Glen Matlock (born August 27, 1956 in West London, England) was the original bass guitarist of punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Drummer Paul Cook has said that Matlock came up with much of the music for the band's songs, while lead singer Johnny Rotten came up with the lyrics. Matlock is credited as a co-author on 10 of the 12 songs on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, the group's only LP. August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A street in Paddington including a pub, a restaurant targeted at tourists and Paddington Station in the background. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Sex Pistols was an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. ... Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols is a 1977 album recorded by the seminal English punk band, Sex Pistols. ...

Biography

Matlock left the Sex Pistols in late February 1977, the legend being that he was 'thrown out' because he "liked The Beatles" (although in a television interview in 2002, Pistols guitarist Steve Jones claimed the real reason was that Matlock was "always washing his feet"). However, in his autobiography, I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, Matlock stated that he left the band of his own volition as he was "sick of all the bullshit." In the 1999 documentary The Filth and the Fury, the band members generally agree that there was tension between Matlock and Rotten, which Matlock suggests was exacerbated by Malcolm McLaren's attempts to divide the two men. Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious (who did not play bass very well but was offered lessons by Matlock), and went on to form The Rich Kids, a New Wave / power pop band, with Matlock (bass guitarist & singer), Midge Ure (guitarist, singer & keyboard player), Steve New (guitarist & singer) and Rusty Egan (drummer). The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. ... Stephen Phillip Jones (b. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Look up bullshit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Malcolm McLaren (born Malcolm Robert Andrew Edwards, 22 January 1946, in London) is an English impresario, musician and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band Sex Pistols. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Rich Kids were a short-lived, much-hyped rock and roll band from London in the late 1970s. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a rock and roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Scotland, who had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Steve New was the guitarist for a number of British Punk Rock and New Wave bands in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Including Sex Pistols Category: ... Rusty Egan (born on 19 September 1957) was the drummer for the British New Wave band, The Rich Kids (founded and fronted by former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock), from their inception in March 1977 to their disbanding in December 1978. ...

In John Lydon's autobiography Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, Lydon claimed incorrectly that Matlock worked on later Sex Pistols material (including their album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols) as a paid session musician. Glen only played on "Anarchy in the UK" which was recorded and released as a single while he was still in the group. (The remainder of the bass lines were played by Jones. Vicious recorded a bass part for "Bodies" and "God Save The Queen," however, Jones later rerecorded or overdubbed the parts). Matlock later played bass with Vicious in the short lived band Vicious White Kids. Matlock also played bass on the Iggy Pop album Soldier and The Damned album Not of This Earth. John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols is a 1977 album recorded by the seminal English punk band, Sex Pistols. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sideman. ... LP cover of The Vicious White Kids featuring Sid Vicious The Vicious White Kids were a punk rock band from London band that formed in the summer of 1977. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... This article is about a military rank. ... The Damned are a punk rock/gothic rock band formed in London, England in 1976. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Matlock rejoined the surviving Sex Pistols members for reunion tours in 1996, 2002 and 2003. He currently plays bass guitar & sings in the bands The Philistines and The Flying Padovani's. One newspaper wrote, comparing the current lifestyles of the Sex Pistols: "Only original bassist Glen Matlock remains touring with his own band, an irony given that he was sacked for being too conservative..."^[1] The Flying Padovanis was a band with the original guitarist of The Police, Henri Padovani, with Paul Slack (ex-UK Subs) and Glen Matlock since 2004. ...

Trivia

Glen is a fan of English football club Queens Park Rangers^[2]. Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ...

External links

• Glen Matlock's website

References

1. ^ "Sex Pistols sell out". theage.com.au (2006). Retrieved on September 06, 2006.
2. ^ Biography