I've never seen so much blatantly false information about a subject in one place before. Some of these people need to find out what the hell they are talking about before they submit reviews. I'm guessing that many of these 1-star ratings are coming from children weened on the Green Day poseurs.

Just to set the record straight, aside from some dross that was released after their demise, Bollocks is the ONLY Pistols album. To say that it is their best album or their worst album is simply a display of ignorance. Cripes, I'm seeing people write reviews of this landmark record who don't even get the names of the band members correct. Leave the critiques to folks who have more than a passing knowledge of the band and the album and the genre, for that matter.

As for all these comparisons, The Clash were very nice indeed, but they never packed the snarling power of 'Anarchy in the UK', nor did they ever produce a signature song like 'God Save the Queen', one of the great hard-rock anthems to ever come down the pike, blowing the doors off of anything by these neo-punk revivalists. And for all this talk of filler, I'll take one 'New York' for 5 songs on London Calling.

If it wasn't for albums like Bullocks breaking the prog-rock and corporate-rock mallaise of the late '70s, we'd all STILL be listening to turgid immitators of Floyd and Zeppelin.

first, for those of you who have no understanding of punk, know that the pistols and other early punk bands were about live performance, not recordings. having said that, given that their career as a band was short-lived, try this album to grok what they were about.

the truth is these songs sound almost innocent compared to the headache rock, death & speedmetal, goth and other punk spinoffs that have sprouted since. musically the songs are simple and great rock n roll. lydon was an acidic, brilliant lyricist, as good as punk ever had, and his raw on-edge "singing" is as good as any punk vocalist ever.

Not much needs to be said about NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, but the second disc is a necessary purchase even if you bought the SEX PISTOLS BOX, which is full of demos (but not all of them). There was not enough time to fit everything on that, so some tracks were cut from it. This 2CD set was issued first. The following track list was found after researching on the web. This info is not on the set (actually almost no info is on the set).

1. Seventeen *

2. Satellite *

3. No Feelings *

4. I Wanna Be Me *

5. Submission

Dave Goodman Session, Riverside / Denmark St, July 1976

6. Anarchy in the UK

Dave Goodman Session, Wessex Studios, October `76

7. GSTQ

8. Problems *

9. Pretty Vacant *

10. Liar *

11. EMI *

12. New York

Dave Goodman Session, Gooseberry Studios, January 1977

13. Problems

14. No Feelings

15. Pretty Vacant

Chris Speeding Session, Majestic studios May 1976

16. Submission *

17. No Feelings

18. EMI

19. Satellite

20. Seventeen

Chris Thomas NMTB session, Wessex, Summer 1977

21. Anarchy in the UK

Dave Goodman Session, Riverside / Denmark St, July 1976

*Not on SEX PISTOLS BOX

One thing nice about this edition is that it has the original import color combo, yellow and pink, instead of the later issue released in the US, green and pink. The song list of the CD corresponds to the song titles of the original SPUNK bootleg LP.

Give me some of that pure Rock 'n' Roll sound!

This is the only 'true'Sex Pistols album and really the only one you need.

Considered by many to be one of the front-runners of punk, but I do believe Iggy Pop and The (Mighty) Stooges did Punk better. Having said that,this has been one of my first punk albums at the tender age of 11 and it instantly opened my ears to a whole new sound of Rock that I never realized existed.

Immediately I could feel the Raw intensity of Johnny Rotten's maniacal voice, snotty, in your face type of attitude bleeds through the speakers from the Wildman that is Rotten himself. One of the first songs - "Bodies" is a perfect example of the pure punk attitude I am referring to - Animalistic fury. Screaming bloody mess! Real Brit Punk, heck Real punk period, out of 1977.

There have been many imitators since The Pistols, but why not pick up the original, in all it's aggressive devestating glory (?)

I don't think I ever heard a debut punk record as good as this. They just don't exist, but yes, this album here did help me on my search for real punk and DIY type bands.

Highlights of mine are "Bodies" - "God Save the Queen" - "Pretty Vacant" & of course the song that the band is known for "Anarchy In the U.K."- Turn it Up, Loud! (the way it's meant to be heard)

...Forget The Clash, sure they were a great band, but if Anarchy had a voice it would be Johnny Rotten's.

The only studio album by the Sex Pistols was greatly anticipated and didn't disappoint for buyers who did not have access to the UK singles or live/studio bootlegs that were available at that time.

For those who purchased other releases, the album did not break any new ground with the songs. Most material had been part of the band's live shows or had been officially released as A- and B-sides of singles.

But here was a group who's music was banned on UK radio, its name not permitted on the UK charts and had numerous concerts cancelled because of the "threat" of violence from the fans & band members. Not only all that, the band was cashing checks from major record companies that signed 'em and dumped 'em seemingly overnight.

And through all the controversy came the U.S. album release. The power of the band - driven by the vocals of Johnny Lydon - is captured in classics like Anarchy in the UK, God Save the Queen and No Feelings. There were questions on who performed on the album, with persistent rumors that guitarist Chris Spedding played on most of the cuts.

While the album received either rave or poor reviews by the critics, a U.S. tour was in the works, with one published report stating the Pistols were going to perform at Madison Square Garden with tickets costing a couple of bucks. Like so much surrounding the band, the MSG show was 99.9% myth.

The Pistols were slated to debut in the U.S. with a performance on Saturday Night Live and then open their tour at The Agora in Cleveland, OH. Visa problems cancelled both gigs and the band that finally arrived was as fractured as any Stadium Rock "supergroup."

It became a game at the gigs where the band tried to outdo one another in the department of parody. The band broke up after an absolutely terrible performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Fransisco, which was released as a bootleg some months afterward.

But for some brief moments in time, the Pistols demonstrated they were a great live band that could capture batches of their raw power in the studio.