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When Rotten sings, “I use the enemy,” it’s a deliberate homonym for “I use the NME,” or New Musical Express, the British weekly music newspaper. The MPLA ( Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, or the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) were the political group that took control of Angola, formerly one of Portugal's African colonies, in a 1975-76 civil war, and still run the country today. The IRA and the UDA were the largest paramilitary armies in the conflict in Northern Ireland: the heavily armed IRA ( Irish Republican Army) were on the Republican (anti-British, pro-unification) side, while the thousands-strong UDA ( Ulster Defence Association) were on the Loyalist (pro-British, anti-unification) side. The abbreviations used in the lyrics are a selection of civil war references from 1970s headlines, a suggestion of what could happen in the United Kingdom.

)Ī limited edition 7" inch picture disc of the single was released on 21 April 2012 for that year's Record Store Day. (Lydon confirmed that he is not an anarchist in a 2012 interview. In the documentary The Filth and the Fury, John Lydon described the composition of the song's opening lyrics, explaining that the best rhyme he could devise for the first line, "I am an Antichrist", was the second line, "I am an anar chiste". This version later surfaced on the Sex Pistols bootleg album Spunk.) (Although the EMI version was recorded on 17 October 1976, an earlier demo version was recorded between 10 and 12 October at Lansdowne/Wessex Studios, London. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on 6 January 1977, a month after members of the band used profanity during a live television broadcast.

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John Taylor has been a guest and occasional guest host on the show several times. Far from an angry punk with access to a transmitter, Jones is an entertaining host who mixes an eclectic playlist (culled from his own collection of CDs) with often (intentional) rambling and humorous interviews of guests from all walks of the entertainment industry. The premise of the show is that the self-described "Sire of Wilshire" can do whatever he wants (within FCC rules), with no direction from station management. In February 2004, Jones began hosting a daily radio program in Los Angeles called Jonesy's Jukebox, on Indie 103.1 FM, broadcasting live Monday to Friday from noon to 2PM. In 2000 he and John Taylor appeared together in the independent film Four Dogs Playing Poker. In the 1980s and 1990s he played with Andy Taylor, the Neurotic Outsiders and had a solo career. Steve also played with Thin Lizzy, Joan Jett, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop.

They released a self-titled album in 1984.

He was a also a member of Chequered Past (led by Michael Des Barres) from 1982 to 1985. They released one album, but disbanded after a serious car crash while on tour in the US in 1981. Although they only released one album, the Sex Pistols went on to become one of the most influential rock and roll bands of the 20th century.Īfter the Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, Steve and Cook co-founded the hard rock outfit The Professionals.

in Shepherd's Bush, London) is an English rock and roll guitarist and singer, best known for his work as guitarist for the punk band Sex Pistols.Īfter some early experience in other bands, in 1975, Steve co-founded the Sex Pistols with Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and later, Johnny Rotten. This article covers only those aspects of the subject that are related to the career of Duran Duran.Ī much more complete treatment can be seen in the Steve Jones article at Wikipedia.