Never Mind The Bolllocks

[raticus_usm]

Been getting a decent Punk fix lately and played "Never Mind The Bollocks" in full for the 1st time in ages and people have forever poo pooed the Sex Pistols but forgetting all the Malcolm Mclaren crap this once one hell of an album. Lydon's lyrics for someone his age at the time was fantastic and cutting. IMO this album is in the 3 most important of the punk ere, the other 2 being The Ramones and The Saints 1st albums. I was a teen in the uk when punk hit its straps and it was such a great time. The Pistols went down hill as soon as Sid joined, yeah he was a punk icon and a great singer but should have not replaced Matlock. Makes you wonder what would have happened if Sid had stayed just a fan.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Been getting a decent Punk fix lately and played "Never Mind The Bollocks" in full for the 1st time in ages and people have forever poo pooed the Sex Pistols but forgetting all the Malcolm Mclaren crap this once one hell of an album. Lydon's lyrics for someone his age at the time was fantastic and cutting. IMO this album is in the 3 most important of the punk ere, the other 2 being The Ramones and The Saints 1st albums. I was a teen in the uk when punk hit its straps and it was such a great time. The Pistols went down hill as soon as Sid joined, yeah he was a punk icon and a great singer but should have not replaced Matlock. Makes you wonder what would have happened if Sid had stayed just a fan.

Say what now?

 

[HalloweenJack]

Check out Richard Hell and the Voidoids "Blank Generation" and the Clash self titled first album. Both, IMO, better than the Saints (I'm Stranded) and the Ramones and I love the Saints and the Ramones.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Say what now?

Anyone who can turn this shit song into something worth listening to must be doing something right.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Check out Richard Hell and the Voidoids "Blank Generation" and the Clash self titled first album. Both, IMO, better than the Saints (I'm Stranded) and the Ramones and I love the Saints and the Ramones.

The Clash..hell yeah!!!..Richard Hell not so much .I like Richard Hell but not even close to Stranded IMO.

 

[raticus_usm]

Check out Richard Hell and the Voidoids "Blank Generation" and the Clash self titled first album. Both, IMO, better than the Saints (I'm Stranded) and the Ramones and I love the Saints and the Ramones.

Yep great songs and i have all the clash stuff , just i feel that the saints and ramones were ahead of the pack. Its all my opinion anyways. As for sid..he could sing .. a touch eddue cochrane about him.

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[Damon_3388]

People focus on the circus that surrounded them and the whole punk ethos, but musically, they were actually pretty brilliant. The scathing and intelligent social comment of Lydon's lyrics and the monstrous driving sound of Steve Jones' guitar are massively underrated in heinsight IMO.

 

[CURVE]

Not a bad album but Siouxsie & the Banshees debut, THE SCREAM, is my favourite "punk" album. A greatly underrated masterpiece. JIGSAW FEELING, METAL POSTCARD and SUBURBAN RELAPSE (to name a few) are every bit as good as anything the male punksters sung, and HELTER SKELTER is the best cover of a Beatles song ever.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Fantastic album. Chock full of hits (including a number one single), some brilliant album tracks (Submission is great), the playing is tight as (Steve Jones is a brilliant rhythm guitarist), great production (supposedly more overdubs than the Queen album in the same year) - what more could you ask for?

 

[borchard23]

Been getting a decent Punk fix lately and played "Never Mind The Bollocks" in full for the 1st time in ages and people have forever poo pooed the Sex Pistols but forgetting all the Malcolm Mclaren crap this once one hell of an album. Lydon's lyrics for someone his age at the time was fantastic and cutting. IMO this album is in the 3 most important of the punk ere, the other 2 being The Ramones and The Saints 1st albums. I was a teen in the uk when punk hit its straps and it was such a great time. The Pistols went down hill as soon as Sid joined, yeah he was a punk icon and a great singer but should have not replaced Matlock. Makes you wonder what would have happened if Sid had stayed just a fan.

sensational

 

[borchard23]

Sensational doco on the making of the album. You're correct, Matlock could put together a song and Jones was an extremely underrated guitarist but the genius of Lydon's political and social observations should not be understated....combined with a fair degree of arrogance....and a touch of menace.

Steve Jones would be a lot of fun to have a beer with, enjoy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGi0S2WZOYI

 

[Gus Poyet]

I never ever consider The Ramones punk. They were an American Garage band.

 

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[Black Flag]

it's become fashionable to pass off the pistols as a boy band manufactured by mclaren. actually they existed pre-lydon as, the strand.

never mind the bollocks was the first punk album that didn't just sound like ramped up r&b but emerging as a genre in its own right.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Nice get. The Rats still play every now and again (my current band, Fortress of Narzod released our EP supporting them a few months back) and they are still awesome. Wish more people realised how great they are.

 

[blackshadow]

The Pistols pre Sid were sensational and NMTB is a classic all killer no filler album.

It would have been very interesting to see what would have transpired if Matlock had remained in the band.

Sid was a wannabe Johnny Thunders with the heroin habit but none of the talent.

I was lucky enough to see Matlock play with Thunders at the Mosman Hotel in Sydney sometime in the 80s, that was a great show.

 

[Black Flag]

The Pistols pre Sid were sensational and NMTB is a classic all killer no filler album.

It would have been very interesting to see what would have transpired if Matlock had remained in the band.

Sid was a wannabe Johnny Thunders with the heroin habit but none of the talent.

I was lucky enough to see Matlock play with Thunders at the Mosman Hotel in Sydney sometime in the 80s, that was a great show.

pfft, steve jones was the thunders wannabe... sid was an original.

as far as "talent" goes, you've just described 99% of the '77 punk scene. that was the whole point... you didn't need talent you just needed the attitude.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

as far as "talent" goes, you've just described 99% of the '77 punk scene. that was the whole point... you didn't need talent you just needed the attitude.

True dat. Fortunately, The Clash there and had both.