Video: Jamie Reid - Safely Pinned

When you think of the Sex Pistols and that era of punk and its can't give a fuck about nothing attitude, it's impossible not to identify it with the imagery that came with it: the safety pins, the ripped shirts, a shredded and pinned Union Jack, the Swastika eyes. Shock, hype and controversy formed the vehicle that was used to promote the Punk movement, and it's not the kind of shock, hype and controversy the way a political spin machine spews its propaganda. The media lapped it up, the public loved and hated it at the same time. The experience [...]