* John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, singer with the Sex Pistols

* Johnny Rotten ( b. John Lydon ), singer of the Sex Pistols.

* 1978 – The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.

* Chris Thomas, the producer, whose credits include The Beatles, Procol Harum, Roxy Music, Pink Floyd ( mixed The Dark Side of the Moon ), the Sex Pistols and INXS.

" The Sex Pistols ' God Save The Queen, with its chant-like refrain of " no future ", became a slogan for unemployed and disaffected youth during the late 1970s.

By late 1976, bands such as the Ramones, in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Clash, in London, were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement.

Even as nostalgia was discarded, many in the scene adopted a nihilistic attitude summed up by the Sex Pistols slogan " No Future "; in the later words of one observer, amid the unemployment and social unrest in 1977, " punk's nihilistic swagger was the most thrilling thing in England.

In critic Steven Blush's description, " The Sex Pistols were still rock ' n ' roll ... like the craziest version of Chuck Berry.

The Sex Pistols classics " Anarchy in the U. K ." and " God Save the Queen " openly disparage the British political system and social mores.

Richard Hell's more androgynous, ragamuffin look — and reputed invention of the safety-pin aesthetic — was a major influence on Sex Pistols impresario Malcolm McLaren and, in turn, British punk style.

) McLaren's partner, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, credits Johnny Rotten as the first British punk to rip his shirt, and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious as the first to use safety pins.

Sid Vicious, before he became the Sex Pistols ' bassist, is credited with initiating the pogo in Britain as an attendee at one of their concerts.

First-wave British punk bands such as the Sex Pistols and The Damned insulted and otherwise goaded the audience into intense reactions.

The Who and fellow mods The Small Faces were among the few rock elders acknowledged by the Sex Pistols.

Britain's Deviants, in the late 1960s, played in a range of psychedelic styles with a satiric, anarchic edge and a penchant for situationist-style spectacle presaging the Sex Pistols by almost a decade.

With his Ziggy Stardust persona, David Bowie made artifice and exaggeration central — elements, again, that were picked up by the Sex Pistols and certain other punk acts.

Adopting a new name, the group played its first gig as the Sex Pistols on November 6, 1975, at St. Martin's School of Art and soon attracted a small but ardent following.

In February 1976, the band received its first significant press coverage ; guitarist Steve Jones declared that the Sex Pistols were not so much into music as they were " chaos ".

" McLaren envisioned the Sex Pistols as central players in a new youth movement, " hard and tough ".

Bernard Rhodes, a sometime associate of McLaren's and friend of the Sex Pistols ', was similarly aiming to make stars of the band London SS.

On June 4, 1976, the Sex Pistols played Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall in what came to be regarded as one of the most influential rock shows ever.

Among the approximately forty audience members were the two locals who organized the gig — they had formed the Buzzcocks after seeing the Sex Pistols in February.

That same night, The Clash debuted, opening for the Sex Pistols in Sheffield.

In critic Kurt Loder's description, the Sex Pistols purveyed a " calculated, arty nihilism, the Clash were unabashed idealists, proponents of a radical left-wing social critique of a sort that reached back at least to ... Woody Guthrie in the 1940s ".

Another Sex Pistols gig in Manchester on July 20, with a reorganized version of the Buzzcocks debuting in support, gave further impetus to the scene there.

Williams also played drums for the band Public Image Limited, fronted by former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon, on their 1986 release album / cassette / compact disc ( the album title varied depending on the format ).

* John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the Sex Pistols lived in Benwell Road.

# Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls ( 2000 )-Omally manages a rock group, the lead singer of whom has the power to heal the sick.

McLaren also said in person and in a documentary that if he'd met Vicious before he had hired Rotten to be the singer, Vicious would have been the Sex Pistols ' front man, because he had the most charisma of anyone on that stage.

Interviewed by television journalist Bill Grundy, Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten used the word " shit ".

Terri Nunn rejoined the band as singer in 1980, and they signed to independent label Enigma Records where they had their first significant hit: the controversial synth-driven " Sex ( I'm A ...)" ( 1982 ), which was banned by some radio stations due to its graphic lyrics.

* Steve Jones ( musician ) ( born 1955 ), English rock and roll guitarist and singer, member of the Sex Pistols

Shellac also played a Halloween show as The Sex Pistols, featuring former Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid singer David Yow as Johnny Rotten.

Some popular singers from later decades include Roberta Flack (" Killing Me Softly with His Song "), Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band (" You Broke My Mood Ring "), singer-songwriter Tori Amos, Herb Fame ( of Peaches & Herb ), Van McCoy ( disco producer, " The Hustle "), Toni Braxton, Ginuwine, Mýa, Dave Grohl ( of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters ), Starland Vocal Band (" Afternoon Delight "), Joan Jett ( rock singer ) and Nils Lofgren ( guitarist for Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Neil Young ).

In 1975 Ure turned down an offer to be the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, stating that he felt at the time that Malcolm McLaren had " his priorities completely wrong!

* Alien Sex Fiend lead singer Nik Fiend frequently wore a Judge Death t-shirt, and was also depicted wearing one in the many advertisements the band placed in 2000 AD during the eighties and nineties.

Inspired by the Sex Pistols, Devoto co-formed Buzzcocks with singer / guitarist Pete Shelley in 1975.

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine ( frequently shortened to Carter USM ) are an English indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim " Jim Bob " Morrison and guitarist Les " Fruitbat " Carter.

He went on to record with the line-up of Chequered Past in 1983 with Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, former Blondie bandmate Nigel Harrison, musician Tony Sales and singer / actor Michael Des Barres.

* Johnny Rotten-the lead singer of the Sex Pistols

In 1984, under the name Timezone, they released the single " World Destruction " which featured disc jockey Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon ( former singer of the Sex Pistols ).

The album featured six songs co-wrote by former singer Paul Black (" No Mercy ", " Sex Action ", " One More Reason ", " Nothing to Lose ", " Bitch is Back " and " One Way Ticket ") while, after album completion, drummer Alexander was replaced by former W. A. S. P.

** Sex Pistols play their first gig at St. Martin's College in November, opening for Bazooka Joe, whose lead singer Stuart Goddard soon changes his name to Adam Ant and forms Adam and the Ants.

** On December 1 Sex Pistols and several members of the Bromley Contingent ( including Siouxsie and the Banshees singer Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steve Severin ) appear live on ITV to be interviewed by television host Bill Grundy.

Starski worked with singer actor Eugeniusz Bodo ( whom he met at Qui Pro Quo ) and wrote lyrics to some of his hit songs including Sex Appeal.

During the production of the Red Hot Chili Peppers ' 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, producer Rick Rubin regularly visited singer Anthony Kiedis to review Kiedis's new material.

The core of the band was singer / songwriter, Vic Godard, plus assorted soul fans, who congregated around early gigs by the Sex Pistols until Malcolm McLaren suggested they formed their own band.