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  1. The Flaming Lips Eye World Record
    antiMUSIC logo antiMUSIC 10 hours ago

    The official Guinness Book world record, currently held by Jay-Z, stands at seven. Jay-Z accomplished the feat by jetting around the country, but frontman Wayne Coyne says the Flaming Lips will break the record by traveling by bus through the... Full Article at antiMUSIC

  2. Dairy Crest swings to £10m loss
    BBC News logo BBC News 12 hours ago
    John Lydon

    May 2012 Last updated at 07:11 ET Dairy Crest uses former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon to advertise Country Life butter Dairy Crest has posted a multi-million pound loss due to the poor performance of its milk division and higher costs. The maker of... Full Article at BBC News

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago
    A man views a work depicting Britiain's Queen Elizabeth II entitled “God Save The Queen” (R) by artist Jamie Reid made for British punk band the Sex Pistols in 1977 during 'The Queen: Art and Image' exhibiton at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern...

    A man views a work depicting Britiain's Queen Elizabeth II entitled “God Save The Queen” (R) by artist Jamie Reid made for British punk band the Sex Pistols in 1977 during 'The Queen: Art and Image' exhibiton at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern... View Photo »

  4. It's amazing how many people don't like Metallica and the Sex Pistols ... If they can't hear their call, they hang up.
    SOURCE: Oregon Live 2 weeks ago
  5. Coventry News: Children at Coventry school record hip hop National Anthem for Queen's Diamond Jubilee (video)
    Coventry Telegraph logo Coventry Telegraph 1 day ago

    And unlike the controversial Sex Pistols’ version of the song in the 1970s, this one is unlikely to be banned by the BBC. Pupils at Little Heath Primary School, in Spring Road, Bell Green, have created a hip-hop version of the National Anthem, complete... Full Article at Coventry Telegraph

  6. Flaming Lips To Play Most Concerts In A Day, Break Jay-Z’s Seven Show Record
    KROQ Radio logo KROQ Radio 1 day ago

    He tweeted that he’s interested in getting bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Grimes, and Ke$ha to join him. “Like when the Sex Pistols did their one and only American tour, the weird mid-south (Memphis to New Orleans), has something... Full Article at KROQ Radio

  7. The Flaming Lips will attempt to play most concerts in one day
    Consequence Of Sound logo Consequence Of Sound 1 day ago

    And I’ve explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not Full Article at Consequence Of Sound

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago
    A Christie's employee adjusts a navy blue suit worn by British punk rock artist and Sex Pistols front man Sid Vicious at court appearances around 1978, including one for drugs offences as well as the inquest into the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen,...

    A Christie's employee adjusts a navy blue suit worn by British punk rock artist and Sex Pistols front man Sid Vicious at court appearances around 1978, including one for drugs offences as well as the inquest into the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen,... View Photo »

  9. Censorship mattered more than the content of the Pistols. If you're going to be celebrating what is great about Britain, the honesty of the Sex Pistols is one of those things. If you censor the words of any one song, you're killing the honesty and I couldn't tolerate that. From my point of view we said ...
    SOURCE: Billboard 3 weeks ago
  10. Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 24 months ago
  11. Flaming Lips Attempt to Break Jay-Z Concert Record
    Rolling Stone logo Rolling Stone 1 day ago
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    Though Jay-Z achieved his record by flying around the country, the Lips plan on pulling this off by traveling by bus through the American South. "Like when the Sex Pistols did their one and only American tour, the weird mid-south (Memphis to New... Full Article at Rolling Stone

  12. Worried About The Boy
    EDGE Boston logo EDGE Boston 1 day ago

    The film runs for 90 minutes and the brilliant soundtrack iconically includes tracks like "Happy House" (Siouxsie & The Banshees), "Beauty & the Beast" (David Bowie), "Venus in Furs" (The Velvet Underground) and some Sex Pistols. The most prolific... Full Article at EDGE Boston

  13. The Flaming Lips Will Attempt to Break Jay-Z's Guinness World Record
    Pitchfork logo Pitchfork 1 day ago

    And I've explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not Full Article at Pitchfork

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  1. A man views a work depicting Britiain's Queen Elizabeth II entitled “God Save The Queen” (R) by artist Jamie Reid made for British punk band the Sex Pistols in 1977 during 'The Queen: Art and Image' exhibiton at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 14, 2012. To...
  2. A Christie's employee adjusts a navy blue suit worn by British punk rock artist and Sex Pistols front man Sid Vicious at court appearances around 1978, including one for drugs offences as well as the inquest into the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, that is estimated to fetch between...

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  1. It's amazing how many people don't like Metallica and the Sex Pistols ... If they can't hear their call, they hang up.
    SOURCE: Oregon Live 2 weeks ago
  2. Censorship mattered more than the content of the Pistols. If you're going to be celebrating what is great about Britain, the honesty of the Sex Pistols is one of those things. If you censor the words of any one song, you're killing the honesty and I couldn't tolerate that. From my point of view we said ...
    SOURCE: Billboard 3 weeks ago
  3. Watching old footage of the Sex Pistols sends a shiver up my spine. I feel quite proud that I was a part of it. And oddly enough I look at it thinking, Cor, I really like that. And then realise that I was actually in it. That's quite a chilling, brilliant reward. I can remove myself from it because I ca...
    SOURCE: Male Xtra 3 weeks ago
  4. I can't back the Olympics. They tried to involve us [the Sex Pistols] but without any respect - they just wanted to use my ideas, our artwork, our lifestyle, but take it away from us and reconstitute it in this happy-go-lucky world of Olympic nonsense.
    SOURCE: Male Xtra 4 weeks ago
  5. Seeing Martial live was kind of like people in Manchester seeing the Sex Pistols
    SOURCE: Detroit Metro Times 1 month ago
  6. It is certainly not my personal plan or aim. I am proud of what the Sex Pistols achieved and always will be but this campaign totally undermines what the Sex Pistols stood for. This is not my campaign.
    – John Lydon SOURCE: antiMUSIC 1 month ago
  7. This is not my campaign. I am pleased that the Sex Pistols recordings are being put out there for a new generation, however, I wish for no part in the circus that is being built up around it.
    SOURCE: BBC News 1 month ago
  8. There was no way I was going to allow them to co-opt the Sex Pistols into being a museum piece. The next step would be pushing up daisies. It's a terrible, terrible thing.
    SOURCE: MusicRooms 1 month ago
  9. Believe it or not, I'm not sure if it was Bob [Marley] or the Sex Pistols, or even if it was 1976 or 1977. But what I can remember clearly is running from my house to Mr Paterson's office to show him the front cover. It was like a vindication of all his faith in me.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 2 months ago
  10. I rediscovered my 16-year-old roots: Ramones, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks ... It was kind of weird because I was jumping between that and music like Air and Justice and Afrobeat stuff [especially on Iron Fist]. It’s more like a dance-inspired record. We just wanted to have fun.
    SOURCE: Vancouver Sun 2 months ago
  11. I re-discovered my 16-year-old roots: Ramones, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks ... It was kind of weird because I was jumping between that and music like Air and Justice and Afrobeat stuff [especially on Iron Fist]. It's more like a dance-inspired record. We just wanted to have fun.
    SOURCE: Canada.com 2 months ago
  12. Springsteen identified himself as a Motown-loving, Sex Pistols-fearing fan of country's Silver Fox — Charlie Rich. He vehemently argued for the belief in popular music as dynamic and flexible, kept alive through constant redefinition by new players and fans.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 months ago
  13. When we first got together with [Colin], we started listening to a lot of the same things, like XTC and Talking Heads, the Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks ... It got us all really focused on making a super-pop record with that kind of late-'70s feel. We also wanted to do a multi-tracked record, which was a to...
    SOURCE: Spinner.com 2 months ago
  14. Surely a group of your size and reputation could forgo the doubtful privilege of sponsoring trash like the Sex Pistols.
    SOURCE: Guitar World 2 months ago
  15. Sexy and rock 'n' roll, that's my style. Messy hair, black eyes, fishnets. And you see this in my clothing collection through the colours and the styles. A lot of my designs are inspired by British music. I'm a big Sex Pistols fan and I love the old-school rocker grunge look, so a lot of my pieces featu...
    SOURCE: The Sun Daily Malaysia 2 months ago
  16. I was glad to grab a date with them (Sex Pistols) because they were right up my alley
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 2 months ago
  17. I think what the Sex Pistols show did historically is that it redefined Cain's as a venue for rock 'n' roll ... It was this historic moment where the Sex Pistols in a weird sort of anti-establishment way swept the state, not quite like the Beatles but in a new way, and led this punk revolution that had ...
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 2 months ago
  18. I think what the Sex Pistols show did historically is that it redefined Cain's as a venue for rock 'n' roll ... It was this historic moment where the Sex Pistols in a weird sort of anti-establishment way swept the state, not quite like the Beatles but in a new way, and led this punk revolution that had ...
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 2 months ago
  19. The Sex Pistols are a perfect example of how slogans become lyrics and vice versa
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  20. They had a string of hits and one of their songs [Steppin’ Stone] was covered by the Sex Pistols – they were the world’s top act in 1967.
    SOURCE: Scarborough Evening News 2 months ago
  21. Music can be great, when done by the great. The Sex Pistols are the greatest. Universal now has a trophy room, music is the imitation of nature, the Sex Pistols are nature, so please give generously. Thank you.
    SOURCE: Artist Direct 2 months ago
  22. Music can be great, when done by the great. The Sex Pistols are the greatest. Universal now has a trophy room, music is the imitation of nature, the Sex Pistols are nature, so please give generously. Thank you.
    SOURCE: Artist Direct 2 months ago
  23. To be given the opportunity to re-evaluate the Sex Pistols catalogue is every music lover's dream
    SOURCE: Friday Morning Quarterback 2 months ago

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