The Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were a punk band that formed in 1975 in London and are credited for bringing punk to London after it emerged pretty much in New York.
The group, when first formed, consisted of Johnny Rotten the singer, Glen Matlock the bassist, Steve Jones the guitarist, and Paul Cook the drummer.
Steve Jones and Paul Cook already had a band by 1972, stealing equipment from popular groups and artists at the time like David Bowie. They needed some assistance in keeping the band together, so they approached Malcolm McLaren, owner of some clothes shop in London. A few years down the track, they got Glen Matlock on bass and just needed a singer. According to Matlock, they would seek out anybody with short hair and attempt to recruit them. They found their guy when John Lydon came along; green spiked hair and a "I HATE PINK FLOYD" shirt (he later admitted to liking them; he wanted to piss everyone off as Pink Floyd were huge around that time).
== Conclusion ==
All in all, the Sex Pistols are pretty much one of the best bands in the history of music. If you were sick of disco, flared jeans and long hair in 1976, these guys were the band for you. 
Although not the first ever punk band (The Ramones and the Damned were already putting out material a year before Never Mind The Bollocks), they are generally considered as what got punk worldwide attention.
Although they stated they hated prog bands, in later years Johnny Rotten came out to say he loved Pink Floyd. He was even a fan of Magma, the guys who made their own language as a recurring theme in their albums.
Steve Jones came out to liking The Who and all that (Fun fact: Steve hailed from Shepherd's Bush, where The Who also did). 
Sid Vicious is obviously dead, thanks to that bitch of a girlfriend he had, but original bassist Glen Matlock was the only one vocal about his music tastes at the time of the Pistols; that was why he was fired from the group....
Category:Bands
Category:1970s
Category:Short-Lived Bands