“I always felt there was kind of a millennial aspect to The Sex Pistols.” KindSexFeltAspectPistolsMillennialsSex Pistols Author:Julien Temple
“No one has actually gone further than The Sex Pistols, I don't think, in that cultural music arena. They still challenge people.” PeopleThinkingStillsSexChallengesGoneArenaPistolsSex Pistols Author:Julien Temple
“I think in that context, when a generation of kids is that ignorant of their recent history, it does a good job of showing what the Pistols were standing for. It's current and it's in the air, partly because I think nothing contemporary is as extreme or as strongly stated as what The Sex Pistols were able to do in their time, in the '70s. I think the reason to [make the film] is that their ideas are still alive: the defense of the right to be an individual, and questioning everything you read, and questioning all the information that's bombarded increasingly at you.” ThinkingDoeStillsIdeasReasonKidsAbleJobsFilmIndividualSexAliveGenerationsAirInformationStandingCurrentsExtremesDefenseIgnorantContemporaryQuestioningGood JobPistolsBombardedSex PistolsQuestioning Everything Author:Julien Temple
“I've tried to stay true, in my own fashion, to the ideas of The Sex Pistols, even while I was working with bands like Duran Duran or the Stones, whoever it might be. The thing that was attractive to me personally about videos in the beginning was that it was uncharted territory, and in a sense the record companies didn't know what they were doing.” KnowsIdeasMightSexMy OwnCompanyRecordsFashionBandStonesVideoAttractiveTerritoryStay TrueRecord CompaniesPistolsUnchartedSex PistolsUncharted TerritoryDuran Duran Author:Julien Temple
“I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems.” IfsLongSongSexLong TimeMedicineLoadGetting OldLong Time AgoCabinetsPistolsPhilipSex Pistols Author:Damien Hirst
“I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context to think about as well as a kind of kick in the ass. But we had all been playing for years at that point.” ThinkingYearsWellsKindStillsSexAssKicksAnarchyPistolsSex Pistols Author:David First
“I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.” RememberUsedSexWalksSeeingBandClubsIdolsPunkGorgeousClashPistolsSex Pistols Author:Boy George
“[Replying to the question of the presenter: "where did the name "Sex Pistols" come from, who thought this name up?"] Some animal. I can't remember. It doesn't matter. It's history.” I CanMatterRememberNamesSexAnimalPistolsPresenterSex PistolsReplying Author:John Lydon
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe
“Nothing contemporary is as extreme or as strongly stated as what the Sex Pistols were able to do in their time.” AbleSexExtremesContemporaryPistolsSex Pistols Author:Julien Temple
“No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It's impossible. You can't recreate that. There will never be another Sex Pistols. There will never be another Clash.” PeopleMatterSexImpossibleClashPistolsSlitsSex Pistols Author:Ari Up