“All I was using was one Fender Twin Reverb, which I stole off Bob Marley… I had it turned up to 10 the whole time”: Stolen amps and punk rivalry – inside the making of the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks

Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, and Steve Jones performing live onstage at Dunstable's Queensway Hall.

This feature was originally published in the January 1995 issue of Guitar World.

Punk lore has it that British punk began on the 4th of July, 1976, when the Ramones played the Roundhouse in London. They shared the bill with the Flamin’ Groovies; the Stranglers were the opening act.