tour:Smart is considered a premium handbook to touring ...
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Julien Temple faking it for art forgery film Date: 05 Nov 2009
Yahoo.com -
Director Julien Temple, who shot the Sex Pistols faux-documentary "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle," is hatching another scheme.
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Best and Worst from the Voodoo Experience Date: 02 Nov 2009
Spin -
Friday: Worst Supernatural Powers: Alejandro Escovedo He's been through a lot in the course of a 30-year career, from opening for the Sex Pistols (with the Nuns) to triumphing over hepatitis C. On the opening day of Voodoo, his set was positively blistering, as he led a black-clad band through a fierce hour of True Believers, Rank and File and solo alt-country-punk volleys of fire. The afternoon ...
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Johnny Rotten: Sex, drugs and, eeer, butter Date: 28 Oct 2009
Farmers Weekly Interactive -
Sex Pistols front man John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) will be back on TV in November as part of Country Life's Great British Butter campaign. The ad, which runs for six weeks from November 2, stresses Country Life's British credentials and fresh creamy taste.
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Pioneer punks set out to conjure magic Date: 28 Oct 2009
Stuff -
In the mid-70s the Buzzcocks spearheaded the young punk rock movement alongside bands such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash.
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The Slits: Trapped Animal (Narnack) (Tucson Weekly)
Date: 28 Oct 2009
by Carl Hanni Thirty years after they turned punk and dub reggae on their ears, The Slits are back with Trapped Animal, sounding as uncompromising and relevant as ever. Essentially the first all-girl British punk group to make a mark, The Slits blew a hole in the boys' club of British punk and held their own with touring mates The Clash, Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks. The current Slits sound ...
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Deer Tick to Cover the Sex Pistols on Halloween Date: 28 Oct 2009
Jambands.com -
Country-punk rockers Deer Tick will cover another band’s music on Halloween. The rising roots-rock band will perform the music of the Sex Pistols at Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl on Halloween.
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