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Line diagram

Sex Pistols

1975 to 1978, reunions in 1996, 2002 to 2003 and 2007 to 2008, re-formed in 2024

Sex Pistols' stationSee Punk on the network

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Glen Matlockbass1975 to 1977
John Lydonvocals1975 to 1978
Steve Jonesguitar1975 to 1978
Paul Cookdrums1975 to 1978
Sid Viciousbass1977 to 1978
Steve Jonesguitar2024 to today
Paul Cookdrums2024 to today
Glen Matlockbass2024 to today
Frank Cartervocals2024 to today

The line

  1. Punk1976 to 1978

    Twenty-six months

    Malcolm McLaren put John Lydon in front of Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock in 1975. The Grundy interview, the Jubilee boat and one album followed; Matlock was out by February 1977 and Sid Vicious, who could barely play, was in. Lydon walked off stage in San Francisco in January 1978 and formed Public Image Ltd. Vicious died in February 1979. The four originals toured in 1996, and Jones, Cook and Matlock have played with Frank Carter since 2024.

    Key album: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, 1977

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sex Pistols (opens in a new tab)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Sex Pistols (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sex Pistols (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sex Pistols (opens in a new tab)

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