1975
- jOHN jOSEPH lYDON IS SPOTTED ON KING'S ROAD IN LONDON WEARING AN "I HATE PINK FLOYD" T-SHIRT; HE IS IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO MEET WITH STEVE JONES, PAUL COOK, GLEN MATLOCK AND MALCOLM MCLAREN AT A PUB THAT NIGHT.... - MCLAREN ASKS JOHN TO JOIN THE SEX PISTOLS, AND HE AUDITIONS BY MIMING TO ALICE COOPER'S "EIGHTEEN" AT THE JUKE BOX IN MALCOLM'S SHOP, "SEX" THE BAND BEGINS REHEARSING AT A PLACE CALLED THE CRUNCHIE FROG IN ROTHERHITHE; THEY SOON MOVE TO A STUDIO AT 6 DENMARK STREET... - ACCORDING TO JOHN LYDON, HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME JOHNNY ROTTEN BY STEVE JONES, BECAUSE OF HIS ROTTEN GREEN TEETH... (yummy) - THE FIRST LIVE GIG EVER IS PLAYED AT ST MARTINS SCHOOL OF ART; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 1975
1976
- THE FIRST EVER FULL LENGTH ARTICLE ON THE BAND APPEARS IN "SOUNDS" MAGAZINE - THE PISTOLS RECORD DEMO TRACKS WITH DAVE GOODMAN ON DENMARK STREET: THE TRACKS INCLUDE SUBMISSION, SEVENTEEN, SATELLITE, PRETTY VACANT, ANARCHY IN THE UK, NO FEELINGS & I WANNA BE ME. - THE BAND'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE: "SO IT GOES" IN ENGLAND SHOWS THE BOYS PERFORMING "ANARCHY IN THE UK" - THE SEX PISTOLS PLAY AT CHELMSFORD MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON FOR A BUNCH OF HARD CRIMINALS... THE SHOW ENDS AT 7:45pm BUT WAS RECORDED BY DAVE GOODMAN AND COPIES CAN NOW BE FOUND... EVERYWHERE. - THE SEX PISTOLS ARE SIGNED TO EMI RECORDS FOR A 2 YEAR CONTRACT... (which later turns out to be a bad idea...). THEIR FIRST SINGLE; ANARCHY IN THE UK/I WANNA BE ME IS RELEASED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 - THE INFAMOUS BILL GRUNDY INTERVIEW IN WHICH THE PISTOLS SWEAR (ooooooh.... bad) FREELY AND OPENLY CAUSES HUNDREDS OF PISSED OFF VIEWERS TO CALL AND COMPLAIN...
1977
- JOHNNY ROTTEN IS ARRESTED FOR THE POSSESSION OF SPEED... - EMI TERMINATES THE PISTOLS' CONTRACT IN WRITING - SID VICIOUS (JOHN BEVERLY OR SIMON RITCHIE: APPARANTLY EVEN HIS MUM DOESN'T KNOW WHICH...) TAKES THE PLACE AS BASSIST, AFTER THE BAND FIRES GLEN MATLOCK - THE BAND IS SIGNED TO VIRGIN AFTER BEING TURNED DOWN BY SEVERAL OTHER RECORD COMPANIES - THE SEX PISTOLS BOAT PARTY IN "HONOUR" OF THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE SAILS DOWN THE RIVER THAMES; IT WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE - "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" REACHES NUMBER ONE IN THE NATIONAL CHARTS... - THE PISTOLS PLAY A SECRET TOUR AS THE SPOTS (Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly) - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS IS RELEASED
1978
- THE SEX PISTOLS BEGIN THEIR AMERICAN TOUR IN THE SOUTHERN STATES; THE FIRST CONCERT IS IN ATLANTA, GA... - THE PISTOLS' DEMISE: SAN FRANCISCO, AT THE WINTER LAND BALLROOM... THEIR LAST GIG EVER JOHNNY ROTTEN UTTERS HIS FAMOUS LAST WORDS: "AH-HA-HA!! EVER GET THE FEELING YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED?" - THE SEX PISTOLS SPLIT UP OFFICIALLY ON jANUARY 17, 1978... JOHNNY ROTTEN GOES ON TO FORM PiL; SID DIES FROM A HEROIN OVERDOSE MONTHS AFTER STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND, NANCY SPUNGEN, TO DEATH, STEVE AND PAUL DO.... OTHER THINGS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE BANDS (NEUROTIC OUTSIDERS FOR STEVE, AS FOR PAUL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT APPARANTLY HE IS STILL DRUMMING)