Never Mind The 25th Anniversary

jonerik writes "Considering that much of the controversy surrounding the Sex Pistols was centered around Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee, it's somewhat ironic that the band is now celebrating their own: The group's seminal album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" was released 25 years ago today, according to this article from Reuters. Interestingly, although the album was hugely influential (and remains so), like most punk albums of the time, it wasn't a huge success in the U.S. at the time, taking until 1987 to be certified gold and another five years to be certified platinum. God save the Sex Pistols - we mean it maaaaaaaaan." Yeah, so it's not precisely topical - but still, whata band.

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She was a girl from birmingham

[Anonymous Coward]

Bodiiiieeesss!

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Phil Collins

[Evil Adrian]

Sex Pistols are great, but goddamn do I love Phil Collins. In the air tonight is a powerful, emotional song, buried in urban legend...

Whoa, sorry, didn't mean to get all American Psycho there.

Re:Phil Collins

[fraggleyid]

Shouldn't it be renamed "In the Ear Tonight"?

Re:Phil Collins

[JimPooley]

Phil Collins? He's talking nonce sense...

Reuters. Reuters. Reuters.

[daniel2000]

has slashdot just discovered Reuters? Seems a oft quoted source recently (and by and large a good source)

Re:Reuters. Reuters. Reuters.

[FattMattP]

has slashdot just discovered Reuters? Seems a oft quoted source recently (and by and large a good source)

Well, we have to post something while waiting for a new story from the Register.

irony==fun

[mojowantshappy]

Oh yeah, it is quite ironic that their album was released 25 years ago. Who'd thought that time would pass? I really didn't see that coming.

Re:Haha, what timing

[kaas]

Given the incredible number of people who read slashdot, I bet other coincidences like this one are pretty widespread. I wouldn't be suprised if a bunch of people are listening to this album when they first read this story.

WFT is this...!!!! :)

[dameron]

News for NERDS!???

The Pistols were never for nerds...

Many more like this and Slashdot's whole weltanschauung's gonna crack open and suddenly we'll find ourselves no longer nerdy...

Fingers crossed,

waiting...
waiting...
waiting... ... ..
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Damn.

-dameron

Johnny Rotten

[madsenj37]

is nothing but a no talent punk...oh wait, nevermind

Re:"Real Punk" = lazy white kids

[caseyc]

Real punk ethics are for lazy white kids too pampered and drug addled to get a job, the kind of people who go from the suburbs to the homeless shelters.

True. I love to hear middle class kids complaining about how horrible their lives are. I'm especially amused when I see "punk rockers" here at college, which is most likely an endeavor financed by their "oppressive" horrible capitalist parents. Yeah. And all this anti-capitalism stuff that the kids buy into? Isn't somebody making a whole lot of money from the propaganda t-shirts the kids are buying? Hardly seems like "anarchy" or whatever they promote, to me!

Re:Sex Pistols were a farce

[JimPooley]

Bollocks, not bullocks, you fool!!!

Bullocks don't HAVE bollocks!

The day punk died....

[the endless]

As far as I'm concerned, the day punk died was the day that Sporty Spice did a live performance of Anarchy In The UK.

"I am the antichrist, I am Sporty Spice..."

Oh, the pain.

Re:Sex Pistols were a farce

[Schnapple]

The Pistols were a marketed, packaged commodity -- the punk equivalent of the Spice Girls

So how close were we to having Justin Timberlake stabbing Britney Spears to death and then overdosing in the UK? Quick! Get Christina Aguillera hooked up with a Backstreet Boy!