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# He did however
Play bass in the most piss poor way possible. (I think he only ever recorded the beass on one sex pistols song)

/Woo to the pick btw
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:09, archived)
# But the Pistols were never meant to be
a polished rock band. Sid pissed about and didn't learn the bass properly but when people went to see the Pistols (post Glen Matlock) they were going because of Sid.
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:11, archived)
# Yeah true
but im just passionate about my bass, and he just seemed to take the piss. Ohh well nevermind.

What he stood for=Yay
How he played=Boo
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:17, archived)
# I think they went
Because he was quite happy to have bottles thrown at him. Let's face it, he wasn't very bright, and everyone, including the other band members, and particularly Malcolm McLaren, used him as a self-destructive icon. They didn't give a fuck if he lived or died.

He's no iconoclast. He's a icon to how the music industry pisses on its breadwinners.
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:18, archived)
# The people who liked The Pistols did so because Sid represented
rebelious youth, and he didn't like having bottles thrown at him, he did a fair bit of bottle throwing too as well as hitting twats with his bass. Yes he was self-destructive but that was the sign of the times "No Future, for me, No Future, for you."

The music industry hated the Pistols because they shook apart the very fabric of that industry and created garage/pub bands that weren't exceptional guitarist, bassist, singers and Drummers but it was all about getting up and doing it for real, instead of sitting in some hippy bedsit dreaming of being a "Rock Star"
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:23, archived)
# IMHO the music biz only hated the pistols
because they would never fucking sign a proper contract. They *loved* the fact that it opened up a whole new money making opportunity punk-bandwagon thing. More bands than you can shake a stick at, they don't need to be that good, they don't need an expensive studio or engineer, and they'll still sell. It was all music biz, and hype. Didn't feel like it at the time, but we were all conned, as Mclaren would say.

Yes, I'm *that* cynical. :-)
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:30, archived)
# The Pistols conned the Music Industry
and to some extent it's fans, but that was mainly McClaren. The music industry had to adapt and it did so, and thank fuck it did, because you wouldn't have the wide variety of music that you all enjoy today if it wasn't for punk exploding the myth of the music industry.
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:34, archived)
# I don't enjoy a wide variety of music
My tastes are quite narrow and cheap. I love that Chris de Burgh. Woman in Red... great song!
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:38, archived)
# I rest my case
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:41, archived)
# Not on my head, please


(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 18:00, archived)
# Was that the follow up
to Lady in Red?
:)
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 18:31, archived)
# Quick and Vicious



(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:32, archived)
# ouch!
But nobody can call you a liar for this one.
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:38, archived)
# :-)
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:39, archived)
# He drank, he shot up, he acted a twat at times
now lets look at Hendrix and any other rock star you might want to lambast.
(, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:40, archived)