What has happened to The Sex Pistols?
I’m not keen on all these music reunions. A piece of me died when Take That and The Spice Girls reformed, but aside from terrible pop music, the recent trend of legends of music – The Who, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin – getting back together begs the question, “Why?” Some things are best left untouched to preserve their legacy.
At least bands like Pink Floyd and The Stone Roses look like they won’t end up succumbing to some sort of nostalgic reunion, but when I read today that The Sex Pistols have reformed – again – I struggled to see the point.
They’ve done this whole reunion thing two or three times in the past already, and for me, it’s done nothing but destroy their image. Last year they sold the rights to their entire back catalogue to Universal, and now they’ve re-recorded “Back in the UK” to appear on the compilation album Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. Rock?! This is lunacy.
“I like [Guitar Hero] because my friends’ kids like it. And I like what kids like,” said Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
Are these guys going senile? I guess real problem is people like me who think The Sex Pistols are still 20-year-old kids wreaking havoc. These guys have families now. Anyone in the UK interested can catch lives show at Brixton Academy (November 8, 9, 12, 19) and Manchester MEN Arena (17).
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September 28th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Matt: As a sometimes blogger for money, you should understand the financial motives of a reunion, and when you are over 50 you may understand a little more about nostalgia & reliving the old days one more time (while you still can).
BTW: Were you even born when the Sex Pistols came on the scene?
September 29th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Ouch.
September 29th, 2007 at 2:49 am
Punks not dead, it just sucks now.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:09 am
The Sex Pistols were manufactured right from the word go. Malcolm McLaren actually made a point of it. They were 70% business, 30% piss-take. It would be entirely fitting for them to “sell out” and do more gigs - even better, perform corporate events. It’s sticking two fingers up to what they “should do”, meanwhile raking in more money - that’s the Sex Pistols.