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Cook, Paul
Jones, Steve
Matlock, Glen
McLaren, Malcolm
Nightingale, Wally
Rotten, Johnny
Rotten, Johny
Temple, Julien
Tudor-Pole, Edward
Vicious, Sid
Viscous, Sid
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Sex Pistols
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| | 1972 | Cook, Paul | |
| The Sex Pistols evolve from The Strand, a band formed in 1972 with Jones on vocals, Cook on drums and Wally Nightingale on guitar
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| 1972 | Nightingale, Wally | |
| The Sex Pistols evolve from The Strand, a band formed in 1972 with Jones on vocals, Cook on drums and Wally Nightingale on guitar
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| 1975 | Cook, Paul | |
| The Sex Pistols originally comprise vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious)
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| 1975 | Jones, Steve | |
| John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), is spotted by Mick Jones at the now renamed and restyled SEX boutique
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| The Sex Pistols originally comprise vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious)
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| 1975 | Matlock, Glen | |
| The Sex Pistols originally comprise vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious)
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| 6th Nov The band play their first gig as Sex Pistols at Saint Martins College
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| 1975 | Rotten, Johnny | |
| John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), is spotted by Mick Jones at the now renamed and restyled SEX boutique
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| The Sex Pistols originally comprise vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious)
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| 6th Nov The band play their first gig as Sex Pistols at Saint Martins College
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| 1976 | Cook, Paul | |
| Sep Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
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| 1976 | Matlock, Glen | |
| Sep Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
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| 1976 | Rotten, Johnny | |
| Sep Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
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| 1977 | Matlock, Glen | |
| Feb The Paradiso gigs would be their last with Matlock, and he parts company with the band
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| 1977 | Rotten, Johnny | |
| 10th Mar At a press ceremony held outside Buckingham Palace, the Sex Pistols sign to A&M Records
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| May The band sign their third and final record deal with Virgin Records
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| 25th Dec Huddesrfield The Sex Pistols' final UK performance takes place at Ivanhoe's, where the band play a matinee and evening show as part of a benefit for the families of striking firemen
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| 1977 | Vicious, Sid | |
| Feb Matlock is replaced by Rotten's friend and self-appointed "ultimate Sex Pistols fan"Sid Vicious (Simon John Ritchie), previously drummer of Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Flowers of Romance
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| 1977 | Viscous, Sid | |
| 3rd April Sid Vicious debuts with the band at the Screen on the Green in London
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| 1978 | McLaren, Malcolm | |
| Cook and Jones star in the McLaren-scripted The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, directed by Julien Temple, the movie is McLaren's fictionalised account of the Pistols' history;
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| 1978 | Rotten, Johnny | |
| 17th Jan Rotten announces his departure from the Sex Pistols, amid a turbulent tour of the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States
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| 1978 | Temple, Julien | |
| Cook and Jones star in the McLaren-scripted The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, directed by Julien Temple, the movie is McLaren's fictionalised account of the Pistols' history;
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| 1978 | Tudor-Pole, Edward | |
| Edward Tudor-Pole replaces Johnie Rotten as vocalist for the Sex Pistols
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| 1979 | Vicious, Sid | |
| Sid Vicious records a live album, "Sid Sings", backed by "The Idols" featuring Arthur Kane and Jerry Nolan of the New York Dolls
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| 1996 | Rotten, Johny | |
| The Sex Pistols reunite for the "Filthy Lucre" tour
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| 2000 | Matlock, Glen | |
| The Julien Temple documentary "The Filth and the Fury", formulates as an attempt to tell the story from the band's point of view, in contrast to the earlier "Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle", told from McLaren's perspective
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| 2007 | Rotten, Johnny | |
| Los Angeles Lydon, Jones and Cook re-record 'Pretty Vacant' in a Los Angeles studio for the forthcoming video game 'Skate'
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