Revisiting an era and a movement marked by a combination of radical dissent and callous opportunism, the new FX series is a multifaceted snapshot of the anarchy that the Pistols wrought first in the U.K., and then throughout the world
at the couple’s downtown SEX store, whose sole other employee is a young Chrissie Hynde , future leader of The Pretenders. Jones is a thief with frontman dreams, and his brazenness strikes a chord with McLaren, who—fresh off a stint managing The New York Dolls—views Jones as a potential vessel via which he can riotously shake up the British music industry and sociopolitical landscape.
Though originally dubbed The Swankers and, then, QT Jones and the Sex Pistols, Jones’ band—rounded out by drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock —hits the skids when Jones flees his maiden gig due to nerves rooted in his miserable childhood with a horrid stepfather and callous mother. Ever the indefatigable entrepreneur, McLaren pivots by hiring to be the band’s new singer, and the soon-to-be Mr. Rotten swiftly abbreviates the group’s name and gives it a dose of unbridled volatility.
Wallace, Boon and the rest are more than up to the challenge of authentically recreating the Pistols’ music and performances, here filmed by Boyle with raggedy fervor. Rapid-fire images of the Queen, trash-lined streets and working-class faces provide context for the Sex Pistols’ fury, which targets anything accepted as normal, proper, and good.
revisits their heroin-instigated demise within the larger disintegration of the Sex Pistols, who are undone by personal rivalries and the nefarious manipulations of McLaren. Pearce and Boyle seem to believe the self-aggrandizing story McLaren told about himself in 1980’snamely, that he was the shrewd mastermind behind the group.
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