When M.I.A. held up her middle finger during Madonna's Super Bowl Halftime Show last weekend, she dominated blog chatter for a few days and incited a few minor cable-TV debates. She could have to pay a fine, and she's definitely changed the narrative around her next album. But she hasn't gotten anywhere near the pantheon of music's most controversial live-TV performances; she didn't even hold that finger proudly up to the camera. If she really wanted to start riots, she should've taken note of the moments on our list below. Add your own picks to the comments section. [...]
The Sex Pistols - No Feelings Sid Vicious died on Groundhog day 33 years ago. http://www.sexpistolsofficial. com/
The Rock 'n Roll Guru reminded us today.... "January 31, 1956: John Lydon , better known as Johnny Rotten, was born. He is 56. Johnny Rotten was a member of the much-loved yet short-lived (save for a few reunion tours) Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols were the definitive punk band and left a legacy well beyond their brief existence." Forget the Pistols! It's 2012 and John at 56 is all about Public Image Ltd. , Lydon's post Pistols band. The PiL musical entity (ie. band) is planning for the [...]

Tornando a casa, alle 20 e 30, da lavoro, ho realizzato che Winona Ryder è la metafora più lapalissiana ed evidente della vita mia e di molti altri. Faccio un passo indietro e guardo il me poco più che 15enne che vede per la prima volta Mermaids (Sirene) e perde totalmente la testa per quella ragazza che ad un certo punto si veste da Cher, si trucca da Cher e perde la verginità col bello in moto (e gli lecca la giacca di pelle). Non credo di avere mai voluto così tanto essere qualcosa di inanimato come una giacca, [...]

At The Drive-In reformed this week. At The Drive-In Website Intro from MONDIAL on Vimeo . So did Refused . "We never did " The shape of punk to come " justice when it came out, too [...]

2011 was rock solid we teamed up with MB Disco to tribute the one and only Giorgio Moroder we started our radio show on Big City Beats we had many events, parties, funnnn like: Illegal Sundays @ WAMP, gigs with The Glitch Mob and Ulrich Schnauss and millions 'n millions of you loved us madly THANK YOU SEE YOU HERE IN 2012 !!! and now let's see the highlights of the year first the most popular/visited posts of APC in 2011 based on the dry facts of our [...]

El guitarrista de la legendaria banda punk inglesa, Steve Jones , calificó a su ex compañero y bajista Glen Matlock como un "nene de mamá de clase media" . En una entrevista con la revista Hustler , Jones admitió estar "cansado" de que Matlock reclame haber co-escrito algunos de los himnos punk como God Save The Queen e insistió en que " él odiaba algunas de las controvertidas letras del cantante John Lydon ". [...]
This title changes pretty much every time someone finds a rare slab of vinyl, but for now, know this: A ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ sex-pistols-single-is-probably -the-most-valuable-p/59687/

El ilustrador Dave Perillo, influenciado por las películas de Sci-Fi , Charles Schultz, Jim Flora, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Henson, Hanna Barbera, The Twilight Zone y Alfred Hitchcock, presentó en su blog su versión particular de The Sex Pistols y The Ramones, como si pertenecieran al universo de Don Gato, Scooby Doo o Los Picapiedras. Acá su creación junto con su visión de la portada del disco "Doolittle" de Pixies. PIXIES SEX PISTOLS [...]

punks are not dead but they are cute [illustration by Montygog ]
Illustrator Dave Perillo says: "This what i thought a Hanna Barbera cartoon about the Sex Pistols would've looked like if they made one in the 70's…" via boingboing.net

El punk es ahora todo un "adulto contemporáneo" ya que el legendario himno "Anarchy in U.K." cumple 35 años de haberse publicado como single (el 26 de noviembre de 1976), aunque The Sex Pistols, los perpetradores del asunto, no despegaron realmente hasta 1977 cuando fuera lanzado el disco "Nevermind the Bollocks...Here´s The Sex Pistols". Las canciones perfectamente diseñadas para la era punk, más las declaraciones de los miembros de la banda sobre que "Mick Jagger y Rod Stewart eran un mierda", entre otras linduras punk, hicieron que el grupo y la canción se convirtieran en un clásico que hoy celebra [...]

El arqueólogo y profesor en la Universidad de York, Inglaterra, John Schofield ha causado controversia por su intención de que unos graffitis hechos por los integrantes de Sex Pistols, en los muros de un departamento que ellos rentaban afines de los 70s, se conserven en la categoría y la importancia de pinturas rupestres antiguas y además, sean considerados patronomio de la humanidad. Según el arqueólogo, las pinturas forman parte de una época histórica en la cultura reciente de su país y del mundo. El edificio se localiza en la calle Denmark en el centro de Londres, [...]
In what is perhaps both a nod to The Sex Pistols ' place in the history of modern music and an insult to John Lydon's artistic capabilities, The Telegraph is reporting that the University of York's archaeology department has declared a house The Sex Pistols rented in the 1970s to be an important historical and archaeological site. The reason is due to pieces of art that Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) drew on its walls while living there. The department's Dr. John Schofield compares the pieces to early human drawings in southern France's Lascaux caves, and [...]
Filed under: News BBC The Sex Pistols mark a distinct turning point in rock 'n' roll history, when pop tendencies turned toward brash punk and anarchism. But it's not just the Pistols' music that helped form a new politically minded artist -- it was their graffiti as well. As the BBC reports, a London flat that the Pistols' Johnny Rotten , Sid Vicious and other members shared in 1975 still bears the [...]
Glen Matlock, original bassist with the Sex Pistols, has formed a new band, King Mob according to Alt Sounds . The full line-up is as follows: Guitarist Chris Spedding has worked with Harry Nilsson, Sharks, John Cale, Roxy Music, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and played a key part in the legendary concept album, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds . Matlock himself has played with Iggy Pop, and joined The Faces upon their reformation. Drummer Martin Chambers is better known for his work with The Pretenders. Rounding out the five [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Marco Gonzalez The day he met his future father-in-law, Chuck Rowell was in a bit of a bind. He and his band Crocodiles had just arrived in London for their first U.K. tour, and due to a mix-up with their Italian driver, they suddenly found themselves needing a ride. Luckily, Rowell's fiancé's father stepped in and offered to give them a lift -- a [...]
SoCal owl photographer, Ron Lyon, gives us the lowdown on his life during the awkward transition to adulthood.

Put on your costumes and head over to PA's Lounge tomorrow night, Oct. 29, for a Halloween cover show -- it's going to feel like taking a trip back to the late 70's/early 80's. The lineup is as follows: Megadeth ( Mass Death ) The Sex Pistols ( The Four Point Restraints ) Television ( A Bit Much + School for Robots ) The Cure ( Ruby Ridge , pictured above) 9pm, 21+, $10 PA's Lounge 345 Somerville Avenue Somerville, [...]