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  Sex Pistols on Carnaby Street  Photo by Ray Stevenson (1976)   I.    Ian Trowell's dead knot essay [a] provides a fascinating insigh...

Poster design for Pretty Vacant - The Story of Punk & New Wave   (Not exactly Jamie Reid, is it?)     I.    Shortly before he died in Ap...

Sex Pistols: Friggin' in the Riggin'   (Virgin Records, 1979) [1]     I.    As many readers will recall, The Great Rock 'n'...

Johnny Rotten on Jukebox Jury (30 June 1979) Jimmy Pursey on Jukebox Jury  (4 August 1979)   I.    As disussed in a recent post, Jimmy Purse...

The Sham Pistols: Jimmy Pursey, Steve Jones, Dave Treganna, and Paul Cook Photo by Paul Slattery (July 1979)     James Timothy Pursey - or J...

Steve Jones wearing an Anarchy in the UK knotted hanky  and establishing himself as the coolest Sex Pistol   The fashioning of a handkerchie...

Men's tights by Gerbe  (the famous French hosiery manufacturer, est. 1895)   I.    There are not many advantages to being diagnosed with...

Sex Pistols: 'Submission' (1977) [1]   I.    According to Rotten's recollection, it was Malcolm who suggested the band should wr...

Jamie Reid: sleeve artwork for 'God Save the Queen'  by the Sex Pistols (Virgin Records, 1977)  National Portrait Gallery (NPG D4805...

Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious as portrayed by Anson Boon and Louis Partridge   Director Danny Boyle irritated me in 2012 with his ludicrous ...

Banksy: Girl with Balloon (London, 2002)    (Note the chalked message on the wall; if that doesn't make you want to  vomit, pop the ba...

Sid and Nancy indulge in a little knife play for the camera Photos by Pierre Benain (1978)  snapgalleries.com     Sex Pistol Sid Vicious ha...

Fig. 1: Jazz and Kirk (1983): the anti-stewards Back in the early-mid 1980s, students were always protesting against something - tho...