Sex Pistols: There'll Always Be An England

When a Pistols gig could be described as quite a civilised affair??

That's what the generation of punk fans that originally made the Pistols so (in)famous must be thinking. Ok, the audience are clearly having a pretty wild time, the band played well and gave the fans all the songs they wanted to hear, so where's the problem? Well, the Pistols as they are now are too polished and just sound not unlike a normal gigging rock band. There are probably reasons for this, like the fact that all of the Pistols have been jobbing musicians ever since the bands initial demise and have developed into far better players than they ever were at the height of their fame. It could also be the fact that original and current bassist Glen Matlock (unlike Sid Vicious) can not only play bass, but play it very well indeed. But they give the impression, as so many bands of their age group do, of middle aged men just going through the motions.

A good gig, well filmed by Julien Temple but you can… more »

When a Pistols gig could be described as quite a civilised affair??

That's what the generation of punk fans that originally made the Pistols so (in)famous must be thinking. Ok, the audience are clearly having a pretty wild time, the band played well and gave the fans all the songs they wanted to hear, so where's the problem? Well, the Pistols as they are now are too polished and just sound not unlike a normal gigging rock band. There are probably reasons for this, like the fact that all of the Pistols have been jobbing musicians ever since the bands initial demise and have developed into far better players than they ever were at the height of their fame. It could also be the fact that original and current bassist Glen Matlock (unlike Sid Vicious) can not only play bass, but play it very well indeed. But they give the impression, as so many bands of their age group do, of middle aged men just going through the motions.

A good gig, well filmed by Julien Temple but you can help thinking that the Pistols have turned into the very thing they hated in their younger days.........