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The world nearly got a supergroup featuring members of the Sex Pistols, Blondie and the Bay City Rollers

Blondie’s drummer, the ex-Sex Pistols bassist, the Bay City Rollers’ guitarist and Paul Weller nearly made up punk’s weirdest supergroup

Louder · Jun 15, 2023

“We don't want people to know what we think”: Why Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures may be the most important record to emerge from the UK punk scene

Released on June 15, 1979, Joy Division's bleak, beautiful masterpiece has lost none of its power or stark dread

Louder · Jun 15, 2023

Never mind the racket. I was behind the bar for one of the first Sex Pistols gigs

Brief letters: Johnny Rotten luck | Tipping in Italy | Satanic autocorrect | Snollygosters everywhere | Woke in Woking

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2023

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Anarchy in High Wycombe! The real story of the Sex Pistols’ earliest gigs

The punk band are famous for culture-changing gigs in Manchester and London, but what about ones in Keighley and Dunstable? Attendees at their first UK tour remember the protests, raw power – and cider-drinking hippies

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock at 40: the album that foretold today’s anything-goes pop

The 1983 LP introduced a generation to hip-hop and mashed up style – but by not crediting Black musicians, it was also cultural appropriation. Producer Trevor Horn recalls its creation

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Noel Gallagher dismisses The 1975's Matty Healy as a "slack-jawed f***wit” for calling for an Oasis reunion, advises him to split up his own "sh*t" band instead

Having learned of Matty Healy's comments on a potential Oasis reunion, Noel Gallagher offered some advice of his own to The 1975's frontman

Louder · May 26, 2023

Anarchy in the UK: the chaotic story of the 80s punk scene that changed metal forever

Riots, teargas and slamdancing – how The Exploited, Discharge and GBH inspired Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and more

Metal Hammer · May 23, 2023

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You can now listen to Motorhead's cover of Metallica classic Enter Sandman - complete with a "horrifying" animated video

Motörhead's cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman comes from from a digital EP that includes songs by Hawkwind, Bob Seger and the Sex Pistols

Metal Hammer · May 8, 2023

Glen Matlock updates Sex Pistols' 'God Save The Queen' for King's Coronation

The rocker has updated the lyrics to feature King Charles III, and is playing a gig on Saturday for people who are 'fed up with the Coronation'

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

Glen Matlock struggles with rhyme for King in new version of God Save The Queen

The ex-Sex Pistol’s performance is listed as part of the mayor of London’s programme of royal festivities in the capital this weekend.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

London street artist Pegasus paints Coronation tribute in Highbury and Islington

The artist drew on the Sex Pistols, Basquiat and Eighties and Nineties pop art for inspiration

Evening Standard · May 5, 2023

Keith Richards’ snarling reaction to being told that the Sex Pistols said he should retire

When Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards found out the Sex Pistols had been calling for the band to retire and "get out of the way", his reaction was like "a volcano erupting"

Louder · Apr 27, 2023

Sex Pistols frontman slams Prince Harry and Meghan telling them to f*** off

John Lydon launched the scathing attack on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

Daily Record · Apr 18, 2023

John Lydon lashes out at Meghan and Harry: ‘Shut up’

‘They’re very, very spiteful to families and friends,’ the Sex Pistols frontman said

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2023

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The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told to ‘f*** off and shut up’ by Sex Pistols’ John Lydon

‘They’re very, very spiteful to families and friends,’ the Sex Pistols frontman said

Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told to 'f**k off and shut up' by neighbour John Lydon

Former Sex Pistols star John Lydon has taken aim at his Californian neighbours Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as he said the couple need to 'shut up and go away'

Louder · Apr 12, 2023

The Amish Sex Pistols: the weirdest, unlikeliest, most glorious TV sketch ever

The Sex Pistols' appearance on The Today Show in 1976 brought them nationwide notoriety: 37 years later the footage got a mind-boggling Amish makeover

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

John Lydon poignantly agreed to Masked Singer for wife Nora Forster before her tragic death

The Sex Pistols' John Lydon agreed to do Masked Singer US in the hope of entertaining his wife Nora Forster amid her Alzheimer's battle. Nora's death at 80- years-old was announced today.

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Irish Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon's wife Nora has passed away after brave Alzheimer's battle

Lydon's Irish Eurovision bid song was titled Hawaii in tribute to a trip they took together, as he said it was a memory that stood out in her mind

Daily Record · Apr 6, 2023

Johnny Rotten's wife Nora Forster dies aged 80 after Alzheimer's battle

The Sex Pistols star announced the new on his official Twitter page earlier today.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Nora Forster death: John Lydon’s wife, who had Alzheimer’s, dies, aged 80

Former Sex Pistols star was married to Forster for almost 50 years

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

John Lydon’s wife Nora Forster dies aged 80

The former Sex Pistols frontman cared full-time for his wife following her Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023

‘We never wanted to become a Factory tribute band’: A Certain Ratio on mortality, Manchester – and Madonna

The massively influential band have been plying their blend of jazz, funk, post-punk and pop for 45 years. But as they release new album, the founding members are in no mood for nostalgia

Louder · Mar 30, 2023

The story of The Stranglers' controversial No More Heroes album: "We got away with murder"

Hugh Cornwell tells the story of the Stranglers' summer-of-punk-classic second album No More Heroes: "We definitely couldn’t get away with that now"

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

TWICE’s Chaeyoung apologies for wearing a t-shirt with a swastika on it

The singer had posted a photo on Instagram wearing a t-shirt where the symbol could be seen

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