Glen Matlock was for two years the chief songwriter and bassist for the Sex Pistols. When he left the band he was replaced by the unknown Sid Vicious, who he taught to play bass. This is the story of what happened to Glen, the Sex Pistols, punk and England between 1975 and 1978.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By zips78
Format:Paperback
A fantastic read from original Pistol - Bass player and chief songwriter Glen Matlock. I enjoyed the pre-Grundy gig memories and how the Pistols travelled up and down the country playing little squalid out in the middle of nowhere pubs, clubs and otherwise...Black Swan (Sheffield with the clash playing their very first gig suporting in July 76), Cleethorpes Winter Gardens and Doncaster Outlook (where they got sealed the deal with EMI)...a genuine Rock bio with no pretences.
There are descriptions of early Sex Pistols gigs as told by fans (the above Doncaster and Sheffield ones included) in this book Our Generation: The Punk and Mod Children of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster
and also more accounts and rare Sex Pistols photos and contracts in Out of Control: Punk Rock at the Doncaster Outlook and Rotherham Windmill 1976-1978 (Our Generation)
This is Our Generation Calling: Punk and Mod in and Around Sheffield - The Conclusion
and why not read another genuine early Punk account
The Secret Life of a Teenage Punk Rocker: The Andy Blade Chronicles
There are descriptions of early Sex Pistols gigs as told by fans (the above Doncaster and Sheffield ones included) in this book Our Generation: The Punk and Mod Children of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster
and also more accounts and rare Sex Pistols photos and contracts in Out of Control: Punk Rock at the Doncaster Outlook and Rotherham Windmill 1976-1978 (Our Generation)
This is Our Generation Calling: Punk and Mod in and Around Sheffield - The Conclusion
and why not read another genuine early Punk account
The Secret Life of a Teenage Punk Rocker: The Andy Blade Chronicles
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Ivanhoe
Format:Paperback
Glen Matlock is a nice guy. Glen Matlock is a great musician. Glen Matlock was kicked out of the most important rock n roll band in the world, ever. And try to convince us as he does, for two hundred pages, he still hasn't got over it.
This is as unbalanced as most biographies, which is fair enough, but at the end you're left realising exactly why he was booted out in the first place. He deserves his place in history and he deserves his say but what is glaringly, even more, obvious after reading this is that had any other singer been roped in to front the sex pistols then, well, I wouldn't be writing this and Glen Matlock would probably still be a shop assistant. John Lydon is, was and always will be the beating heart and soul of the band, the reason why so many people love, hate, idolise and despise them still. Glen cannot accept that.
There are some interesting insights into the band in here but its all clouded by the underlying bitterness and, frankly, poor writing.
This is as unbalanced as most biographies, which is fair enough, but at the end you're left realising exactly why he was booted out in the first place. He deserves his place in history and he deserves his say but what is glaringly, even more, obvious after reading this is that had any other singer been roped in to front the sex pistols then, well, I wouldn't be writing this and Glen Matlock would probably still be a shop assistant. John Lydon is, was and always will be the beating heart and soul of the band, the reason why so many people love, hate, idolise and despise them still. Glen cannot accept that.
There are some interesting insights into the band in here but its all clouded by the underlying bitterness and, frankly, poor writing.
5 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book changed my life... I used to be a shop assistant at a Rymans store, now I pursuing my dream of being a punk rocker!
THANKYOU!
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