![]() ![]() (Shortly after the release of the band’s first single, Matlock left the band and was replaced by Sid Vicious, who died of a heroin overdose in 1979.)įrom his Los Angeles home, Rotten was only willing to give ’s Todd Martens a 10-minute phone interview, and strictly held to the time limit. ![]() The forthcoming tour will once again feature the original line-up of Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock, and drummer Paul Cook. In an interview with, Rotten explains why the Sex Pistols will never write another song, and justifies the band’s reasons for touring on material that’s nearly 30 years old. ![]() The band’s sole 1977 album, “Never Mind the Bollocks,” is often credited with giving a face to punk rock, but the group’s 1996 reunion tour was met with criticism for cashing in on past glories. This summer has already seen live dates from ’70s-era punk acts such as Wire, the Buzzcocks and the Stooges, yet unlike the others, the Sex Pistols will be touring without any new material. The band had called it quits in early 1978 after Rotten walked off the stage at a San Francisco concert. The run is the first for the Sex Pistols since the group’s 1996 Filthy Lucre reunion tour. The Sex Pistols have begun lining up dates for their late summer outing, a tour frontman Johnny Rotten (real name: John Lydon) claims will eventually lead to a Sex Pistols concert in Baghdad.Īs first reported here, the cross-country, 13-date trek will launch Aug. ![]()
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