the sex pistols

HBO has shared the official trailer for Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off. The documentary chronicles the life and career of legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk. Read more: Vans partners with skating icon Lizzie Armanto to create The Lizzie signature shoe The trailer features archival footage of the now 53-year-old Hawk split between interviews with him and his skateboarding peers. Bas... Read Mor

As long as there’s been a punk scene, its denizens have argued as to which city invented it — New York or London? Truth be told, it was neither because history’s first proper punk band was the Stooges from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Which would make...

The most notable aspect of punk rock in 2002 was the mainstream ascension of garage for the first time since the ‘60s. But all those albums by the Strokes, the White Stripes and the Hives that went mega this year were all recorded and released in 2002. Whic...

One of punk rock’s original goals was “the destruction of rock ‘n’ roll.” While that didn’t happen, most early punk musicians were rock fans, in spite of their espoused rhetoric. Hence why most early pogo soundtracks were basically Chuck Berry with a Marshall amp. Not that there's anything wrong wi...

Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 25, 2021: The 1965 Mosrite Ventures II electric guitar played by Johnny Ramone on every Ramones album from 1977 onward and at 1,985 of their live shows sold at auction for $937,500. Not bad, considering the punk guitar architect paid $200 for it, after his original one he bought for $50 in the early ‘70s was stolen.  ...

In the ’70s, England had two great punk cities. Most across the planet thought London was the world’s only punk capital, completely ignoring the music and culture’s beginnings in New York City, mostly due to the Sex Pistols’ outsized reputation and influence. But if London was Engl...

Earlier this year, we learned that director Danny Boyle is directing a new Sex Pistols mini-series called Pistol exclusively for FX. Now, Sex Pistols fans are getting their first look at the actors portraying Steve Jones, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook in the upcoming limited series. Re...

When pub-rock singer Joe Strummer of the 101ers first met with former London SS guitarist Mick Jones in 1976 to brainstorm material for a new band eventually named the Clash, Strummer was shown one of his songs, “I’m So Bored With You.” He wasn’t ...

Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi—born in Cairo, Egypt on Valentine’s Day, 1951—died Wednesday, losing a battle with cancer. He was 69. You knew him as Sylvain Sylvain, or Syl Sylvain, the corkscrew-haired guitarist bopping at stage right in vintage videos of punk-rock architects the New York Dolls. “As most of y...

This week, FX confirmed that a limited series based on the Sex Pistols is officially in the works called Pistol. The upcoming series has a star-studded cast that includes a Games Of Thrones star and a familiar face you may recognize from Netflix...

Playlist culture has changed the way most individuals discover new music, so it’s no surprise that limitations based on genre are slowly fading away. For those who always used to stick their nose up at what was most popular on the radio, it may be a tough pill to swallow. But ...

For many, first-wave punk was the sound of liberation. Chainsaw guitars, locomotive drums and screaming singers delivered brutal street poetry about the times. It saved us from a lifetime of dull progressive rock, snooze-worthy singer-songwriters and six-string heavy metal...

Punk festered the entire ’70s: The Stooges and New York Dolls cleared the field as all the misfits on the margins waited their turn, marinating in a stew of poverty, filth, midnight John Waters screenings, scratchy thrift-store garage and rockabilly 45s, ancient dimestore William S. Burr...

If you’re anything like us, you’re subscribed to an overflowing handful of streaming services and you love movies about music. Sure, you might not use them all very frequently, but canceling a service creates the risk of missing out on the next great Netflix original or an old favorite hitting Hulu. One rea...

The Funko Pop! craze has officially reached epic proportions. It's come to the point that loyal fans are even creating their own custom figures of their favorite artists not included in the knick-knack catalog. But how accurate are these square-headed likenesses to the original characters...

“People try to put us down,” protest punk artist YUNGBLUD snarls over two viciously downstroked guitar chords. “Just ’cause we get around/The things they do look awfully cold/Hope I die before I get old…” “My Generation,” he spits out further before the rest of his band kick in during a live video filmed in the studios of Toronto radio station Q107. “My generation, baby…” Read more: Machine Gun ..

Today, Legendary British shoe company Dr. Martens unveiled their new product line in collaboration with British punk icons, the Sex Pistols. In addition to the boot brand’s legendary styles, the collaboration extends to include slip-ons, shirts and other related accessories. Darren...

Cantankerous Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd frontman Johnny Rotten challenges Green Day's lasting impact on punk rock in a new interview with The New York Times, the 62-year-old musician saying it's "embarrassing" that punk bands inspired by the popular East Bay trio are still rocking "spiky haircuts" and "trying to keep 1978 alive...

“Ah, ha-ha,” chuckled Johnny Rotten, crouching in front of Paul Cook’s drum kit. “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Goodnight.” Then he stood up, took a final look at the crowd and followed bandmate Sid Vicious into the wings of San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. It was nearly midnight, Jan. 14, 1978. T ...

You may not have realized this, but your ticket to the APMAs on July 21 also grants you access to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland for that day. AP managing editor Scott Heisel takes you inside the Rock Hall to show you just a few of the amazing artifacts you can find there, including those from Fall Out Boy, the Misfits, Slash and Billy Corgan who are all appearing at the AP