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Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols Box Set (2002)[[email protected]]
Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols Box Set (2002)
Release: 2002 | Track: 61 (3CD) | Format: MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | Size: 507 MB
Genre: Punk Rock | Label: Virgin Int'l
Biography
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Sex Pistols may have only been together for two years in the late '70s, but they changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, nihilistic singles and violent performances, the band revolutionized the idea of what rock & roll could be. In England, the group was considered dangerous to the very fabric of society and was banned across the country; in America, they didn't have the same impact, but countless bands in both countries were inspired by the sheer sonic force of their music, while countless others were inspired by their independent, do-it-yourself ethics. Even if they didn't release any singles by themselves, there was an implicit independence in the way they played their music and handled their career. The band gave birth to the massive independent music underground in England and America that would soon include bands that didn't have a direct musical connection to the Sex Pistols' initial three-minute blasts of rage, but couldn't have existed without those singles.
Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook were regulars at a boutique owned by their manager, Malcolm McLaren; bassist Glen Matlock worked at the store. Vocalist John Lydon, who would later perform under the name Johnny Rotten, met the rest of the group at the shop and was asked to join the band. While the band played simple rock & roll loudly and abrasively, Rotten arrogantly sang of anarchy, abortion, violence, fascism, and apathy; without Rotten, the band wouldn't have been threatening to England's government -- he provided the band's conceptual direction, calculated to be as confrontational and threatening as possible. The publicity caused by their caustic first single "Anarchy in the U.K." caused the band to be dropped by their record label, EMI. Matlock was fired before their next single "God Save the Queen," which was released on Virgin; it was banned by the BBC. Matlock's replacement was Sid Vicious, a tough street kid who, unlike the rest of the band, couldn't play his instrument.
After releasing one album in 1977, the band headed over to the U.S. for a tour in January of 1978; it lasted 14 days. Rotten left the band after their show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on January 14, heading back to New York; he would form Public Image Limited later that year. McLaren tried to continue the band but Cook and Jones soon turned against him. In the two decades following the Sex Pistols' implosion, an endless stream of outtakes, demos, repackagings, and live shows were released on a variety of labels, which only helped their cult grow.
In 1996, to celebrate their impending twentieth anniversary, the Sex Pistols reunited, with original bassist Glen Matlock taking the place of the deceased Sid Vicious. The band embarked on an international tour in June of 1996, releasing the Filthy Lucre Live album the following month. Four years later, Julien Temple (who helmed the band's first movie, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle) directed the documentary film The Filth & the Fury.
Track List:
CD 1:
01. Holidays In The Sun (3:23)
02. Bodies (3:03)
03. No Feelings (2:51)
04. Liar (2:42)
05. God Save The Queen (3:20)
06. Problems (4:11)
07. Seventeen (2:03)
08. Anarchy In The UK (3:32)
09. Submission (4:13)
10. Pretty Vacant 1 (3:18)
11. New York (3:07)
12. EMI (Unlimited Edition) (3:14)
13. I Wanna Be Me (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (3:06)
14. No Feeling (Bonus B-Side) (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (2:47)
15. Did You No Wrong (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (3:10)
16. No Fun (Unedited) (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (6:56)
17. Satellite (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (4:01)
18. Problems (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (3:41)
19. Pretty Vacant (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (2:45)
20. No Feelings (Majestic Studios Demo Session) (6:54)
CD 2:
01. Pretty Vacant (Denmark Street demo July 1976) (3:54)
02. Submission (Denmark Street demo July 1976) (4:09)
03. Anarchy In The UK (Wessex Studios session October 1976) (4:05)
04. Substitute (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (3:11)
05. (Don't Give Me) No Lip (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (3:15)
06. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (3:00)
07. Johnny B Goode (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (1:44)
08. Road Runner (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (4:10)
09. Watcha Gonna Do About It? (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (1:57)
10. Through My Eyes (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (1:43)
11. Anarchy In The UK (Wessex Studios rehearsal session October 1976) (3:32)
12. No Feelings (Instrumental) (Manchester Square session December 1976) (3:03)
13. No Future (Manchester Square session December 1976) (5:00)
14. Liar (Manchester Square session December 1976) (3:33)
15. Problems (Manchester Square session December 1976) (4:23)
16. New York (Gooseberry Studios January 1977) (3:08)
17. God Save The Queen (Gooseberry Studios January 1977) (3:39)
18. Satellite (Wessex Studios, NMTB outtake May-August 1977) (4:00)
19. EMI (Wessex Studios, NMTB outtake May-August 1977) (3:14)
20. Seventeen (Wessex Studios, NMTB outtake May-August 1977) (2:05)
21. No Feelings (Wessex Studios, NMTB outtake May-August 1977) (2:49)
22. Submission (Wessex Studios, NMTB outtake May-August 1977) (8:11)
CD 3:
01. Anarchy In The UK (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (4:55)
02. I Wanna Be Me (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:11)
03. Seventeen (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (2:19)
04. New York (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:07)
05. (Don't Give Me) No Lip (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:45)
06. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (5:49)
07. Satellite (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (2:14)
08. Submission (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:51)
09. Liar (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:30)
10. No Feelings (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:05)
11. Substitute (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:07)
12. Pretty Vacant (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:09)
13. Problems (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (5:05)
14. Did You No Wrong (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (3:49)
15. No Fun (Live at Screen on the Green 1976) (4:56)
16. Understanding (Live Bonus Track)(Live at London, Nashville Rooms 1976) (4:13)
17. Flowers Of Romance #1 (Live at London, 100 Club, 1976) (2:32)
18. Flowers... #2 (Live at Birmingham, Barbarellas 1976) (1:47)
19. Belsen Was A Gas (Live Bonus Track)(Live at Dallas, Longhorn Ballroom 1978) (6:13)
Ruby say's if you take it please say thank you.
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