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100 PUNK SCORCHERS! “Influenced by Jean Cocteau, the alpha band and the horslips, it was the pontoon bridge between punk and new wave. I managed to sweet talk Ian Mclagan into playing a tour with the band: he said he dug the stuff cos some songs went down and some went up. This one went up.” GLEN MATLOCK, 2001 Quitting the SEX PISTOLS in early 1977, Glen matlock pushed further down that pop path. He was the punkiest Rich Kid, a band blind to parochialism: their weapon of choice was less the stooges bludgeon than the small faces quick blade. After a few gigs with Mick Jones on guitar, Matlock hitched his fortunes to a Scottish bubblegummer MIDGE URE (good idea) and a spider from mars producer Mick Ronson (bad idea). The quartet brought maturity and refinement to a new mix of styles, eras and ideas- which Ronno sunk in echoey mud. Though its melodic enough to be power pop, the glorious, ascending title track has all the bottle and fifth-form philosophising of punk, which made it a blueprint of sorts for a decade of baton- carriers (IAR) CHART PEAK- none WRITERS- Glen matlock Steve new PRODUCER- Mick Ronson PERSONNEL- Matlock (VCS, Bs) MIDGE URE (VCS, Gtr) New (VCS, Gtr) Egan (Drs) Ronson (pno)