A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY...

Chances are, if you made it this far, you have a good idea of what's going on, but in case you are a bit clueless when it comes to pistols trivia, here you go...  just STOP COMPLAINING AND READ IT...
 

  • 1975
      • -jOHN jOSEPH lYDON IS SPOTTED ON KING'S ROAD IN LONDON WEARING AN "I HATE PINK FLOYD" T-SHIRT; HE IS IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO MEET WITH STEVE JONES, PAUL COOK, GLEN MATLOCK AND MALCOLM MCLAREN AT A PUB THAT NIGHT...
      -MCLAREN ASKS JOHN TO JOIN THE SEX PISTOLS, AND HE AUDITIONS BY MIMING TO ALICE COOPER'S "EIGHTEEN" AT THE JUKE BOX IN MALCOLM'S SHOP, "SEX" 
      -THE BAND BEGINS REHEARSING AT A PLACE CALLED THE CRUNCHIE FROG IN ROTHERHITHE; THEY SOON MOVE TO A STUDIO AT 6 DENMARK STREET...
      - ACCORDING TO JOHN LYDON, HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME JOHNNY ROTTEN BY STEVE JONES, BECAUSE OF HIS ROTTEN GREEN TEETH... (yummy)
      - THE FIRST LIVE GIG EVER IS PLAYED AT ST MARTINS SCHOOL OF ART; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 1975
  • 1976
      • -THE FIRST EVER FULL LENGTH ARTICLE ON THE BAND APPEARS IN "SOUNDS" MAGAZINE
      - THE PISTOLS RECORD DEMO TRACKS WITH DAVE GOODMAN ON DENMARK STREET: THE TRACKS INCLUDE SUBMISSION, SEVENTEEN, SATELLITE, PRETTY VACANT, ANARCHY IN THE UK, NO FEELINGS & I WANNA BE ME.
      - THE BAND'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE:  "SO IT GOES" IN ENGLAND SHOWS THE BOYS PERFORMING "ANARCHY  IN THE UK"
      - THE SEX PISTOLS PLAY AT CHELMSFORD MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON FOR A BUNCH OF HARD CRIMINALS...  THE SHOW ENDS AT 7:45pm BUT WAS RECORDED BY DAVE GOODMAN AND COPIES CAN NOW BE FOUND...well, EVERYWHERE.
      - THE SEX PISTOLS ARE SIGNED TO EMI RECORDS FOR A 2 YEAR CONTRACT... (which later turns out to be a bad idea...).  THEIR FIRST SINGLE; ANARCHY IN THE UK/I WANNA BE ME IS RELEASED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26
      - THE INFAMOUS BILL GRUNDY INTERVIEW IN WHICH THE PISTOLS SWEAR (ooooooh.... bad) FREELY AND OPENLY CAUSES HUNDREDS OF PISSED OFF VIEWERS TO CALL AND COMPLAIN...

  • 1977
      • - JOHNNY ROTTEN IS ARRESTED FOR THE POSSESSION OF SPEED...
      - EMI TERMINATES THE PISTOLS' CONTRACT IN WRITING
      - SID VICIOUS (JOHN BEVERLY OR SIMON RITCHIE: APPARANTLY EVEN HIS MUM DOESN'T KNOW WHICH...) TAKES THE PLACE OF BASSIST, AFTER THE BAND FIRES GLEN MATLOCK
      - THE BAND IS SIGNED TO VIRGIN AFTER BEING TURNED DOWN BY SEVERAL OTHER RECORD COMPANIES
      - THE SEX PISTOLS BOAT PARTY IN "HONOUR" OF THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE SAILS DOWN THE RIVER THAMES; IT  WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE
      - "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" REACHES NUMBER ONE IN THE NATIONAL CHARTS...
      - THE PISTOLS PLAY A SECRET TOUR AS THE SPOTS (Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly)
      - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS IS RELEASED

  • 1978
      • - THE SEX PISTOLS BEGIN THEIR AMERICAN TOUR IN THE SOUTHERN STATES; THE FIRST CONCERT IS IN ATLANTA, GA...
      - THE PISTOLS' DEMISE:  SAN FRANCISCO, AT THE WINTER LAND BALLROOM... THEIR LAST GIG EVER. JOHNNY ROTTEN UTTERS HIS FAMOUS LAST WORDS:  "AH-HA-HA!!   EVER GET THE FEELING YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED?"
      - THE SEX PISTOLS SPLIT UP OFFICIALLY ON jANUARY 17, 1978...  JOHNNY ROTTEN GOES ON TO FORM PiL; SID DIES FROM A HEROIN OVERDOSE MONTHS AFTER STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND, NANCY SPUNGEN, TO DEATH. STEVE AND PAUL DO.... OTHER THINGS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE BANDS (NEUROTIC OUTSIDERS FOR STEVE, AS FOR PAUL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT APPARANTLY HE IS STILL DRUMMING)

     

    special thanks to:  Rotten: No Irish-No Blacks-No Dogs by John Lydon
                    and: Sex Pistols Day by Day by Lee Wood

    WELL, THERE IT IS...  IF i'VE FORGOTTEN ANYTHING FEEL FREE TO MAIL ME
     

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