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# 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.
(I helped save b3ta! Le Branleur Formidable vous tend la main droite, 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"
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, 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. :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Le Branleur Formidable vous tend la main droite, 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.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, 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!
(I helped save b3ta! Le Branleur Formidable vous tend la main droite, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:38, archived)
# I rest my case
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:41, archived)
# Not on my head, please


(I helped save b3ta! Le Branleur Formidable vous tend la main droite, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 18:00, archived)
# Was that the follow up
to Lady in Red?
:)
(I helped save b3ta! Three Dog Man, Sun 12 Dec 2004, 18:31, archived)