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In my live show I do a bit of everything to keep everybody including myself happy. As the bassist of the British punk band the Sex Pistols, Matlock contributed to one of the most iconic and influential albums ever released. I didn’t set out to write a Sex Pistols album and fail miserably. Glen Matlock is a brilliant musician.There can be no doubt about it.
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It’s quite personal, but there are some tongue-in-cheek funny bits in it. “When it comes to music, I like some actual music in the music!” says Matlock of the album. The official reason given was that Glen Matlock ‘Liste. In a nutshell, it appears as if he was fired for exactly the opposite reason Sid Vicious was hired to take his place Glen didn’t look the part, Sid did.
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Matlock went on to work with an extraordinary array of musicians including Iggy Pop, the Dammed, Primal Scream, Mick Jones, Midge Ure, Gary Kemp, Ronnie Wood and such punkn contemporaries as Rusty Egan, Mike Peters, Tom Robinson and Kirk Brandon. Answer: It was - even though he was ‘invited’ back for a ‘reunion tour’ some years ago. Matlock was only 16 when he joined the Pistols, and co-wrote such iconic punk songs of theirs as ‘Pretty Vacant,’ ‘Anarchy In The UK’ and ‘God Save The Queen.’ By the release of their seminal Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album, he had been replaced in acrimonious circumstances by Sid Vicious. I think Bowie would have been proud of that song. I said let’s go with it and he built it up. “The sustained sound in the background behind the guitar riff was Earl, it’s pretty off the wall. Singer Songwriter Punk Pioneer, forever changing rock n roll history as chief songwriter with the Sex Pistols, the evolving path walked by Glen Matlock. The basic chord structure is like ‘Spanish Harlem’ or ‘Stand By Me,’ juxtaposed with Earl’s Ebow guitar which is like something from Bowie’s ‘Heroes.’ I think ‘Speak Too Soon’ is my favourite song on the album. In the words of Lennon, I’m writing for the kids that have grown up with me. Original bassist Glen Matlock was a significant musical force in the group playing an essential role in three of the album’s four singles including Anarchy. “It’s well known I like the Faces and a bit of Bob Dylan, and it’s all incorporated in there somewhere.