My wife gave me that album at Christmas right after it came out...it was the only album I played for the next three months...over and over and over again.
It was wise of them to do one album, because they doubtless wouldn't have been immune to "1st wave punk 2nd album syndrome", where a band's debut album is the most impossibly groundbreaking thing ever, and then on their subsequent albums, they sound like REO Speedwagon.
PS after scrolling through the comments on the various members of this great band, I would like to remember drummer Paul Cook, without whom none of this may have been possible.
I always hear, "they couldn't even play their instruments" on every documentary about these guys and I don't agree. First, I've played, toured and recorded over the past few decades. That said, I've always thought they played just fine on "Nevermind the Bollocks" and think that Steve's LP Custom sounded absolutely killer on that album. He still sounds fantastic.
I've never heard that. They played a lot of live gigs in the early days which wouldn't if worked out well if they couldn't unfortunately they brought Sid in to replace Glen because of his looks rather than his ability. Viscous invented 'unplugged' rock ( he just didn't know it😃)
Matlock is an original member and as much as I love Sid , Matlock was and is a far better bass player which keeps the rythem section tight and allows Steve to play freely.
Glenn Matlock, the original bass player who could actually play! They should have never sacked him for the "attitude looking" Sid V who couldn't play to save his life. The band was always way tighter with Glenn.
I don't care if Glen Matlock looks like he just got off work, he keeps this band together makes them rock. I listen with my ears, not my eyes. Try it some time. Btw, Bodies changed my life when I first heard it. I was just a kid in 77' and was like, "you can rock this hard AND express yourself honestly? "Fuck the and fuck that..." I was schooled by Rotten. Thank God!
***** Jones, Cook and Lydon have long regretted the booting of Glen. He wrote a lot of the songs. Glen is a gentleman, I have gigged with him . Lovely chap. McClaren hated that. He manipulated his departure. Sid bore the brunt
All that said, nobody in this media driven society(even back then) couldn't have cared less unless Sid was there. John has admitted as much. John Simon(Sid) was his tight mate. You can go revisionist history all you want, no one gave a fucking toss about Glen, he was a non entity. Sid couldn't play bass worth a shit, non of that mattered, and if you think it did, you're too young and stupid to get the the punk ethic at that time in England, or even America. Ironically, all those sloppy Southern state Americans got it right on that first and only fateful tour, and expected Sid to be there, and (with lack of a better term) got off on him. That is just the way it was, Sid played just enough bass to get by, plus threw his annoying self at them, and that was enough. You couldn't buy the notorious press Sid produced, and the way everything self destructed at the very end was just glorious. You people who are (and did)expect punk rock to be like KISS or the Bee Gees, or like Malcolm tried to make them, The Bay City Rollers, you couldn't be more wrong...
You will never, ever, see this on MTV again. It is sad That this was once a prime Network that played actual videos And concerts. Now, it's just reality shows that have nothing to do with bands or music. RIP=MTV
True. You can also see how much MTV influenced musicians when they dropped the ball. It has been very few new genres made since the late 90s. It`s like when MTV stopped focusing on new music, people did too and the retro wave began as a result of it. Now young people grow up without musicians creating new genres as my and the boomer generation was. But when thats said it would probably be impossible for MTV to compete with Myspace, UA-cam, Instagram, Facebook and internet in general. So as a financial strategy, it was the right move, but it really created a big void in the music world when it happened.
@@eltoro969 No, there are still new genres being created, they're just not mainstream stuff. Just look at how many metal subgenres have been created since the early 2000s.
MTV also used to be a half-hour clip show on Nickelodeon called Pop-Clips (the brainchild of former Monkee Mike Nesmith), but you don't hear anyone clamoring for that to come back.
I hear ya. I was so young but thankfully got to some good shows as a kid with my dad and uncle. Plant and Page were great, and others got to see a few I’m glad I did but got scoffed at by friends (stuff that wasn’t considered cool taste at the time). However the one I’ll never feel that about was when and saw with them one of the Velvet Underground ‘93-reunion gigs, I wasn’t even ten years old yet but my dad and uncle insisted I attend and by all things that are true and divine in this world, one of the greatest claims to a band my young ass was able to get to see live. Esp when it’s those bar or concert chats when it comes to “I got to see ____ live”. Also, my other big one was being able to go see at least once in concert each and all of the Beatles live that were alive when I was (Lennon had been killed before I was born) but yeah. Anyway I got all rambly lol. I’d happily pay 400 bucks to see the Sex Pistols live, not including merch and drinks lol
Same here and I don't give a shit if a gig was crap somewhere else in the world. All I know is that this gig would have been the opportunity of a lifetime.
A reunion tour where the band played the shit out of it! Great stuff -- With Glen Matlock on bass they are 100 times better. Songwriter for the Sex Pistols Glen Matlock. Incredible.
@@dukewellington3174 Matlock and Jones wrote some of the lyrics, Pretty Vacant was Matlock and Seventeen was Jones, but Lydon changed them a bit to suit him. The music was Jones, Matlock and Cook. Matlock definitely did Vacant, Submission and God Save the Queen, though Jones changed them around. In short they all had a hand in writing the songs and this argument is pointless.
This is the band that The Sex Pistols should have always been. They were truly a different band with Glen on bass. He cuts through the sound and just propels the band forward. It is so great to hear this. Too many of us never got to see them back in the 70s with Glen on bass.
Malcom McClaren brought in Sid V. even though he was a novice player. He thought the "punk" look was more important. I say BS to that, Glen was and is a world class rock bass player, and the band rocks to the fu**ing moon when he's on bass.
@@christopherdavison652 exactly, he even admitted that Glen wasn't punk enough and turned The Pistols into a circus act. Richard Branson cashed in on them being fired from EMI 😂
Well, that would require the dopey kids to get off their fucking cell phones and actually develop talent at a musical instrument. Okay, a little talent, anyway. Fortunately for authentic punk music, musical skill isn't the highest priority - HEART is.
Thank you and God bless you so much for sharing this with us. One of the bands I truly regret never having seen in concert. Thank God we have these various concerts on video.
I loved Sid, but the original Pistols was when Glen Matlock was with them! And you know that musically this is a thousand times better than the Winterland/last gig debacle. Having said that, the Winterland gig was great for entirely different reasons! I'm 57 years old now. 5 grandchildren... Still listen to Never Mind The Bollocks. In my opinion, one of the greatest albums ever made!!
They are extremely tight, WOW. Sid was a comic character, Glen is a musician. He, Jones and Cook are spot on. And they look like they're implying we own this stage!
@ Halloween Jack Yes mate you're right. His name was Bill Price. He was a record producer and audio engineer who worked with a lot of bands. Unfortunately he died in 2016
You know it’s Steve when ya listen to him and it’s not even possible to not instantly recognise his style and that’s what it’s all about really. Most musicians wanna be known for the their own style over just being good, anyone can be technically good if they put the practice in
this is fantastic!!!!hard to believe this was broadcast on MTV considering the state there in today.........how did all those f-bombs get past the censors cant wait for part two!!!!!
When this band came out it was if a breath of fresh air was released and most of us woke up. To give them credit would be like praising a doctor for bringing an old lost friend back to life. Now when we listen to them what most of us hear is some of the best hard rock ever made. NMB is like nonstop orgasim of the ears. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
As a recent Punk convert-you can really tell the influence they had on bands like Green Day. I grew up as a Van Halen type rocker but finally realize the attitude and energy that the Pistols were famous for. Awesome performance here!
Johnny owning the audience, as usual. Musical skill: 3. Presence: 10+. The barometer for any band is the singer. If that person is on, the rest of the band will follow.
John has a hard time going from his Pistols voice which is raw and hard, to his PIL voice....but its so refreshing to hear when he becomes Johnny Rotten again.....:)
When I first heard Bodies in 77' I instantly thought, "Why aren't other bands rocking this hard?" Lyrics are are so right on. To this day no other song gets me that amped up! Pretty Vacant and Holiday in the Sun are good ones too. In 77' I was listening to The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Aerosmith and KISS. Not sure how KISS got in there but they were fairly irresistible for a young American kid in 1977.
matlock actually can play the bass & sing. they woulda been better off keepin him.prob woulda been around longer than 3 years & sid might still be alive.
Steve never liked him either and reckons all the stuff he wrote sounded like the Beatles the way he plays it. Steve is what made the sex pistols anything special like they were
People laugh at me and look at me in bewilderment when I tell them that THE SEX PISTOLS are the 3rd best Rock band in history. I saw and met GLEN MATLOCK at a small Sydney venue called The LANDSDOWNE HOTEL 16th November 2017. He and his band were incredibly brilliant, Glen played rhythm guitar. His vocals were fantastic. His banter with the crowd was clever and intelligent. Glen signed everything for everyone after the gig. Glen and myself were having a one on one chat outside when he was having a cigarette. He was too close to the front door when a 'security' guy asked him to move away with his cigarette. I quickly explained the new smoking laws....... Glen was in the middle of explaining the co-writing of " DID YOU NO WRONG " to me when he got 'swept' away by a 'swarm' of admirers who found us on the footpath. Glen was a 'way cool' guy. He was the music mastermind of the band that admitted to liking Paul McCartney and that didn't fit the Punk image so they sacked him. Sid could play just enough to scrape through, however, his image was perfect. Lemmy from MOTORHEAD said that SID was incapable of playing the most basic Bass riffs that he was trying to teach him. Glen Matlock tours the world playing in "Punk Supergroups' Sadly, Sid Vicious is dead.
Good one Richard!!! We all have our personal, subjective preferences, though when I think objectively, I would rank The Beatles at No.1 and Status Quo 2nd and The Sex Pistols 3rd. This was made after deep intellectual thought over many decades. It does pain me to place the GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME at No.2 though!!!!! I haven't heard of a band called the Stone, I think they sunk without a trace. LOL!!! Spinal Tap come a close 4th.
I was against the barrier for this, right in front of lydon, half dead of heat stroke with my pal pretty much holding me up! In no fit state but I wasn't missing it for the world!
Being a Pistols fangirl from 70,s was great to finally see them live in 96 in St Kilda Melbourne,at The Palace.Was a really hot night, & being at the front of stage,we were lucky to be cooled down ,the security were splashing us with water.Great memories..fun night❤.
Roots of punk? Maybe listen to Peru's Los Saicos, The New York Dolls, The Ramones, The Saints (who were probably the next to follow after Los Saicos), Death, The Dictators.
These guys were assembled by Malcom McLaren after he destroyed the New York Dolls, and he heard what the Ramones, Heartbreakers and Voidoids were doing in New York.
Thanks for sharing this. I love Lydon, he's such a curmudgeon. I was able to see this tour when it hit my town, but I don't think I appreciated how lucky I was until years later.
That’s the band we heard on “ never mind”, great to see this brought to life, you’ve got to admit, their a fucking good band, gives you goosebumps at times 👏🙏😁
I’m 61 and the SexPistols music resonates now as it did in the 70,s. This is timeless. When are the next Pistol’s coming. Rock until I die. Thanks Pistol’s.
wow, what a difference between this and that shitshow at winterland. so this is what the sex pistols should have sounded like live all those years ago.
M Strut Yeah, this may very well be their best reunion performance. Lydon is acting like less of an asshole here than he normally does and is actually showing the music some respect. I think the crowd gets some props for that and he acknowledges it (in the second of these two vids) . . .
I was at this gig, definitely rate this in the top 3 I've ever seen, they were on fire that night and was a privilege to be there and witness one of Englands most historic bands.
i was there as well, i remember it being scorching hot all weekend, several typhoons around the site, and having to stop the coach 2 hours from the site due to traffic problems entering (a 1 way system) and having to walk 2 hours in the scorching heat to get there. Amazing line up though, i remember seeing bowie (wasnt good), the prodigy (stole it), massive attack, bjork, fun loving criminals.
I remember this well, it was a great thing to see and a privilege to be there for this historic performance of the best and originators of the real punk movement. English punk is the real punk!
@ Darrin Connor Matlock co wrote 10 of the 12 tracks on never mind the bollocks (Jones played bass when they recorded it) The band would not have been the same without his input. He may not have personified the pistols image as Sid did but he knew his shit when it came to music and could actually play bass....isn't that more important for a band? BTW F Venzor him and Lydon clashed a bit (a lot to do with McLaren being an asshole) he left of his own accord.......oh and quick question......were either of you alive in the late 70's let alone old enough to have rocked to the Pistols?
Matlock was asked to play bass on the album but he would only do so if he was payed up front which didn't happen so he didn't turn up....Steve Jones played the bass on the album
Actually Matlock co-wrote 9 of the 12 songs on NMTB except for EMI, Problems and Holidays in the Sun all 3 written after he had already left the band (also along with Belsen Was a Gas which is Sid's song)!
Seeing the MTV logo in the top right reminds me that they used to actually show music videos on that channel a long time ago, and not just a bunch of crap reality shows
Outstanding, powerful, ballsy and energetic. Bodies alone is fucking supercharged and i bet it blew the crowd`s collective heads right the fuck off. Ferociously relevant even aged 40 as they are here.
I can personally attest that they blew the fucking place apart with that opener. The crowd just went mental, it was like a war cry: we're here, and we're going to give you what you want and then some. Intense and magical. It was an honour to witness it!
I would love to see the Sex Pistols do some more shows before it's too late. It's like it took 20 years for them to come together, loving it. Glen should have always been in the band. I sure miss the late 70's.
Steve won't tour anymore and John is unhealthy....I on occasion watch my copy of the Brixton concerts (2007)because that was the last thing they ever did together and it was the absolute best they've ever done. Once more would be great though I agree. Yes, if Glenn was never fired they would've had a bigger repertoire, more of everything, and perhaps Sid & Nancy would still be alive......Glenn was and is a real musician.
Never has a band said more than with the 12 tracks the Pistols created. They'll never be forgotten!
How about Satellite, I wanne be me and Did you no wrong? Makes 15 ... (the 16th track from album plus the four "real" singles was a cover, No fun)
Paul Cook was a machine!!! Jones & Matlock were on fire! What more can you say about Lydon...take note kids. This is how it's done!
🙏 amen
This is- I ws gonna say that!
Paul was good but not good as Topper Headon.
@@petarstwhen it comes to straightforward punk/rock, paul is way better. Topper is better with the reggae stuff.
@@tatethompson1234 Topper is faster and more precise than Paul..
No matter what you think of Johnny and the Pistols, you gotta admit there was nobody like Johnny Rotten, ever. He's a one of a kind original.
Agree 😁🤘
Oliviers Richard the third - he has said it himself; big compliment for both!
sure, there is no such a clown like Johnny ..
@@lukebenton8373 And the hunchback of Notre dame
Jonesy looked stoned every night of this tour
matlock really adds another dimension to it which gives Steve the space to play sounds great.
absolutely, i agree.
wildcatter63 no shit, Sherlock.
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One album. One single freaking album. The greatest of all times.
Yup.
My wife gave me that album at Christmas right after it came out...it was the only album I played for the next three months...over and over and over again.
It was wise of them to do one album, because they doubtless wouldn't have been immune to "1st wave punk 2nd album syndrome", where a band's debut album is the most impossibly groundbreaking thing ever, and then on their subsequent albums, they sound like REO Speedwagon.
what album..are they ony had one album?
@@edgewhypaddra5969 yeah.. one only one album.
PS after scrolling through the comments on the various members of this great band, I would like to remember drummer Paul Cook, without whom none of this may have been possible.
I always hear, "they couldn't even play their instruments" on every documentary about these guys and I don't agree. First, I've played, toured and recorded over the past few decades. That said, I've always thought they played just fine on "Nevermind the Bollocks" and think that Steve's LP Custom sounded absolutely killer on that album. He still sounds fantastic.
People only say that about Sid vicious
I've never heard that. They played a lot of live gigs in the early days which wouldn't if worked out well if they couldn't unfortunately they brought Sid in to replace Glen because of his looks rather than his ability. Viscous invented 'unplugged' rock ( he just didn't know it😃)
Steve Jones was listed #97 in the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", by Rolling Stone
@@stephennovak1800 Good.
Glen Matlock wrote most of NMTB, he just wasn't punk enough for McClaren.
Matlock is an original member and as much as I love Sid , Matlock was and is a far better bass player which keeps the rythem section tight and allows Steve to play freely.
Matlock knows how to play his originals in The Sex pistols!
Sid couldn't play
Just amazin ...speechless ...
Glen wrote most of the music....
Vicious couldn't play for s**t, waster and lydon always said he should never have gor him in
Sex pistols still kicking ass
...best punk rockers of all time.
Glenn Matlock rocks on this. Very cool.
Hell Ya!
They were both great and a huge part of the Sex Pistols legacy
Totta puhut!
A. Ice. T. This. England. Punks. Shitoff
Glenn Matlock, the original bass player who could actually play! They should have never sacked him for the "attitude looking" Sid V who couldn't play to save his life. The band was always way tighter with Glenn.
God, they sound good here. Probably my favorite of all their reunion gigs.
Until 2007 Brixton Academy
That brixton acedemy concert was another level again
@@glenn8272 2007 was them at their absolute best.
Don't they, though? I saw them on this tour, and they sounded great live. Very good show, even though it was in a huge basketball arena.
They still look good here too.
I don't care if Glen Matlock looks like he just got off work, he keeps this band together makes them rock. I listen with my ears, not my eyes. Try it some time. Btw, Bodies changed my life when I first heard it. I was just a kid in 77' and was like, "you can rock this hard AND express yourself honestly? "Fuck the and fuck that..." I was schooled by Rotten. Thank God!
Glen Matlock is the man !! ... Tight as a nut! ... we share the same name btw... forename and first !
***** Jones, Cook and Lydon have long regretted the booting of Glen. He wrote a lot of the songs. Glen is a gentleman, I have gigged with him . Lovely chap. McClaren hated that. He manipulated his departure. Sid bore the brunt
***** I did a support slot for him once and I agree, he is a true gent and a very talented bass player.
+Just Curious I bet!
All that said, nobody in this media driven society(even back then) couldn't have cared less unless Sid was there. John has admitted as much. John Simon(Sid) was his tight mate. You can go revisionist history all you want, no one gave a fucking toss about Glen, he was a non entity. Sid couldn't play bass worth a shit, non of that mattered, and if you think it did, you're too young and stupid to get the the punk ethic at that time in England, or even America. Ironically, all those sloppy Southern state Americans got it right on that first and only fateful tour, and expected Sid to be there, and (with lack of a better term) got off on him. That is just the way it was, Sid played just enough bass to get by, plus threw his annoying self at them, and that was enough. You couldn't buy the notorious press Sid produced, and the way everything self destructed at the very end was just glorious. You people who are (and did)expect punk rock to be like KISS or the Bee Gees, or like Malcolm tried to make them, The Bay City Rollers, you couldn't be more wrong...
You will never, ever, see this on MTV again. It is sad
That this was once a prime Network that played actual videos
And concerts. Now, it's just reality shows that have nothing to do with bands or music. RIP=MTV
True. You can also see how much MTV influenced musicians when they dropped the ball. It has been very few new genres made since the late 90s. It`s like when MTV stopped focusing on new music, people did too and the retro wave began as a result of it. Now young people grow up without musicians creating new genres as my and the boomer generation was. But when thats said it would probably be impossible for MTV to compete with Myspace, UA-cam, Instagram, Facebook and internet in general. So as a financial strategy, it was the right move, but it really created a big void in the music world when it happened.
It's been100 percent 24/7/365 void of music since 1996 ish? That's a long time ago.
MTV GET OFF THE AIR
Someone should write a song about it
@@eltoro969 No, there are still new genres being created, they're just not mainstream stuff. Just look at how many metal subgenres have been created since the early 2000s.
MTV also used to be a half-hour clip show on Nickelodeon called Pop-Clips (the brainchild of former Monkee Mike Nesmith), but you don't hear anyone clamoring for that to come back.
Damn, I regret skipping on the reunion gigs in the 90s. This is actually really bloody good. 👌
Finsbury Park seriously didn't work in all honestly. They weren't on it at all. This is great.
same
I hear ya. I was so young but thankfully got to some good shows as a kid with my dad and uncle. Plant and Page were great, and others got to see a few I’m glad I did but got scoffed at by friends (stuff that wasn’t considered cool taste at the time).
However the one I’ll never feel that about was when and saw with them one of the Velvet Underground ‘93-reunion gigs, I wasn’t even ten years old yet but my dad and uncle insisted I attend and by all things that are true and divine in this world, one of the greatest claims to a band my young ass was able to get to see live. Esp when it’s those bar or concert chats when it comes to “I got to see ____ live”.
Also, my other big one was being able to go see at least once in concert each and all of the Beatles live that were alive when I was (Lennon had been killed before I was born) but yeah. Anyway I got all rambly lol.
I’d happily pay 400 bucks to see the Sex Pistols live, not including merch and drinks lol
Same here and I don't give a shit if a gig was crap somewhere else in the world. All I know is that this gig would have been the opportunity of a lifetime.
Yup. Me too.
A reunion tour where the band played the shit out of it! Great stuff -- With Glen Matlock on bass they are 100 times better. Songwriter for the Sex Pistols Glen Matlock. Incredible.
he really wasn't as much of the songwriter as he takes credit for, but I assume this is a bit late of a reply
Lydon wrote most of the songs you idiot
@@awotnot No, Lydon wrote ONLY the lyrics - NONE of the music.
@@Itelkner Rotten was the lyricist and Matlock the primary melody writer
@@dukewellington3174 Matlock and Jones wrote some of the lyrics, Pretty Vacant was Matlock and Seventeen was Jones, but Lydon changed them a bit to suit him. The music was Jones, Matlock and Cook. Matlock definitely did Vacant, Submission and God Save the Queen, though Jones changed them around. In short they all had a hand in writing the songs and this argument is pointless.
This is the band that The Sex Pistols should have always been. They were truly a different band with Glen on bass. He cuts through the sound and just propels the band forward. It is so great to hear this. Too many of us never got to see them back in the 70s with Glen on bass.
Exactly! You can actually hear them! And the true nature of each song is released. Every song here is great. Especially Bodies 😼
Malcom McClaren brought in Sid V. even though he was a novice player. He thought the "punk" look was more important. I say BS to that, Glen was and is a world class rock bass player, and the band rocks to the fu**ing moon when he's on bass.
He also wrote at least half the album
@@christopherdavison652 exactly, he even admitted that Glen wasn't punk enough and turned The Pistols into a circus act. Richard Branson cashed in on them being fired from EMI 😂
@@davidmellish3295 his bass riffs are instantly recognisable, the same as Claus Floride from Dead Kennedy's
2022 and we need the Pistols more now than ever!
agree 1000 percent
God no, they were perfection in 1976, but now they are fat old men
@@victorperales2288 God Save the Queen. We mean it man.
yeeeeees
IDLES doing a good job at flying that flag. Check out Grounds by IDLES. Sums up the state of the woke bs going on
Still listening 2019, will be in 2020 also !
2020 Sunday 5th January... Back at work in the morning..
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You are right on mate 26/2/20. Cant get enough of tha pistols.
Some bands can only dream of being as tight as The Sex Pistols
Thank you so much for posting this for us. God bless all of you for being here to watch this amazing hard punk rock concert.
This is what’s missing in today’s modern music! We need to bring the aggression and guitars back!
YES 😭 FR when I get older i will form a band , today's music is not my taste AT ALL
Yes.. who ever is running the show only wants singers- dancers....The voice -Dancing with the stars-Less about instruments more about the individual.
There are plenty of punk bands, no idea if you noticed ✨
Well, that would require the dopey kids to get off their fucking cell phones and actually develop talent at a musical instrument. Okay, a little talent, anyway. Fortunately for authentic punk music, musical skill isn't the highest priority - HEART is.
Love Glen Matlock, he was always the brain of Sex Pistols, he wrote most of the melodies
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a great band the are! The real ORIGINAL BAND with Matlock on Bass .
Flipping sick is what they are.
The band was over when Matlock left in 1977. That happens when you lose your top songwriter.
Sid was the chaos though.
McClaren destroyed the band, f#$,king poser 😂
Thank you and God bless you so much for sharing this with us. One of the bands I truly regret never having seen in concert. Thank God we have these various concerts on video.
Never sounded better than this.
In 77 I guess
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@@davidlogat9338 no they didn't
In case anyone ever doubted that the bass player matters in rock and roll...
Matlock is the man. Got a lot of stick at the time, but no Matlock, no pistols.
big difference the 2nd time around ,got to question Lydons decision to punt him for his buddy sid
@@HARTYNMUGHES Matlock will always be the man who made the Pistols better.
Lemmy
thielees Sid was a p.o.s.
I loved Sid, but the original Pistols was when Glen Matlock was with them! And you know that musically this is a thousand times better than the Winterland/last gig debacle. Having said that, the Winterland gig was great for entirely different reasons! I'm 57 years old now. 5 grandchildren... Still listen to Never Mind The Bollocks. In my opinion, one of the greatest albums ever made!!
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I think you might enjoy my Pistols impressions!
You're dead right about Bollocks!
Nevermind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols may be one of the most important records made in the 20 th Century still as great today as in 77
Ever get the feeling your being cheated?
@@CodeNameV13 - 🤣😂🤣 We don’t need permission for anything!
I love this band so damn much!
They were as tight as a ducks ass on this tour the classic and only line up ROTTEN MATLOCK COOK & JONES .The ONLY band that Mattered
Me too
To Troy Alexander me too
They are extremely tight, WOW. Sid was a comic character, Glen is a musician. He, Jones and Cook are spot on. And they look like they're implying we own this stage!
they really are dude..tight as fk and brilliant
This is how bands should go on stage...balls out hard core..if you got something to say..fucking say it.
One of the best front men ever
Best punk front man and singer full stop
Steve Jones - quite underrated as a guitarist. I mean, 'Never Mind the Bollocks', was a great rock record..
The guy that produced Never Mind The Bollocks (can't remember his name) even said that Steve Jones was the best guitarist he'd ever worked with.
@ Halloween Jack Yes mate you're right. His name was Bill Price. He was a record producer and audio engineer who worked with a lot of bands. Unfortunately he died in 2016
@@aigleroyal3941 Thanks for that mate. How sad that he passed away.
His sound is one of my favorite sounds of any guitarist.
You know it’s Steve when ya listen to him and it’s not even possible to not instantly recognise his style and that’s what it’s all about really. Most musicians wanna be known for the their own style over just being good, anyone can be technically good if they put the practice in
Astonishing performance. Matlock is brilliant. As good as they were in '76.
Better
Probably the Best Album ever made and hits as hard in 2023 as when I heard it in 1977. Epic
this is fantastic!!!!hard to believe this was broadcast on MTV considering the state there in today.........how did all those f-bombs get past the censors cant wait for part two!!!!!
Glen Matlock proves that he can really play the bass. He never misses a beat. Great!
The best band ever and they always will be. It's almost 40 years now and no other band has come close...
Play loud. Play often.
True!
Original Motorhead line up 🤘🤘👍👍
You don t know what u talking in about ; child.
They revolutionized rock music , grabbed it by the balls and rammed it down your throat .
When this band came out it was if a breath of fresh air was released and most of us woke up. To give them credit would be like praising a doctor for bringing an old lost friend back to life. Now when we listen to them what most of us hear is some of the best hard rock ever made. NMB is like nonstop orgasim of the ears. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
John Lydon best front man ever...
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My versions of the Pistols! Piss off!😂
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10/10for confidence. Yep great frontman.
This performance really is pretty good! Tight guitars, great backup vocals, amazing energy.
John's voice is well on form. Great gig.
What a vouce
He's crap....by far, the weakest part of the band. 😏
he's using his Public Image voice so it's sounds different and weird. too high
As a recent Punk convert-you can really tell the influence they had on bands like Green Day. I grew up as a Van Halen type rocker but finally realize the attitude and energy that the Pistols were famous for. Awesome performance here!
You should check out how JR feels about Green Day it's hilarious
Vanhalen is awesome. But I get what you’re saying
@@hoggers7572For real, I don’t how the Decedents get an exception for being punk but never Green Day, Insomniac was punk
fuckin bloody hellll I LOVE THE SEX PISTOLS! Bullocks was the BEST FUCKIN ALBUM OF ALL TIME MATE
We could use more Sex Pistols in 2017.
And in 2019!
nymike06 We will keep them in 2020 aswell!
I'm available...:)
2020 please
Make Punk Great Again 2020!!!!!
When the MTv played the real music... good times!
Bottled youth,pure adrenaline.Want to get a stone or two off jogging?Get the bollocks in your head phones and you’ll get off three!
Thats one tight 3 piece.
They are actually four
Oi lol
Actually, they didn't play a reduced set, MTV only broadcast these seven songs.
They played the lot, and I jumped up and down for every second!!
Johnny owning the audience, as usual. Musical skill: 3. Presence: 10+. The barometer for any band is the singer. If that person is on, the rest of the band will follow.
John has a hard time going from his Pistols voice which is raw and hard, to his PIL voice....but its so refreshing to hear when he becomes Johnny Rotten again.....:)
When I first heard Bodies in 77' I instantly thought, "Why aren't other bands rocking this hard?" Lyrics are are so right on. To this day no other song gets me that amped up! Pretty Vacant and Holiday in the Sun are good ones too. In 77' I was listening to The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Aerosmith and KISS. Not sure how KISS got in there but they were fairly irresistible for a young American kid in 1977.
Steve Steele Aerosmith????
Kiss are just a piss poor new york dolls, wankers!
NO KISS
Kiss were alright, until Gene opened his mouth.
Hey the pistols were it! But fucking areosmith are shit, listen to the smiths they are even better than the pistols!
matlock actually can play the bass & sing. they woulda been better off keepin him.prob woulda been around longer than 3 years & sid might still be alive.
He also wrote the songs. (Composer). When he left, they were fucked.
Sid isn't dead.
Sids card was written...
Sid's mom would have killed him with the horse regardless of being in the band.
Steve never liked him either and reckons all the stuff he wrote sounded like the Beatles the way he plays it. Steve is what made the sex pistols anything special like they were
God save the queen... a rock'n'roll anthem no 1.... what a rush................................
Lydon's vocals were as Dalek/Cyberman-like as ever!
This is the best Pistols live concert i have seen on UA-cam.
Check out their gig in Bristol, there'll always be an England, it's blisteringly awesome !
One of the best live rock bands you'll ever find.
People laugh at me and look at me in bewilderment when I tell them that THE SEX PISTOLS are the 3rd best Rock band in history.
I saw and met GLEN MATLOCK at a small Sydney venue called The LANDSDOWNE HOTEL 16th November 2017. He and his band were incredibly brilliant,
Glen played rhythm guitar.
His vocals were fantastic.
His banter with the crowd was clever and intelligent.
Glen signed everything for everyone after the gig.
Glen and myself were having a one on one chat outside when he was having a cigarette.
He was too close to the front door when a 'security' guy asked him to move away with his cigarette. I quickly explained the new smoking laws.......
Glen was in the middle of explaining the co-writing of " DID YOU NO WRONG " to me when he got 'swept' away by a 'swarm' of admirers who found us on the footpath.
Glen was a 'way cool' guy.
He was the music mastermind of the band that admitted to liking Paul McCartney and that didn't fit the Punk image so they sacked him. Sid could play just enough to scrape through, however, his image was perfect.
Lemmy from MOTORHEAD said that SID was incapable of playing the most basic Bass riffs that he was trying to teach him.
Glen Matlock tours the world playing in "Punk Supergroups'
Sadly, Sid Vicious is dead.
Third? I think first. haha the Stone and The Clash
Good one Richard!!!
We all have our personal, subjective preferences, though when I think objectively, I would rank The Beatles at No.1 and Status Quo 2nd and
The Sex Pistols 3rd.
This was made after deep intellectual thought over many decades.
It does pain me to place the GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME at No.2 though!!!!!
I haven't heard of a band called the Stone, I think they sunk without a trace. LOL!!!
Spinal Tap come a close 4th.
The best gig I saw 'em do in '96. Warm night it was too, dossed under my brother-in-laws car. Great, great band.
That weekend was fuckin' boiling hot. What a great festival.
@@anthonyburman3346 I came from Italy, had no tent but was lucky because it was hot.
Incredible festival and line up, too
I was against the barrier for this, right in front of lydon, half dead of heat stroke with my pal pretty much holding me up! In no fit state but I wasn't missing it for the world!
@@anthonyburman3346 was an amazing lineup and yes was ridiculously hot especially having to queue up on the tarmac to get to the stages every day!
Being a Pistols fangirl from 70,s was great to finally see them live in 96 in St Kilda Melbourne,at The Palace.Was a really hot night, & being at the front of stage,we were lucky to be cooled down ,the security were splashing us with water.Great memories..fun night❤.
Matlock's great, his bass is phat bro's
One of the most important (and skilled) bands in rock history!
They can do whatever they want and they can wear whatever they want. They are the one and only sex pistols the legends the roots of any punk.
Roots of punk? Maybe listen to Peru's Los Saicos, The New York Dolls, The Ramones, The Saints (who were probably the next to follow after Los Saicos), Death, The Dictators.
These guys were assembled by Malcom McLaren after he destroyed the New York Dolls, and he heard what the Ramones, Heartbreakers and Voidoids were doing in New York.
@@81colinzeal Sex Pistols are better than all these bands together
@@TinchoRinaldi2023mar nah, bro
@@TinchoRinaldi2023mar Better than the Ramones 😂 get the fuck outta here
Thanks 4 thisssss!🐧 An-d they neva sounded betta.
I went to this, was totally amazing, something I never thought I'd get to see. The crowd went wild for them. Loved every second
Thanks for sharing this. I love Lydon, he's such a curmudgeon. I was able to see this tour when it hit my town, but I don't think I appreciated how lucky I was until years later.
That’s the band we heard on “ never mind”, great to see this brought to life, you’ve got to admit, their a fucking good band, gives you goosebumps at times 👏🙏😁
I’m 61 and the SexPistols music resonates now as it did in the 70,s. This is timeless. When are the next Pistol’s coming. Rock until I die. Thanks Pistol’s.
wow, what a difference between this and that shitshow at winterland. so this is what the sex pistols should have sounded like live all those years ago.
Fuck u
Maannnn, were they ON this night. Tight as hell and endless energy. Johnny is pumping the vocals like a machine.
Jesus they are actually good here...
M Strut Yeah, this may very well be their best reunion performance. Lydon is acting like less of an asshole here than he normally does and is actually showing the music some respect. I think the crowd gets some props for that and he acknowledges it (in the second of these two vids) . . .
Sid Vicious played better
@@WarthDader74 lol you do know Sid couldnt actually play bass right ?
@@pitchphase489 I have both seen and heard him playing bass, and he was just as good as the bass players in many other rock bands
@@WarthDader74 "Sid Vicious played better." Hark at the nitwit with cloth ears.
Missing The Star... R. I. P Sid. And forever Party up there.
No feelings , they never topped it . A majestic song of the times , bravo !
I was at this gig, definitely rate this in the top 3 I've ever seen, they were on fire that night and was a privilege to be there and witness one of Englands most historic bands.
i was there as well, i remember it being scorching hot all weekend, several typhoons around the site, and having to stop the coach 2 hours from the site due to traffic problems entering (a 1 way system) and having to walk 2 hours in the scorching heat to get there. Amazing line up though, i remember seeing bowie (wasnt good), the prodigy (stole it), massive attack, bjork, fun loving criminals.
Johnny sounds full PIL here.
Compare this to 2007-these are 3x as fast....superb
Such a bonus the “Original Sex Pistols” got together to play shows. Just refreshing. They are a lot happier here too.
Cooky looks fucking knackered and yet never drops a beat, one of rock`s tightest and most underrated drummers, he and Jonesy are the engine room.
+Jimmy Pop t.v. Glen says in his book that it was too hot in AZ for them.
I remember this well, it was a great thing to see and a privilege to be there for this historic performance of the best and originators of the real punk movement.
English punk is the real punk!
You're looking for a fight, but we all know, Americans made the first and great Punk.
Just finished watching the Pistols biopic on Disney+. Fascinating. I believe this is the original lineup - Rotten, Jones, Matlock, and Cook, right?
Yes
the most important band in the history of music
Much better than the Winterland gig I was at in '78.
Makes a huge difference having Glenn Matlock back on bass and backup vocals.
Just an irresistible force of nature,nothing else comes close!!
Lydon was already 38 in 1996 but I never thought that the Sex Pistols would re-unite.
By far my favorite reunion performance of any band ever. They were on point.
That guitar tone, I've always wanted it but was too naive to find it back then. And how's that V8 rhythm section. Wow
This is what real rock music is about..... Punk Rock has ever been the most genuine and humble music on earth
Right down the front for this one!!! Top gig!!!! Thanks for posting!!!
@ Darrin Connor
Matlock co wrote 10 of the 12 tracks on never mind the bollocks (Jones played bass when they recorded it) The band would not have been the same without his input. He may not have personified the pistols image as Sid did but he knew his shit when it came to music and could actually play bass....isn't that more important for a band?
BTW F Venzor him and Lydon clashed a bit (a lot to do with McLaren being an asshole) he left of his own accord.......oh and quick question......were either of you alive in the late 70's let alone old enough to have rocked to the Pistols?
i always preferred matlock. they seemed a bit fake with sid. matlock was a sex pistol. sid just dressed up like one
Matlock played bass on the album aswell, he was offered work as a session musician and he accepted. "I'd rather die than do that" - John
Matlock was asked to play bass on the album but he would only do so if he was payed up front which didn't happen so he didn't turn up....Steve Jones played the bass on the album
Actually Matlock co-wrote 9 of the 12 songs on NMTB except for EMI, Problems and Holidays in the Sun all 3 written after he had already left the band (also along with Belsen Was a Gas which is Sid's song)!
I was fortunate to catch this tour.
The best Rock Punk Group of all times.
Just wonderful! Never got to see them before they broke up. This makes up for it. Best punk/hard rock album ever!
This is punk rock no hard rock
I think its one of the best ever in any electric guitar based genre.
After all these years, it just gets better... Go SP&PIL... Punks forever :)
Seeing the MTV logo in the top right reminds me that they used to actually show music videos on that channel a long time ago, and not just a bunch of crap reality shows
i mean, no offence to Sid but the Sex Pistols with Glen oh my the originals 😩😖💕
Hell yeah....this is Rock N Roll!
Matlock, Cooke and Jones were without a doubt one of the tightest trio of musicians in any genre. tight as fuck.
Claus Floride, Ted and East Bay Ray.
Outstanding, powerful, ballsy and energetic. Bodies alone is fucking supercharged and i bet it blew the crowd`s collective heads right the fuck off. Ferociously relevant even aged 40 as they are here.
I can personally attest that they blew the fucking place apart with that opener. The crowd just went mental, it was like a war cry: we're here, and we're going to give you what you want and then some. Intense and magical. It was an honour to witness it!
The pinnacle of Rock 'n' Roll excellence.
This is punk rock
@zhoel kharnain That's punk
@@brianrocks2087 Punk is a son of Rock N Roll
I would love to see the Sex Pistols do some more shows before it's too late. It's like it took 20 years for them to come together, loving it. Glen should have always been in the band. I sure miss the late 70's.
Steve won't tour anymore and John is unhealthy....I on occasion watch my copy of the Brixton concerts (2007)because that was the last thing they ever did together and it was the absolute best they've ever done. Once more would be great though I agree. Yes, if Glenn was never fired they would've had a bigger repertoire, more of everything, and perhaps Sid & Nancy would still be alive......Glenn was and is a real musician.
I remember recording this off MTV. They sounded absolutely incredible on that Filthy Lucre tour.
Love JONESY'S playing and his tone live and on the album was crushing.
Brilliant! Roaring wit and energy to shake things up! Without useless violence.