Tracks
1 Holidays in the Sun Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 3:20
2 Bodies Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 3:02
3 No Feelings Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:49
4 Liar Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:40
5 Problems Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:10
6 God Save the Queen Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:18
7 Seventeen Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:02
8 Anarchy in the U.K. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:31
9 Submission Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:12
10 Pretty Vacant Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:16
11 New York Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:05
12 E.M.I. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:10
Tracks
1 God Save the Queen (Symphony) [Symphony] Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:04
2 Johnny B. Goode/Road Runner Berry 6:13
3 Black Arabs Biggs, Cook, Jones, Matlock ... 4:46
4 Anarchy in the U.K. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:03
5 Substitute Townshend 3:08
6 Don't Give Me No Lip Child Richards, Thomas 3:29
7 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Boyce, Hart 3:09
8 L ' Anarchie pour le U.K. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:26
9 Belsen Was a Gas [live] Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 2:09
10 Einmal War Belsen Wirflich Bortrefflich (Belsen Vos a Gassa) Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 2:13
11 Silly Thing Cook, Jones 2:50
12 My Way Anka, Francois, Revaux ... 4:04
13 I Wanna Be Me Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:03
14 Something Else Cochran, Sheeley 2:09
15 Rock Around the Clock DeKnight, Freedman 2:03
16 Lonely Boy Cook, Jones 3:01
17 No One Is Innocent Biggs, Cook, Jones 3:01
18 C'mon Everybody Capehart, Cochran 1:58
19 EMI (Orch.) Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:48
20 The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle Cook, Jones, Temple 4:18
21 Friggin' in the Riggin' Traditional 3:35
22 You Need Hands Bygraves 2:52
23 Who Killed Bambi? Tenpole Tudor, Westwood 3:02
Tracks
1 Anarchy in the U.K. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:33
2 I Wanna Be Me Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:06
3 God Save the Queen Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:21
4 Did You No Wrong Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:14
5 Pretty Vacant Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:18
6 No Fun Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 6:26
7 Holidays in the Sun Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:21
8 No One Is Innocent Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:03
9 My Way Anka, Francois, Revaux ... 4:05
10 Something Else Cochran, Sheeley 2:12
11 Silly Thing Cook, Jones 2:53
12 C'mon Everybody Capehart, Cochran 1:57
13 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Boyce, Hart 3:09
14 Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle Cook, Jones, Temple 4:24
1. Anarchy In The UK
2. God Save The Queen
3. Pretty Vacant
4. Holidays In The Sun
5. I Wanna Be Me
6. Did You No Wrong
7. No Fun
8. Satellite
9. Don't Give Me No Lip, Child
10. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
11. Bodies
12. No Feelings
13. Liar
14. Problems
15. Seventeen
16. Submission
17. New York
18. EMI (Unlimited Edition)
19. My Way - Sid Vicious
20. Silly Thing
Tracks
Title
Composer
Time
1 Bodies Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 3:34
2 Seventeen Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:31
3 New York Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:26
4 No Feelings Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:59
5 Did You No Wrong Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:40
6 God Save the Queen Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:23
7 Liar Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 2:46
8 Satellite Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:07
9 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Boyce, Hart 2:53
10 Holidays in the Sun Cook, Jones, Rotten, Vicious 3:29
11 Submission Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:42
12 Pretty Vacant Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:33
13 E.M.I. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:16
14 Anarchy in the U.K. Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 3:32
15 Problems Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten 4:37
The Sex Pistols may have only been together for two years in the late '70s, but they changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, nihilistic singles and violent performances, the band revolutionized the idea of what rock & roll could be. In England, the group was considered dangerous to the very fabric of society and was banned across the country; in America, they didn't have the same impact, but countless bands in both countries were inspired by the sheer sonic force of their music, while countless others were inspired by their independent, do-it-yourself ethics. Even if they didn't release any singles by themselves, there was an implicit independence in the way they played their music and handled their career. The band gave birth to the massive independent music underground in England and America that would soon include bands that didn't have a direct musical connection to the Sex Pistols' initial three-minute blasts of rage, but couldn't have existed without those singles.
Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook were regulars at a boutique owned by their manager, Malcolm McLaren; bassist Glen Matlock worked at the store. Vocalist John Lydon, who would later perform under the name Johnny Rotten, met the rest of the group at the shop and was asked to join the band. While the band played simple rock & roll loudly and abrasively, Rotten arrogantly sang of anarchy, abortion, violence, fascism, and apathy; without Rotten, the band wouldn't have been threatening to England's government — he provided the band's conceptual direction, calculated to be as confrontational and threatening as possible. The publicity caused by their caustic first single "Anarchy in the U.K." caused the band to be dropped by their record label, EMI. Matlock was fired before their next single "God Save the Queen," which was released on Virgin; it was banned by the BBC. Matlock's replacement was Sid Vicious, a tough street kid who, unlike the rest of the band, couldn't play his instrument.
After releasing one album in 1977, the band headed over to the U.S. for a tour in January of 1978; it lasted 14 days. Rotten left the band after their show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on January 14, heading back to New York; he would form Public Image Limited later that year. McLaren tried to continue the band but Cook and Jones soon turned against him. In the two decades following the Sex Pistols' implosion, an endless stream of outtakes, demos, repackagings, and live shows were released on a variety of labels, which only helped their cult grow.
In 1996, to celebrate their impending twentieth anniversary, the Sex Pistols reunited, with original bassist Glen Matlock taking the place of the deceased Sid Vicious. The band embarked on an international tour in June of 1996, releasing the Filthy Lucre Live album the following month. Four years later, Julien Temple (who helmed the band's first movie, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle) directed the documentary film The Filth & the Fury.
