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THE REVIEW
Year of grace 1977...
Rock music presents itself as sophisticated, in its own refined and extremely complex way.
Suddenly chaos: 3 singles from a hitherto unknown band literally overwhelm the soundscape of the time.
Anarchy In The U.K., God Save The Queen, Pretty Vacant, these are the three devastating tracks that throw the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook later replaced by the infamously known Sid Vicious) right into the middle of the music business.
Let's leave aside the usual and worn-out comments: that Rotten and company had no idea how to play a song is beyond doubt, that the magical hands of manager Malcolm McLaren moved with cunning and considerable skill in promoting the band is another certain fact.
However, the incredible expressive urgency spewed out without restraint by these guys remains, an incredible sense of discomfort and the need to throw their disjointedness in the world's face remains, what remains is what ultimately is (or was?) punk.
An attitude that deeply changed an era, an attitude that finds and has found one of its preferential communication channels in music, an attitude that is all in the devastating attack of their perhaps most famous song: "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist..."
Unhinged, irreverent, uncomfortable, and annoying... In short, fundamental.
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Summary by Bot
Released in 1977, Sex Pistols' album 'Never Mind The Bollocks' profoundly disrupted the music scene with its raw energy and rebellious spirit. The band, led by Johnny Rotten, transformed punk into a global attitude rather than just a genre, fueled by Malcolm McLaren's savvy management. Despite their musical shortcomings, the urgency and disjointed chaos expressed in the songs like 'Anarchy In The U.K.' symbolized a cultural shift. This album remains a cornerstone of punk's identity and influence.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London, widely credited as a key catalyst of the UK punk movement. They released one studio album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" (1977), and broke up in 1978 after a turbulent, highly publicized run.16 Reviews
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By ngw
Nevermind sweeps everything away; it’s a manifesto and a birth.
They are objectively ungovernable... iconoclasts with the sole purpose of offending.
By sexyajax
Punk is not music but an expression of oneself.
The energy they transfer with 'Anarchy In The U.K.,' 'Liar,' 'No feelings,' 'God Save The Queen' and 'Holiday In The Sun' is like a bomb about to explode.
By joe strummer
"God Save The Queen is perhaps the absolute pinnacle of punk rebellion; a spit in the face of everything, authority, religion, culture."
"The Sex Pistols were the true heralds of punk only during the period when they performed violent and nihilistic concerts; the very act of producing a record already goes against its founding principle."
By carlo cimmino
We listened in silence. We were shaken and almost frightened.
I thought there was nothing more punk than a woman smiling like that.
By vm
Listening to the CD was 40 minutes of fun and enjoyable listening.
The true dimension of this music is live, pogo and sweat all together inevitably.
