Most intimidating band I have ever heard. Many times they send a chill up your spine......And I remember when the album came out in 1976. Still serious stuff!!!!!! GREAT!
intimidating? Try the circle pit at a Poison Idea show, or any 80s hardcore band, for that matter. These clowns are about as intimidating as my little pony.
I loved these guys when I was young. I was born in 1969 and the first time I remember them was 1976. Wow !!! My parents being Christians hated them full stop. Years later I listened to every song they played , WOW !!!!!!! Wtg Steve Jones on the Guitar my mate ,,,xxx
Very few bands have achieved and created so much in such a short period of time - they changed the music world greatly and inspired many for the better - arguably one of the very best and certainly one of the most original acts - still amazing and fantastic today and will be in 100 years , never get bored listening to their tracks
Cocksparrer was playing punk in 72', The Damned released the first punk single in 76', A sleazy sex shop owner told you he invented punk rock and you people just believe it without any research. All they were first at, is the first punk band to sell out to major labels for the big money and fame, so punk rock...
Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting. They sound so much better than they did on their first few gigs I saw, same lineup. They were really good then (in the mid 70s) but better now.
I used to be fan of these nice boys, back in my boyhood days. For a period, I was playing the Bollock record , days out and days in. I still listen to it , and even if I become pretty old, about 60 or 70, I will still be able to enjoy the great stuff of the Pistol guys. Steve Jones must be one of the most underrated guitarist ever in rock and roll. Matlock and Cook, is very good, too. McLaren, said in an interview that if he had discovered Sid before John, Sid would've been the lead vocalist, of this band. Well, I'm actually glad that he spotted John first, and Sid a bit later. . .
Jonesy accepting cash from the crowd; Rotten's shorts and green hair; Paul Cook finishing off his beer; and sodding Glen Matlock on leave from art school. Now THAT'S punk rock, kiddos.
He has had 20+ years to learn how to play, when this was filmed. Steve Jones is still a joke. Chris Spedding played guitar on the album Jones couldn't play much better than Sid, at the time. The Sex Pistols were not the first punk band, The Damned were. And The Damned are better and still more entertaining. Even PiL can't compare, Lydon hasn't made a good record for over 20 years.
At least the Bay City Rollers had integrity and weren't hypocrites. I boycotted the Pistols reunion tours because they were the antithesis of punk. Just a cheap cash grab. My decision to boycott was more punk than anything the Pistols ever did.
ChEtCSkES : Sid Vicious played bass on most of the live gigs, go listen to the recordings of their live gigs featuring Sid on bass between March '77 and January '78 in Europe and the USA!
Filipe Matias ... No he did not. Back in the day the band had a bass player behind the set. Sid could not play the bass. He was in the band because he was a mate, and because the manager thought he had the right punk look and attitude. It's a known fact. Go look it up. Sorry to be the one to tell you - your punk hero was a sham.
Nonsense. Sid played live. Actually better than Steve some nights (haha!) The video proof is there. Stop believing myths. If you play and you watch the video, he's definitely playing. Buncha horse shit.
Technically, they sound better here than they did back in the 70's. It proves that age is no barrier. There are many bands that have been around for too long and just run out of ideas and become their own karaoke.
I saw the Sex Pistols at their first American concert at the Great Atlanta Music Hall in 1977. I still have one unused ticket from that concert with a gold diaper pin on the bottom corner. I was offered $1,000 dollars for it but no I will just save it and pass it on to my son and it can then be passed on for thousands of years. Yeah, right!
This....from 0:45...the most brutal tone out of a Custom and Marshalls (?) you'll ever hear...what you're witnessing right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the greatest rock n roll intro ever, and Steve Jones (along with Pagey) is the greatest riff-miester who ever lived...
Never forget how good a drummer Paul Cook was / is .And also did you know that the intro was a variation of an Abba intro Gimme Gimme Gimme ? And that was from Glen matlock , mad eh !!
I was at the front at crystal palace and it was completely insane and brilliant, so intense that i don't remember much at all, i was just trying to stay alive with the crowd collapsing . Its great these guys exist.
Biggest mistake the Pistols made was to get rid of Matlock (bass) when could play and replace him with Vicious who couldn't play a note. Actually, Jones, Cook and Matlock are very very good musicians in their own right... especially Jones, and they could hold their own in any company. Lydon's voice is one of the most recognisable and The Pistols still send shivers down my spine nearly 50 years since they burst on to the scene. Still the greatest.
Steve Jones, love that guy. Take no shit (but will take money from fans) attitude, and actually spot on guitarist, hugely overlooked. Need to find more of this show!👍👍
Those great days in the late 70's. I've still got the original bollocks album from the virgin record shop in Nottingham, where a boring constable decided it was offensive. I'll probably take it with me when I pass on.
If '1976 John' could see this John on this here clip , I'm sure he'd either been disgusted beyond belief or pissing himself with laughter , but not in a good way , this is so far removed from what made the Pistols great in the first place , Steve , Paul and Glen are still cool but Lydon has lost the plot , it's shameful ..
an angry band that came from an angry britain in the 70s ,they were how the young felt at the time bloody thatcher ,4 million unemployed ,strikes and the i r a ,hopeless no future stir for a year and we got the punk rock the,sex pistols,and anger music was born ,great stuff,,
Steve looks good at this gig, he's a real nice bloke and I love his talk shows. Don't know what's worse Rotten in those ridiculous shorts or his butter adverts.
I was about 15 when the Pistols 90s comeback happened and I thought it was the most pathetic thing I'd ever seen - a bunch of old men/has beens. But now rewatching it when I'm 40 I think its actually really cool. It's terrible getting older 😆😭
I was 17 in 1977 , when they were at their peak , best year of my life , I'm now 60 and still love watching them ! I need a time machine.... anyone !! 😲😲
Sid couldn't event play bass. They slowed him down at live-performeces, becaue he was too bad All the things , you hear, are played by glen matlock, and he composed all the songs of the pistols. Sid was a "show act",- in Deutsch - er wurde verkauft'
andieundanna1 : Not TRUE! Sid Vicious could play bass on a basic level! And the songs were written ONLY by Matlock! The guitar riffs were arranged by Jones and the lyrics by Johnny Rotten!
I saw them live in Atanta for the US debut and in Boston on this tour. I hate to say it but the difference was significant. In 78 Rotten snarled like he meant it and the show was like a magnificent train wreck of historic proports. On his tour in Boston it was if he was doing a kareoke version of himself and the whole sound was meh....and I am a huge fan. I cant forget what I saw in Atlanta to this day....I never think of the Boston show.
Alberto Pozzi I’m with you man, I’ve been playing never mind the bollocks since I was a kid. And it still feels like an electric shock the way rock n roll should ⚡️
@@bengunn9254 The voice of Axel do not help much hehehe... It is rare that this happens maybe they did not use Japanese engineers, this is the most likely explanation.
I never saw the Pistols live, but I saw PIL at the Tower Theater in 1980 and Lydon was yelling out to the crowd to throw him money. Quite a few did and he would check the denomination of the bills and snarl if it wasn't to his liking. It was hilarious.
Look what he's wearing & this isn't the real sex pistols & it's not 1975. Dry your tears. It's good music and good energy, and Johnny needs this therapy.
I started to like it more Sex Pistols after they returned, and the singer said in an interview on why the back "We returned for money, need money and want money," yeah capitalism !! kkkkkkkkkkkk Know people, be Punk does not mean having cerebral diarrhea or being ignorant about the Japanese public not be so animal as in the West or dads south america and Latin, it is that there they appreciate more the performace of the band to go on the show to banging each other rs.
Thank you so much for this. Thank God these concerts were recorded.
Most intimidating band I have ever heard. Many times they send a chill up your spine......And I remember when the album came out in 1976. Still serious stuff!!!!!! GREAT!
intimidating? Try the circle pit at a Poison Idea show, or any 80s hardcore band, for that matter. These clowns are about as intimidating as my little pony.
I loved these guys when I was young. I was born in 1969 and the first time I remember them was 1976. Wow !!! My parents being Christians hated them full stop. Years later I listened to every song they played , WOW !!!!!!! Wtg Steve Jones on the Guitar my mate ,,,xxx
Very few bands have achieved and created so much in such a short period of time - they changed the music world greatly and inspired many for the better - arguably one of the very best and certainly one of the most original acts - still amazing and fantastic today and will be in 100 years , never get bored listening to their tracks
Cocksparrer was playing punk in 72', The Damned released the first punk single in 76', A sleazy sex shop owner told you he invented punk rock and you people just believe it without any research. All they were first at, is the first punk band to sell out to major labels for the big money and fame, so punk rock...
They sounded perfect. Everything was just there perfectly...vocals drums bass and guitar
After all these years that guitar intro still give me chills up me spin.
The sex pistols. The most marketable anti marketable band ever
undateable
That's a big carp man congrats where did ya catch it.
The first record I ever bought, a my late grandmother said its a rather up beat tune. They were the best times.the best days how we miss them all!
In my teenage i played this over and over.. never get bored.....
Steve Jones, great guitar tone. Many have tried but failed.
Steve Jones RIPS!
Well said
He stole the fender twin used to record the album... off bob Marley. And most of the mics used were nicked off David bowie
That is the best tone , no disagreement expected or heard
@@sam_uelson and he stole his style from Thunders!!!
Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting. They sound so much better than they did on their first few gigs I saw, same lineup. They were really good then (in the mid 70s) but better now.
steve jones brilliant power chords most underrated
Yeah, Steve’s sure not a technical player, but he had that great instinctive musical feel. Perfect guy for the material.
This is ridiculous, hilarious, disgusting and disturbing. In other words, perfect.
Perfect description too mate!!
I got worried for a second there!
Four against the fucking world the way its supposed to be.
God bless John, Steve, Glen and Paul.
God rest Sid.
It is lovely music, isn’t it?
Yes agreed
I used to be fan of these nice boys, back in my boyhood days. For a period, I was playing the Bollock record , days out and days in. I still listen to it , and even if I become pretty old, about 60 or 70, I will still be able to enjoy the great stuff of the Pistol guys. Steve Jones must be one of the most underrated guitarist ever in rock and roll. Matlock and Cook, is very good, too.
McLaren, said in an interview that if he had discovered Sid before John, Sid would've been the lead vocalist, of this band.
Well, I'm actually glad that he spotted John first, and Sid a bit later. . .
2:24 Rare moment of sincerity from Lydon: appreciating the Japanese fans knowing the lyrics. Props . . .
NMTB : One great LP - but what an amazing LP !!! Changed a whole generation .... overnight !
Steve Jones & Glen Matlock are a badass duo on guitar and bass. Both very underrated.
Steve Jones is a damn good guitarist.....
Gibby lol
I love watching Paul Cook rock the drums!!!!!
Jonesy accepting cash from the crowd; Rotten's shorts and green hair; Paul Cook finishing off his beer; and sodding Glen Matlock on leave from art school. Now THAT'S punk rock, kiddos.
+Rick Vaughn Mui mui mui mui winge winge winge meep meep meep meep mwah mwah blah bla kiddos
+Rick Vaughn Certainly was, makes Sum 41 & Blink 182 etc look like amateurs.
+Vincent 79 It doesn't make em look like amateurs,they are amateurs!
+missbitch67 You are quite right, my friend!
+Rick Vaughn Oh stop winging wick
Steve jones never got the respect he shoulda hes a great guitarist and a true badass no doubt
Everybody knows he's a great rock guitarist
Loaded on the white powder here I think.
Backup218 sexual harassment
He has had 20+ years to learn how to play, when this was filmed. Steve Jones is still a joke. Chris Spedding played guitar on the album Jones couldn't play much better than Sid, at the time. The Sex Pistols were not the first punk band, The Damned were. And The Damned are better and still more entertaining. Even PiL can't compare, Lydon hasn't made a good record for over 20 years.
@fun time so I'm a couple of years late but you clearly know fuck all, what a moron.
Best version of this great song. Jonesy shreds on this track.
Only the Japanese can go to a Pistols gig and be seated lol.
Without bands like the pistols, youd still be listening to Bay City Rollers , think yourself lucky :)
Гнида
At least the Bay City Rollers had integrity and weren't hypocrites. I boycotted the Pistols reunion tours because they were the antithesis of punk. Just a cheap cash grab. My decision to boycott was more punk than anything the Pistols ever did.
Josh Done but nobody notice my friend!!! keep trying!!!
I doubt it, heard of Slade, Sweet and i could go on for an hour
But, they have become the Bay City Rollers.
I bet Steve forgot that money was in those pants and it's still there!
Call his show and ask him!
in the wash
It probably is
@@lesleyrussell8200 wtf are you on about?
Now I know, my youth has long gone.
John looks like he lost a fight with a candy floss machine on the way home from a jumble sale.
the bass is plugged in !
+hard copy hahahah! at least eh? More than Sid had most of the time.! right on
ChEtCSkES : Sid Vicious played bass on most of the live gigs, go listen to the recordings of their live gigs featuring Sid on bass between March '77 and January '78 in Europe and the USA!
Filipe Matias ... No he did not. Back in the day the band had a bass player behind the set. Sid could not play the bass. He was in the band because he was a mate, and because the manager thought he had the right punk look and attitude. It's a known fact. Go look it up. Sorry to be the one to tell you - your punk hero was a sham.
Nonsense. Sid played live.
Actually better than Steve some nights (haha!)
The video proof is there. Stop believing myths. If you play and you watch the video, he's definitely playing. Buncha horse shit.
Sorry to tell YOU, but not everything you read on the internet is true either.
Always the best band in the world, with or without Sid Vicious!
Without.
Definitely without!
without doubt one of the most important motherfucking bands the world has ever known!!! -
Technically, they sound better here than they did back in the 70's. It proves that age is no barrier. There are many bands that have been around for too long and just run out of ideas and become their own karaoke.
I saw the Sex Pistols at their first American concert at the Great Atlanta Music Hall in 1977. I still have one unused ticket from that concert with a gold diaper pin on the bottom corner. I was offered $1,000 dollars for it but no I will just save it and pass it on to my son and it can then be passed on for thousands of years. Yeah, right!
This....from 0:45...the most brutal tone out of a Custom and Marshalls (?) you'll ever hear...what you're witnessing right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the greatest rock n roll intro ever, and Steve Jones (along with Pagey) is the greatest riff-miester who ever lived...
meister!!!
Never forget how good a drummer Paul Cook was / is .And also did you know that the intro was a variation of an Abba intro Gimme Gimme Gimme ? And that was from Glen matlock , mad eh !!
I was at the front at crystal palace and it was completely insane and brilliant, so intense that i don't remember much at all, i was just trying to stay alive with the crowd collapsing . Its great these guys exist.
Very good that opinion, I wanted to say something similar, greetings Friend
The pistols, what a trip... Very underrated. Brilliant
Johnny Rotten is dressed like a gay Angus Young
He couldn't give a fuck what you think LOL
+logo dancer ;-)
that is the punk agenda we don't fucking care
mynameisdudge who Cares!!! but actually he dress like Ronald McDonald!!!😀
He´s dressing a mix of Pikachú and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Biggest mistake the Pistols made was to get rid of Matlock (bass) when could play and replace him with Vicious who couldn't play a note. Actually, Jones, Cook and Matlock are very very good musicians in their own right... especially Jones, and they could hold their own in any company. Lydon's voice is one of the most recognisable and The Pistols still send shivers down my spine nearly 50 years since they burst on to the scene. Still the greatest.
Steve Jones is the true badass in the Pistols 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
That's true. He WAS punk. His idea - his attitude. Fuck em all - and enjoy it
Steve Jones, love that guy. Take no shit (but will take money from fans) attitude, and actually spot on guitarist, hugely overlooked. Need to find more of this show!👍👍
John is either wearing a nappy or he's had implants to compete with Kim K for the most ridiculous arse.
The Pistols always were class. Legends!
They cashed their cheques. Dont ever think ANY band does not care about $$$$$$$.
¡Filthy Lucre! DUH the name of the tour, of course they did it for the money, at least they were honest.
I saw them on this tour in Portland Oregon in a very similar concert hall. I did not tip Steve however.
Harry Lime man I’m so mad.. I live here and I wish I was into them then.. ugh... my family isn’t into punk! I missed it all!
i dunno, but when I was a kid I found this incredibly empowering, still do :-)
Saw them when they reformed in the 90 s in Glasgow. Mental✊🏻
Without Sid's freshly dug up and electro-shock reanimated corpse buzzing along with them there on stage, they are nothing!
Englishmen in shorts is never a good idea...
Indeed (?) Tell that to Rommel . . .
@@QED_ Best reply of the fucking decade.
Rule Britannia.
LOL
Germans and french are even worse
Can't fuck with Lederhousen
"Proper job" , as they say in Cornwall. And Steve Jones is a Proper Guitarist!
I love the pistols more with glen. he wrote all the songs. Sid was a blinder. Glen WAS the pistols.
***** No, he didn't. He was a manufactured image worshipped by the sad and pathetic. What's to admire about a drugged up tosser?
***** sid was a moron
Christian Gérardin He was actually a lovely gentle guy that was sadly misled by a lot of influential US junkies
Yes true! i know the band loved him but he use to believe heroin and get the wrong way, he was velvet underground great fan.
Brilliant!!!...1977 To 2077 still be brillant.
In the music industry you eventually turn into a parody of yourself. Tragic but true.
You talking about Green Day???
Those great days in the late 70's. I've still got the original bollocks album from the virgin record shop in Nottingham, where a boring constable decided it was offensive. I'll probably take it with me when I pass on.
I will always love The Pistols! Absolutely timeless!
Me too cro bro;-)
Dobro
Love hearing this in HD these guys rock
Mr Rotten has had his hair done like Biffa Bacons Mum 😬
That's Mr. Mr. rotten to you
Did ya spill my pint?
You mean "Mutha"
Used to sing this in the halls at college and the tutors hated it...
We're so pretty, Pretty vaCUNT 😂
... but only if he *lives* hardcore.
Chasbo Daniels but ton was being
sarc astic.
If '1976 John' could see this John on this here clip , I'm sure he'd either been disgusted beyond belief or pissing himself with laughter , but not in a good way , this is so far removed from what made the Pistols great in the first place , Steve , Paul and Glen are still cool but Lydon has lost the plot , it's shameful ..
He's an old "anarchist" raking in the dough... No lost plot.
Never get tired of listening to this 🇬🇧
never gets old.PISTOLS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
3:57 Steve invents the punk rock dab
Here they look almost comical parodies of their former selves.
All pop performers look parodies and idiots all of them
What do you mean almost?
@@euanelliott8068 all right then they are comical parodies of themselves.
@@melgrant7404 Ha,ha.LOL.
All the best.
@@euanelliott8068 😊😊😊
an angry band that came from an angry britain in the 70s ,they were how the young felt at the time bloody thatcher ,4 million unemployed ,strikes and the i r a ,hopeless no future stir for a year and we got the punk rock the,sex pistols,and anger music was born ,great stuff,,
Not every reunion is necesarry.
M.O.N.E.Y.
@@euanelliott8068 True, but I think that 5 bucks Steve got at the beginning of the track was worth it.
Steve looks good at this gig, he's a real nice bloke and I love his talk shows. Don't know what's worse Rotten in those ridiculous shorts or his butter adverts.
No doubt .....Johnny looks like a German yodeler on acid .......
Johnny rotten before becoming grandpa simpson
I was about 15 when the Pistols 90s comeback happened and I thought it was the most pathetic thing I'd ever seen - a bunch of old men/has beens. But now rewatching it when I'm 40 I think its actually really cool. It's terrible getting older 😆😭
I was 17 in 1977 , when they were at their peak , best year of my life , I'm now 60 and still love watching them ! I need a time machine.... anyone !! 😲😲
It's a middle-aged paunch convention!! 😄
I was at festival hall in Brisbane ......the show was 10 times smaller and 100 times better.
Sid couldn't event play bass. They slowed him down at live-performeces, becaue he was too bad All the things , you hear, are played by glen matlock, and he composed all the songs of the pistols. Sid was a "show act",- in Deutsch - er wurde verkauft'
andieundanna1 : Not TRUE! Sid Vicious could play bass on a basic level! And the songs were written ONLY by Matlock! The guitar riffs were arranged by Jones and the lyrics by Johnny Rotten!
Sid taught everyone in the sex pistols how to play their instruments. He even gave Johnny rotten vocal lessons. True stories I wouldn't make this up.
I want to believe this - I truly do. It might explain a lot. :)
Jones is the man. No Jones, no Pistols. No Pistols; Nothing.
What's important here? The music or the clothes? Well, I like the sound
I saw them live in Atanta for the US debut and in Boston on this tour. I hate to say it but the difference was significant. In 78 Rotten snarled like he meant it and the show was like a magnificent train wreck of historic proports. On his tour in Boston it was if he was doing a kareoke version of himself and the whole sound was meh....and I am a huge fan. I cant forget what I saw in Atlanta to this day....I never think of the Boston show.
From Johnny Rotten to Pikachu Pete 😜
For wearing what he’s wearing and preforming the song pretty vacant, he’s helping prove the point of the song.
I love Steve Jones and his guitar 🎸 playing but why did he still have to do the Johnny thunders faces and shit???
I want to watch this 37 more times to take it to 1,000,000.
He does what he wants.
Rotten’s getup is Mr.Mxyzptlk from Superman comics.
Steve look great!
There is nothing like the power of a three piece Rock band! ❤️❤️❤️
You can say everything you want... I love em !! They've always been great
Alberto Pozzi I’m with you man, I’ve been playing never mind the bollocks since I was a kid. And it still feels like an electric shock the way rock n roll should ⚡️
Billy Beattie with the Pistols it's love at first sight and true love lasts forever !!
Matlock: Still the odd one out!
What the fuck is Lydon wearing?
+Richie A For some reason I think German tourist
+Richie A I was more disturbed by Steve Jones wearing a "Muffin Top"....!!
hey Jonesy was lookin pretty good there ,Look at those guns!Nuthin wrong with sum Luv handles you either got em or u will
+Davidos Red OI Jonesy is the main man! The Sexy Pistol. You leave his muffin top alone,lol.
Steve Jones is a sexy man way back when and today!
no matter what you say this band changed society in the 70s..for the better i defo think! music excellent
That's why we have LOTS of brainwashed people like you....
I do not know why, but live sound in Japan always sounds better.
probably their engineers...
Guns n roses at the Tokyo dome sound quality is awful
Deep purple did aswell.
@@bengunn9254 The voice of Axel do not help much hehehe...
It is rare that this happens maybe they did not use Japanese engineers, this is the most likely explanation.
@@fernandacouto7634 Axl not Axel
“Vaaaa..................CUNT”! I love the way they got the most out of that punch line. Lol
I Agree !!! Who the f cares what they wear !!!!!!!!
I never saw the Pistols live, but I saw PIL at the Tower Theater in 1980 and Lydon was yelling out to the crowd to throw him money. Quite a few did and he would check the denomination of the bills and snarl if it wasn't to his liking. It was hilarious.
Tower Theater in Philly.
very little?, they are masters!!!!!
that guitar sound man
LEYENDA, eso son Sex Pistols; una gloriosa LEYENDA.
Look what he's wearing & this isn't the real sex pistols & it's not 1975. Dry your tears. It's good music and good energy, and Johnny needs this therapy.
Are they blokes or chaps?
I started to like it more Sex Pistols after they returned, and the singer said in an interview on why the back "We returned for money, need money and want money," yeah capitalism !! kkkkkkkkkkkk
Know people, be Punk does not mean having cerebral diarrhea or being ignorant about the Japanese public not be so animal as in the West or dads south america and Latin, it is that there they appreciate more the performace of the band to go on the show to banging each other rs.
Fernanda Couto : O que é que estás para aí a dizer mulher? lol 😂
Call him what you want but you will NEVER replace the enigma that is John Lydon.
えーピストルズ日本に来たんだ！びっくり！
No puedo estar mas de acuerdo
Bad Ass!!! Still one of the greatest bands ever!!!
Got to love the Sex Pistols..
when your grandad starts singing punk songs at a party
fucking wankers, I love it haha how cool is Steve Jones tho
Just pretty.......actual bloody fucking great. Best punk band ever. Steve Jones and Rotten were the Pistols.PISTOLS FOREVER.