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Sex Pistols Reunite For Guitar Hero III
1up is reporting that the Sex Pistols are getting the band back together for at least one recording session. They're laying down a master track for the upcoming Guitar Hero III, for the song 'Anarchy in the U.K.'. "Original members John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), Steve Jones, and Paul Cook hit the studio together for the first time in 30 years, hooking up with original producer Chris Thomas to maintain the feel of the recording. Additionally, the original analog sound desk, built in 1969 for producer George Martin at Air Studios in London, was utilized for aural authenticity."
Um, the Sex Pistols already did reform for the "Filthy Lucre" tour.
I saw them at Glastonbury during said tour and they were fucking rubbish.
Of all genres, punk is one that really is better suited to young musicians.
Especially because Glen Matlock was the original bass player on Anarchy in the UK, and the man is still alive and kicking...
Oh, wait... he is in this Sex Pistols 2007 lineup...
The entire band never shied away from money. Rotten has always said he does things for the money. Did you ever see the Bill Grundy episode they were on for crying out loud? For the record Glenn Matlock was the original bassist in the Sex Pistols, and it is his bass lines you here on all of 'Never Mind the Bollocks.' It's funny really. He was booted from the band weeks before the recording, and Sid could not play properly. So Glenn was hired back as a studio musician, and Glenn wound up with more money in his pocket then the rest of the band after the recording sessions were over.
"Fortunately, I'm adhering to a very strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber..."
Sorry,but the Stones are officially Geezers.While they may still be a spectacle they quit being relevant in the early 80s.What have they done lately musically besides tour?Nothing new from them has "torn up the radio" for decades.
Pistols,geezers as well,only put out ONE studio album that still starts more conversations than all Stones albums combined and are more likely to be listed as an influence to modern musicians than the Stones.
Truth,like it or not.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
This is a bunch of marketing hype. The Pistols have reunited and performed together several times in the last 10 or 11 years. In fact, they are about to have another reunion tour this fall. In '96 it was the Filthy Lucre tour or some such thing and sometime in 2002 or 2003 they had some other tour - the Piss Off tour, I think it was called. In addition, it's just re-recording a track they already originally recorded. It's not like they are about to release an actual new song. Nothing to see here, move along
Are you surprised?
If I remember correctly, their reunion tour about 10 years ago was titled "We want your money."