SEX PISTOLS

LaURie LYNN STARK

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, AND ON-STAGE at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, three of the original Sex Pistols are performing with a startling intensity, displaying the fire and skill that always belied the Malcolm McLaren-contrived gimmick that they couldn’t play their instruments. As bassist Glen Matlock will put it to MOJO, describing the explosive chemistry between himself, drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones, “As soon as we plug in and start playing, we’re the Sex Pistols.” Their new singer, Frank Carter, is halfway up a stage-right staircase, and climbing over a railing onto the lip of a balcony, as he belts out Satellite, the Holidays In The Sun B-side that was John Lydon’s ambivalent anthem to the suburban kids in “those godforsaken new towns” where the Pistols…

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