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What it really meant to be punk in Britain

There is a current surge of interest in punk. The Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen topped the UK singles charts during the Platinum Jubilee. This was 45 years to the day after it controversially didn’t when originally released at the time of the Silver Jubilee.

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‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol

After 45 years of picking fights, the former Johnny Rotten is squaring up to his ex-bandmates, director Danny Boyle and anyone who disrespects the Queen. But what’s really impressive is his capacity for love

The Guardian - UK

Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones admits he doesn’t like his band’s music anymore

‘I’m f***ing tired of it, to be honest with you. I’d rather listen to Steely Dan,’ guitarist said

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Never Mind the Bollocks: 45 years on from disrupting the Jubilee, does it still sound dangerous?

An hour ago, Jessica Benjamin had never heard ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’. Now she has.

Evening Standard

Sex Pistols aim to give Queen Elizabeth's jubilee a touch of punk

A certain anti-authoritarian anthem linked to the punk rock pioneers and the British monarch, is being re-released as Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee.

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Sex Pistols aim to give queen's jubilee a touch of punk

In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols

The Independent UK

Sex Pistols story spills out in a fast-paced, aggressive bio on Hulu

No punk expertise required to make sense of the flashy six-part series about Johnny Rotten and his bandmates.

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Sex Pistols show's rock 'n' roll swindle

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? "Pistol" boasts a great premise and cast, but skimps on the insights

Salon

Review: You think you know the Sex Pistols. This new TV show tries to deliver a corrective

It's been 44 years since the Sex Pistols broke up and only a couple more since they played their first gig, having produced only one actual album in their lifetime. And yet they seem very much with us; the best of their music continues to sound massively huge, outside of…

Los Angeles Times

Pistol review – Danny Boyle’s wonky Sex Pistols show is like Punk: the Panto!

Johnny Rotten is the Artful Dodger crossed with an animated rodent in Boyle’s frustrating series that feels so cartoonish it falls totally flat

The Guardian - UK

Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten swears during live This Morning interview

There was "fruity language" to kick off the Jubilee week thanks to Sex Pistol's John Lydon's appearance on ITV today

Chronicle Live

Sex Pistols' John Lydon calls Danny Boyle an 'a***hole' during chaotic This Morning chat

Danny Boyle directed and produced the upcoming series, Pistol, which is based on the iconic punk rock band Sex Pistols

Daily Mirror

Sex Pistols' John Lydon slams Disney Plus' Sex Pistols TV series as 'pile of nonsense'

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - has been open about his dislike of the upcoming Disney Plus series, Pistol, which is set to air at the end of the month

Daily Mirror

‘I’ve seen bedsheets with my face on them’: Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols

The actor became famous at 13 in Richard Curtis’s yuletide romance. Now 32, he talks about playing Malcolm McLaren, the success of The Queen’s Gambit and coming to terms with not playing Ron Weasley

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Evening Standard

Pistol on Disney+ review: Danny Boyle’s series on the Sex Pistols can’t help but turn very dark

The grim realities of this story mean that the series is tonally uneven, but it’s never boring

Bangkok Post

Capturing the anarchy in the Sex Pistols

LONDON: “Are we doing any spitting?” asked a man in the crowd at the 100 Club, a small, red-walled underground space, redolent of spilled beer, cigarette smoke and a thousand lost nights, just off London’s Oxford Street.

The Guardian - UK

‘I want Johnny Rotten to attack it!’ Danny Boyle on his shocking Sex Pistols saga

How do you make a sympathetic TV show about the most cancelled, most banned, most shamelessly vile band ever – when your cast have barely heard of them and the frontman is taking you to court? The director reveals all

Daily Mirror

John Lydon takes another swipe at Sex Pistols TV show, claiming it is too sleazy

Sex Pistols TV show John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, has said the upcoming Disney+ show about his band is "upsetting as a lot of it has sexual connotations which are dubious at best"

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Daily Mirror

First look at Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols TV series as Disney+ trailer promises chaos

Director Danny Boyle's upcoming Sex Pistols series has seen its first trailer released on Disney Plus to the excitement of fans of the Punk Rock band.

The Guardian - UK

Still a fascist regime? Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen reissued to mark platinum jubilee

Once-banned punk rock anthem finally has a chance to reach No 1 after it missed out in 1977 during the Queen’s silver jubilee

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