As we're talking about it, I think someone should mention those kings of aberrant behaviour; the Sex Pistols. For those of you young folk who've never heard of them, they were a punk rock band who traumatised the nation back in the late 70s. What did they do that was so shocking? They swore on teatime TV. They said the F word, and they said 'rotter.' As a result, tours were cancelled, they were sacked by their record lable, and members of the group were attacked in the street. They signed a new record deal outside Buckingham Palace, but were sacked within days. Eventually they got round to releasing a second single. It was a brilliant anti-royalist anthem, 'God Save the Queen,' and the charts had to be fixed to prevent it occupying the number 1 spot during the Queen's silver jubilee week. They recorded one album, 'Never Mind the Bollocks . . ,' and then split up. Bassist Sid Vicious stabbed his girlfriend to death, died of a heroin overdose before he could stand trial, and became a rock'n'roll icon. Other members of the group recorded an extremely tasteless single with great train robber Ronnie Biggs, and singer John Lydon went on to become the sweetheart of the nation when he appeared on 'I'm a Celebrity . . .' many years later.
More important than any of this is the fact that they were one of the GREATEST ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS EVER! If you want to know more, visit http://www.sex-pistols.net/. It's not a great site, but it will give you an idea.
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