September 8th, 2009 by Hannah
Punk veteran John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, the notorious frontman of the Sex Pistols, is reforming his second band, Public Image Ltd (PiL), after 17 years.
The band will embark on a mini-tour starting in the UK in December, Lydon, 53, has revealed.
“We’ll see where we can go. Some things may be quite similar, some may not,” he said.
The Sex Pistols were pioneers of the 1970s punk movement in England, with singles such as Anarchy In The UK and God Save The Queen.
Lydon formed PiL in 1978 – 12 months after the disintegration of the Sex Pistols – and the group lasted for eight years.
Source: Splash News
November 20th, 2007 by Hannah
The Sex Pistols are facing a $100 fine after openly flouting a smoking ban at a concert in London. The punk icons were playing at London’s Brixton Academy when the band lit up several cigarettes on stage, breaking the new law which came into force on July 1, banning smoking in all enclosed public places. A mere $100 for openly flouting a smoking ban, isn’t that a complete joke or what, the rules need to be relooked at and the rules for gigs need to be revaluated. For fans smoking at such gigs the fine of $100 is fine but for these super rich bands it should be a cool hundred thousand $$$ so that they would pay attention to the rules. Now come on you clumsy police officials you can do better, you are putting such a small fine that anyone would be happy to break the rules and hog the headlines. The London police are like inviting them to break the rules, pay a $100 and you can go away with a simple thank you.
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November 9th, 2007 by Hannah
Since its start in 1969 in Detroit, CREEM was once the home to “America’s Greatest Rock Critic” – Lester Bangs, the reason why the term “punk rock” exists and of course has one of the most iconic figures in music attached to it…the Boy Howdy logo!
Click here to see some old CREEM covers with the likes of George Harrison, Iggy Pop and the Rolling Stones on them:
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September 28th, 2007 by Hannah
Reunited punk rock icons the Sex Pistols will warm up for their English tour with a private club show in Los Angeles on October 25, a gig that will mark their first public performance in four years.
The quartet will play the Roxy Theatre, a Sunset Strip venue with room for about 500 people. After that, they begin a four-night stand at London’s Brixton Academy, beginning November 8, followed by a show in Manchester.
The reunion of singer John Lydon, guitarist Steve Jones, bass player Glen Matlock and drummer Paul Cook is being billed as a 30th anniversary celebration of their groundbreaking 1977 album, “Never Mind the Bollocks — Here’s the Sex Pistols.”
The Sex Pistols were one of the best-known English rock bands to emerge from the short-lived punk revolution in the mid-1970s. Four bored kids with limited musical ability, they swore on live television, got beaten up and perfectly captured the economic malaise sweeping Britain.
“Never Mind the Bollocks,” powered by such caustic singles as “Anarchy In The UK” and “God Save The Queen,” topped the U.K. charts in October 1977. But the band broke up the following January during a disastrous American tour. Punk rock figurehead Sid Vicious, who had replaced Matlock, died of a drug overdose in 1979.
The original foursome reunited in 1996 for a world tour. They also toured North America in 2003. The Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, but refused to show up, sending a rude, handwritten note instead.
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