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Sex Pistols — There'll Always Be An England

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 31, 2008 12:06 pm
It's kind of hard to believe there's never been an official Sex Pistols live DVD. Nonetheless, this fills that void. There'll Always Be An England was directed and shot by Julien Temple, who directed The Great Rock And Roll Swindle. The DVD, which features the original Sex Pistols lineup of singer John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten),...
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I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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Ten Great Anti-Monarchy Songs (To Capitalize On Royal Wedding Fever)

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:21 pm
It doesn't really matter whether you're against the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because you think it's a gross waste of resources, you're an anarchist, or because you're vehemently opposed to state-recognition of unions and monolithic institutions, because the future King Britain and his bride are getting hitched at London,...
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I Read The News Today... For April 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 21, 2011 1:25 pm
Big Music Fest 2011 has been cancelled in both Owen Sound, Ont. and Belleville, Ont. The Tea Party were supposed to play the Owen Sound date. Clearly dark magic is afoot? —The Owen Sound Sun Times Yesterday — 4/20 — rapper Afroman, famous for the single "Because I Got High," was sued for allegedly forgetting he was to play a show. We'd make a joke...
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I Read The News Today... For April 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 14, 2011 3:30 pm
Rihanna leads the nominees for this year's Billboard Music Awards, while Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber are also among those with ridiculous amounts of nominations. You're not alone if that makes you puke in your mouth a little. —Billboard LCD Soundsystem's final show earlier this month at New York City's Madison Square Garden will be...
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Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" Declared Most Controversial Song Of All Time

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 1:52 pm
It seems people find domestic violence and misogyny more offensive than gay sex, anti-monarchism, drug use, murder, abortion, copious use of the word "fuck," suicide, atheism and the medical experiments at Auschwitz. The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" has been voted the most controversial song of all time in a new poll by Britain's Performing...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 1, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 1, 2010 11:57 am
Clothes Make The Man are offering a free download of "Dreamless Nights," which aired on Degrassi: The Next Generation. —clothesmaketheman.org LIGHTS is hardcore. No, seriously: Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta and Gallows have remixed two of her songs, which are available on iTunes now. All proceeds are going to The Greater New Orleans...
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John Lydon Predicted Battle Of Seattle, Rap-Rock

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By CHARTattack Staff April 22, 2010 11:47 am
Nostradamus, Anthony Carr and Uri Geller are some well known psychics and "seers," both living and dead. You might as well add John Lydon to that list. Why? Well, Lydon says he predicted the "Battle Of Seattle," or the protests about the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in November 1999, in Public Image Ltd.'s...
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Nardwuar Vs. John Lydon

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By CHARTattack Staff April 21, 2010 10:02 am
Nardwuar: Who are you? John Lydon: [Laughs] I'm John Lydon. I'm half a century young and looking good at it. And John, PiL (Public Image Ltd.) are back on the road. Who's in PiL these days? Bruce Smith on drums, Lu Edmonds on various sorted of instruments from the Middle East, including a guitar for those who like western twangs, and Scott (...
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Malcolm McLaren Getting "Minute Of Mayhem" With Funeral

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) April 19, 2010 3:20 pm
Malcolm McLaren caused and was responsible for tons of mayhem while he was alive, and he'll get one final minute of it when his funeral is held this Thursday. The former Sex Pistols manager will be buried in a private ceremony at London, England's Highgate cemetery. But it could be soundtracked by loud music blaring out of people's windows. A...
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Twelve Reasons Malcolm McLaren Was Cool

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 8, 2010 1:45 pm
Former Sex Pistols manager, musician and businessman Malcolm McLaren has died of cancer at age 64. Britain's The Independent reports McLaren died Thursday (April 8) at his home in New York after battling cancer for "some time." His body will be flown back to Britain, where it will be buried in London, England. McLaren was a divisive...
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Today In Music History: Sid Vicious Dies On Feb. 2, 1979

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 12:14 pm
Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose on this day in 1979. The man whose real name was John Simon Ritchie had been released on bail from Riker's Island prison on Feb. 1, 1979. He'd been there for 55 days after being charged with assault on Todd Smith, Patti Smith's brother. Prior to going to jail, the former (at the time, of course) Sex...
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Today In Music History: Sex Pistols And Jan. 14, 1978

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 14, 2010 12:04 pm
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" The Sex Pistols played what was to be their final gig (prior to reuniting in 1996, of course) at San Francisco's Ballroom on this day in 1978. The band's first ever North American tour had been marred with chaos that was largely due to Vicious' heroin addiction. A few days...
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Sex Pistols Go After Ice Cream Company

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) October 14, 2009 3:20 pm
The Sex Pistols have a new public enemy — the ice cream man. The Sex Pistols' lawyers have threatened an ice cream company with legal action over similarities between their advertising campaign and the band's famous artwork and lyrics. NME reports the London-based company, Icecreamists, have featured a logo that has been deemed eerily...
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John Lydon Reunites Public Image Ltd., Disses Liam Gallagher

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 8, 2009 11:45 am
John Lydon — who's perhaps better known as Johnny Rotten — has reunited Public Image Ltd., his post-Sex Pistols band, and has spoken out about Oasis' recent split. Public Image Ltd. will play a series of shows in December to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 1979's Metal Box. Lydon, Damned guitarist Lu Edmonds, bassist Scott Firth and ex-Slits...
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Sid Vicious: Most Controversial Rocker Ever

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 23, 2009 4:26 pm
When you hear the name Sid Vicious, you probably think of some incredibly controversial things: hard drug use, premature death from said drug use, Nazi imagery, alleged murder, complete lack of musical ability, self mutilation on stage... All of those things probably contributed to Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie) being voted the most...
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Sid Vicious' Mom's Drug Vagina

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 6, 2009 2:25 pm
Sid Vicious' mother, Anne Ritchie, was a drug dealer who used to smuggle hard drugs in a disgusting and unsanitary way, according to former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. Parents (usually) love their children, and that was certainly the case with Ritchie, who managed to get drugs to her heroin-addicted son while he was behind bars at New...
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Remembering Sid Vicious

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 4:22 pm
This entry should really be headed Warren Says, since all of the information below comes from former CHARTattack sales guru Warren Campbell. He's been on a major Sex Pistols kick lately and, to commemorate today's 30th anniversary of Sid Vicious' drug overdose death, he offers these interesting tidbits about the former Sex Pistols bassist: His...
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Time Capsule: Feb. 2, 1979

Submitted by Kate Harper on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 10:52am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 10:52 am
Today is the 30th anniversary of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious' death. Vicious (real name John Ritchie) died when his lungs filled with water after he overdosed on heroin and fell asleep. Vicious' mother had heroin delivered to her house at a dinner gathering and Vicious had some, despite having been off heroin since the previous October....
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Maybe Sid Didn't Kill Nancy

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 20, 2009 5:23 pm
A new documentary about Sid Vicious claims the deceased Sex Pistols bassist didn't kill his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and says she may have been murdered by a drug addict or committed suicide. Who Killed Nancy? is a new documentary by Alan Parker. The filmmaker is a friend of Vicious' (real name John Ritchie) mother, Anne Beverely, who...
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