Perhaps one of the top 5 greatest bands of all time, but still a pack of assholes. God save the Queen!!
The Sex Pistols were my gateway band into Punk. But now they seem way too contrived and market friendly. Kinda like the Eagles are to classic rock.
They're wealthy now. I was also a (early) PIL fan. However, when I saw them the last time they were just another crappy pop band. Didn't play a single song off the first album. :down:
I'd be more concered if Lydon and the rest were all huggy and nice about getting in. "They like us, they really really like us."
.. hard to say really, all the "real" fans are like late 30s or early 40s now?? I was a wanna be punk, middle class family in a small mid west town and i was actualy a couple years too late. Sid was already dead when i was turned on to the Sex Pistols (and early Black Flag, 999, Dead Kennedys, etc) in the mid 80s. I had all the imports, the buttons, spikey hair, cut off t-shirts, etc.
Crass is the real deal. Sex Pistols are a bunch of sellouts. The older I get the less I care of selling out.