Deepest Blue said:
MCFC BOB said:
Bollox era Pistols was superb and still stands up well today 35 years on.
The rest of the rubbish that carried their name was just pissabouts that should never have seen the light of day (My Way/Something Else and all that carp).
Let me elaborate.
Sex Pistols were awful because they were
supposed to be awful. The idea of punk was to be against everything else - to be the opposites. And how can you be opposite to cleanly produced pop music? That's right: be the worst you possibly could be. They played guitars out of tune, hired a guy that couldn't even play bass and made sure their singer was grottiest, snarliest, most disgusting human being on the planet. Their influence is unquestionable, and they are arguably one of the most important bands of all time, but they were awful because they were manufactured to be just that.