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"Oi, Freddie! Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?": When Queen frontman Freddie Mercury met Sex Pistols bassist 'Simon Ferocious'
By Paul Brannigan published
"It upset me when the Sex Pistols exploded" recalls Brian May, who was rather more taken with punk than Freddie Mercury

"I will deny all knowledge if questioned about this": revisiting the day that a Sex Pistol urinated on Elvis Presley's grave
By Paul Brannigan published
When you gotta go, you gotta go

In 1997 John Lydon's drummer sued him for lost wages and assault: it was a case only Judge Judy could resolve
By Simon Young published
Judge Judy: 25 seasons, 6280 episodes, one former Sex Pistol

10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them
By Dave Everley published
Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

“They’ve murdered it, they’ve torn it to shreds”: John Lydon on how Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock have ruined the Sex Pistols’ legacy
By Niall Doherty published
John Lydon has nothing but harsh words for his ex-Sex Pistols bandmates - and the TV show they helped Danny Boyle make

"The Sex Pistols were like the One Direction of their time": Midge Ure on why he turned down Malcolm McLaren's invitation to join the Sex Pistols
By Paul Brannigan published
Midge Ure on why he didn't join Malcolm McLaren's "manufactured" Sex Pistols

Watch Billy Idol front Foo Fighters to cover Sex Pistols classic Pretty Vacant
By Paul Brannigan published
Billy Idol turns the clock back to 1977 to sing Sex Pistols anthem with Foo Fighters at Jazz Aspen Snowmass

Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders: the bands that made one album then vanished
By Classic Rock published
They came, they saw, they vanished – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up

"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands
By Ian Fortnam published
Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk
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