The biggest news of 2024 for punk rockers of a certain age came in June, when it was announced that the Sex Pistols were to re-form – well, 75 five per cent of the Pistols, to be exact – initially to play a series of concerts in drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones’s native Shepherd’s Bush to benefit beloved-but-struggling local London venue Bush Hall.
Relations being what they are between ex-vocalist John Lydon and the remainder of the band, putting a replacement behind the microphone was the only viable option. Cook and Jones had formerly taken to the road with Billy Idol and Tony James of Generation X, as Generation Sex, but with Idol unavailable a second option had to be explored.
