The Clash, (I’m) Stranded, Damned Damned Damned, Young, Loud and Snotty, The Boomtown Rats, Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, The Diodes (Canadian — look it up!). At the end of 1977, that would constitute the rest of the Top 10 punk albums as far as me and my 14-year-old schoolmates were concerned back in Trail, B.C., Canada, still loving all things heavy metal, but now this scourge as well. But not a sullen teenager among us would be so stupid as to deny that Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols, issued October 28, 1977, was at the top of the punk heap, with Johnny Rotten shouting down all comers while the rest of the guys quietly stole their guitars and amps.
Every respectable punk poll now still puts the Pistols at pole position, so it’s no surprise that interest in the band’s one-album career (the most famous one of those ever) persists. This is why there’s a six-part bio-pic series launched called Pistol, through FX/Disney/Hulu, directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire fame.
And no doubt because of the TV series, we’re also seeing an album called , which contains all of , plus anything else one might call a Sex Pistols song, most notably band originals “Did You No Wrong,” “I Wanna Be Me” and “Satellite.” Back to 1977, a fond memory was owning the U.K. original of , but then having the Canadian copy arrive in town, with slightly different
