Does that sting still?Ī couple of things. You’re quoted as saying that leaving cost you millions. Pretty Vacant, God Save the Queen… both became hits after you left. I do like John’s quote though that says that while the band are not the best of friends, we are also not the worst of enemies. I like to think we have mutual begrudging respect but then I’m not always right. We have had no need to speak since we walked offstage at what is probably the band’s last ever gig in Vitoria in the Basque Country in 2010. Did it feel different when you reformed? What are relations like now? Many people know that you and John Lydon didn’t see eye to eye and you left The Sex Pistols on acrimonious terms. We found ourselves hanging out at the very epicentre of hip London courtesy of Malcolm McLarens’ Teddy Boy shop whose doors every prime mover of the nascent punk scene stepped through. Might have played there with the Rich Kids but my brain is a little rusty on that, but we have played there in more recent years and have always dug the crowds unbridled enthusiasm. Never played there with the Pistols although we did play a college in Dundee in ‘76 where we were bottled off because the crowd had heard we liked that kind of thing! Did you ever make it up here in the 70s?Īs I hear. Paisley has a bit of a punk legacy – many of the punks being refused gigs in Glasgow and ended up coming through to Paisley instead. It was a buzz to be the bit of grit in the oyster that the pearl grew around. We found ourselves hanging out at the very epicentre of hip LondonĬourtesy of Malcolm McLarens’ Teddy Boy shop whose doors every prime mover of Was an exciting time as by then we had already forged a bit of a name for Well I guess it was my late 16s when I first met Steve and Paul and we started giving it a go. Can you tell us what it was like to be there, in the thick of it, as a 16 year old boy? You were incredibly young to be so involved with the punk scene. Slick was Bowie’s guitarist. We caught up with Glen ahead of their gig at The Bungalow in Paisley to ask him a few questions. Glen was the youngest member of The Sex Pistols at only 16 and he wrote many of their hits from God Save The Queen, he also played for many years in Iggy Pop’s band.
The band of longtime friends play songs from Glen’s solo career and and rocka billy versions of Sex Pistols classics.
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I don’t know yet! I got a sack full of songs, so mostly some solo stuff and then the songs which Alluri, the band and me have worked on.Punk Legend Glen Matlock and his friends Earl Slick, Jim Lowe (Bass) & Chris Musto (drums) are back on the road. Recording with him in Telegu with Italian musicians in Milan was a different experience. How was the experience of collaborating with Alluri and what kind of a set can we expect at this Mumbai show of yours? Individually all our lives, no matter what we do, we still are the Sex Pistols. It was the first thing any of us had done properly and it kind of formed us. Its hard to say how it changed us because its all we had ever done. We had a common guy called Jim, who got us together in a way for this album. I have done a few things with Earl quite a long time back. When you get to a certain age and are around for long you tend to meet certain people. How was it collaborating with Earl Slick? There is one track ‘Keep on Pushing’ and also there is one big blues style track called ‘Cooking You’. Then there is ‘Sexy Beast’ where Earl has played a sexy solo. Which tracks should the fans look forward to in particular? It’s got a slightly different swing to it than Punk Rock music. The main guitarist is Earl Slick, it’s got Chris Bedding on one track and Neil Axe on the others. The main drummer is Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats. It’s got a fantastic selection of artists. It’s a collection of songs over the past few years. Tell us about your new album ‘Good to Go’.
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Later he formed the band Glen Matlock and the Mavericks before rejoining the Sex Pistols for their reunion tours post 1996.Ĭurrently in Mumbai, for a gig at the Hard Rock Café on the 10 th August where he has collaborated with the amazing Telegu rock star Alluri, Glen spoke to Music Plus about his new album ‘Good to Go’ and more.
The Sex Pistols, as they called themselves, ignited a Punk Rock revolution throughout the UK which later capsized the world. Among the founding members of the band was bassist, Glen Matlock, who would go on to become a pioneer. He is credited as the co-author of 10 of the 12 songs on ‘Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Sex Pistols’ album.Įver since leaving the band in early 1977, Glen went on to collaborate with heavyweights like Iggy Pop and Vicious White Kids and London Cowboys among others. 1972, London saw the formation of a band which would change Rock and Roll for ever.
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