Sex Pistols

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Sex Pistols were a pioneering and highly influential English punk rock band known for their aggressive sound, anti-establishment lyrics, and central role in the 1970s punk movement.

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Label Occurrences
Sex Pistols canonical 34
The Sex Pistols 5
Sex Pistols discography 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English rock band
musical group
punk rock band
activeEndYear 1978
activeStartYear 1975
associatedAct Public Image Ltd
Rich Kids
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Clash
The Professionals
awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
continent Europe
countryOfOrigin England
United Kingdom
debutAlbum Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
describedAs highly influential
iconic UK punk group
pioneering punk band
era 1970s
formedBy Malcolm McLaren
genre hard rock
protopunk
punk rock
rock
hasFormerMember Glen Matlock
hasReplacementMember Sid Vicious
inceptionPlace London, England
surface form: London
influenced Bad Religion
Buzzcocks
Green Day
Nirvana
The Clash
The Damned
alternative rock
hardcore punk
language English
locationFormed London, England
surface form: London
lyricalTheme anarchism
anti-establishment
social criticism
manager Malcolm McLaren
member Glen Matlock
John Lydon
Johnny Rotten
Paul Cook
Sid Vicious
Steve Jones
movement UK punk movement
punk rock movement
notableEvent A&M Records contract termination
Bill Grundy TV interview controversy
EMI contract termination
Jubilee boat performance on the River Thames
notableSong Anarchy in the U.K.
God Save the Queen
Holidays in the Sun
Pretty Vacant
notableWork Anarchy in the U.K.
God Save the King
surface form: God Save the Queen

Holidays in the Sun
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
recordLabel A&M Records
EMI
Virgin Records
Warner Bros. Records
refusedToAttend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
reunionYear 1996
2002
2007
rockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 2006
singleCount several
studioAlbumCount 1
styleCharacteristic aggressive sound
confrontational performances
provocative imagery

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Sid Vicious associatedAct Sex Pistols
Ramones associatedAct Sex Pistols
Ramones influenced Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: The Sex Pistols
Virgin Records notableArtist Sex Pistols
Billie influencedBy Sex Pistols
subject surface form: Billie Joe Armstrong
The Stooges hasInfluenced Sex Pistols
EMI signedArtist Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: The Sex Pistols
Nancy Spungen associatedWith Sex Pistols
"My Way" associatedAct Sex Pistols
subject surface form: My Way (Sid Vicious version)
John Simon Ritchie memberOf Sex Pistols
John Simon Ritchie associatedWith Sex Pistols
Iggy Pop influenced Sex Pistols
The Heartbreakers associatedAct Sex Pistols
John Simon Beverley memberOf Sex Pistols
John Simon Beverley associatedAct Sex Pistols
Richard Hell influenced Sex Pistols
Jamie Reid associatedWith Sex Pistols
Joy Division influencedBy Sex Pistols
Anne Beverley associatedWith Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols chronology Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: Sex Pistols discography
Chris Thomas workedWith Sex Pistols
Dingwalls hosted Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: The Sex Pistols
Malcolm McLaren managed Sex Pistols
Cain’s Ballroom hostedArtist Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: The Sex Pistols
Rock Around the Clock hasCoverVersionBy Sex Pistols
this entity surface form: The Sex Pistols
Neurotic Outsiders memberOf Sex Pistols
Neurotic Outsiders associatedAct Sex Pistols
Glen Matlock memberOf Sex Pistols
Glen Matlock foundingMemberOf Sex Pistols
Glen Matlock associatedAct Sex Pistols
James Osterberg influenced Sex Pistols
Raw Power influencedArtist Sex Pistols
No Fun influenced Sex Pistols
No Fun hasNotableCoverArtist Sex Pistols