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Sex Pistols

Before ‘Quadrophenia,’ The Jam, Or The Sex Pistols There Was ‘Bronco Bullfrog’

The British 1970 film — a black and white neorealist look at kids in the streets — echoed through music and the movies of Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino
By Sasha Frere-Jones
Paul Weller

Only Paul Weller Could’ve Made an Album This Diverse That Actually Works

Paul Weller doesn't give a shit if you think he's an elder statesman. He can still write brilliant music—that's all he's ever cared about.
By Justin Joffe
NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 14: John Lydon of the Sex Pistols performs at the Isle of Wight Festival June 14, 2008 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. The festival, attended by 50,000 music fans, which features headline acts The Kaiser Chiefs, Sex Pistols and The Police, is in its seventh year after being reincarnated in 2002. The promoters claim their aim is to recreate the hippy spirit of the famous festivals held on the island in the late 1960s, when thousands of music fans watched acts such as Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and Bob Dylan. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

You’re an Idiot if You’re Mad at John Lydon for Praising Trump and Brexit

We all love to point fingers at our heroes, but remember this before you get angry at Lydon: He has an agenda, and he owes you nothing.
By Tim Sommer
Dean Calagno is one of the youngest radio disc jockeys in America and attracts a large teenage audience. Although he has only one show a week, Dean does a great deal of research during the week to be sure which records are exactly right for his playlist. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)

Your Facebook Teenage ‘10 Albums’ Lists Matter More Than You Think

By Tim Sommer
The Sex Pistols performing at Leeds Polytechnic, UK, on December 8, 1976.

The 30 Craziest Stories From Steve Jones’ Sex Pistols Book

By Jim Farber
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Joe Corre, the son of Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols creator Malcolm McLaren burns his entire £5 million punk collection on November 26, 2016 in London, England. Joe Corre burnt the rare punk memorabilia in protest saying punk has no solutions for today's youth and is 'conning the young'. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Sex Pistols Archivist Johan Kugelberg on ‘Punk Rock Jabroni’ Joe Corré

By Justin Joffe
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Joe Corre, the son of Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols creator Malcolm McLaren (not in picture) burns his entire £5 million punk collection on November 26, 2016 in London, England. Joe Corre burnt the rare punk memorabilia in protest saying punk has no solutions for today's youth and is 'conning the young'. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Joe Corré’s Bonfire Stunt Was the Least Punk Protest Ever—and a Hoax

By Tim Sommer

How Public Image Ltd Exploded the Possibilities of Music With ‘Metal Box’

By Tim Sommer
MTV.

What It Was Like to Be a VJ in the Salad Days of MTV

By Tim Sommer
The Vivienne Westwood T-shirt

Byronesque Pays Tribute to Fashion Heroes With a Line of T-Shirts

By Lindsay Schneider
This is not the photo of Sid Vicious under discussion. That one is protected by copyright.

Prince, Gagosian Sued for Appropriating Famed Sid Vicious Photo

By Vida Weisblum
NEW YORK - MAY 06: (L-R) Agent Provocateur founder Joe Corre and model Kate Moss attend Agent Provocateur and a Milk Studios Project?s WHITE WEDDING with Kate Moss at Milk Studios on May 6, 2008 in New York City.

Any Idiot Can Destroy: A Letter to Joe Corré

By Tim Sommer
Elizabeth Peyton, John Lydon, Destroyed, (1994).

Sex Pistols Photog Cries Copyright Infringement, Vanessa Beecroft on Kanye—and More

By Alanna Martinez
"Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?"

8 Must-See Satellite Art Fair Booths in Miami

By Ryan Steadman

‘What the World Needs Now’ Is Public Image Ltd.

By Tim Sommer

For Your (Re)Consideration: Defining Punk and the Total Genius of the Saints

By Tim Sommer

No Fury: The Bowery’s Changed, But Richard Hell Doesn’t Mind

By Nate Freeman

Punk’s Not Dead, It’s At Christie’s!

By Joe Pompeo

Johnny Rotten’s Bread Gets Buttered

By John S.W. MacDonald

Motörhead, the Hard Copy of Rock: Loud, Raw and Real

By Stephen Wright
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