Sex Pistols
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The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and Sid Vicious). Although their initial career lasted only three years and produced only four singles and one studio album, the Sex Pistols have been described by the BBC as "the definitive English punk rock band."
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Discography
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Studio albums
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (28 October 1977) # 1 UK, # 106 US Platinum
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Compilations, live albums, and bootlegs
- Spunk (1977 bootleg, officially released in 2006)
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (2 March 1979) # 7 UK - Various Artists Album
- Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols (interviews and radio spots) (3 August 1979) # 6 UK
- Flogging a Dead Horse (compilation) (8 February 1980) # 23 UK
- Anarchy in the UK: Live at the 76 Club (live) (1985)
- Kiss This (5 October 1992) # 10 UK
- Filthy Lucre Live (29 July 1996) # 26 UK
- Jubilee (3 June 2002) # 29 UK
- Sex Pistols Box Set (3 June 2002) # 160 UK
- Raw and Live (2004)
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Singles
- from Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
- 26 November 1976 - "Anarchy in the UK" # 38 UK
- 27 May 1977 - "God Save the Queen" # 2 UK
- 1 July 1977 - "Pretty Vacant" # 6 UK, # 93 US
- 14 October 1977 - "Holidays in the Sun" # 8 UK
- from The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
- 30 June 1978 - "No One Is Innocent" # 6 UK
- 23 February 1979 - "Something Else" # 3 UK
- 30 March 1979 - "Silly Thing" # 6 UK
- 22 June 1979 - "C'mon Everybody" # 3 UK
- 5 October 1979 - "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" # 21 UK
- 6 June 1980 - "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" # 21 UK
- from Kiss This: The Best Of
- September 1992 - "Anarchy in the UK" (re-issue) # 33 UK
- December 1992 - "Pretty Vacant" (re-issue) # 56 UK
- from Filthy Lucre Live
- June 1996 - "Pretty Vacant" (live) # 18 UK
- from Jubilee: The Best Of
- from Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - 30th Anniversary Edition
- 1 October 2007 - "Anarchy in the UK" (2nd re-issue) # 70 UK
- 8 October 2007 - "God Save the Queen" (2nd re-issue) # 42 UK
- 15 October 2007 - "Pretty Vacant" (2nd re-issue) # 65 UK
- 22 October 2007 - "Holidays in the Sun" (re-issue) # 74 UK
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