Above is the open letter from the Sex Pistols to the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. they won against the other inductees, Black Sabbath, Blondie, etc. as a band, being in the hall of fame is something you want to achieve. but as for the pistols, they still have that punk ideals which spits on the music industry, the big record companies and the mainstream.
The Sex Pistols started a musical legacy that still goes strong today. though, if people really had been listening, no one would ever have tried to copy them. the pistols never tried to sound 'punk' or be obnoxious just for the sake of it (there's a difference between having an opinion and being obnoxious). punk is a way of thought, it's do it yourself, it's contradicting contradiction.
So what do the Sex Pistols stand for? outrage? anarchy? rebellion? how about just plain honesty? in a time where apathy ruled supreme and music was bland and insignificant. the Sex Pistols are the only one who had the balls to stand up and say "No! that's bullshit! this is what really is..."
people didn't realize how bad things were until the pistols showed them.
All the hype the Sex Pistols had was totally deserved. they deserved everything they've got. Johnny Rotten was the one i identified with--he was the sensitive one. Never Mind The Bollocks has the best production of any rock record i have ever heard. it's totally in-your-face and compressed. - Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (September 1992)
The Pistols were the boys really. you could put together a 'best of' from The Clash's five albums and it wouldn't be worth a wank next to Never Mind The Bollocks. - Noel Gallagher of Oasis (April 1996)
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