Matlock was replaced with Sid Vicious, a friend of Rotten and вЂњthe biggest fan they ever hadвЂќ. Maybe it was naive on my part but thatвЂ™s what was going on.вЂќ IвЂ™d say: вЂa promoter has just offered to put us on at the 100 Club and heвЂ™d say вЂNoвЂ™. вЂњWe were told we werenвЂ™t allowed to play anywhere and then IвЂ™d go out and see someone like the Ramones, a promoter would tap me on the shoulder and say: вЂDo you want to come and play?вЂ™ IвЂ™d tell Malcolm and heвЂ™d say: вЂNo you're bannedвЂ™. The whole reason youвЂ™re in a band is that you donвЂ™t want people telling you what to do all the time otherwise youвЂ™re better off just getting a fucking job that was in my head and the way we were being perceived I just didnвЂ™t think it was honest. вЂњIвЂ™d had enough of it because I didnвЂ™t feel I was getting backed by Steve and Paul. вЂќ After touring with the band between the end of 1975 to February вЂ™77, Matlock would leave due to tensions with Lydon and manager Malcolm McLaren.

When IвЂ™ve played Pistols songs with different drummers they want to bash through it, I say: вЂListen to the recordвЂ™. HeвЂ™s not a jam-type drummer, he plays the part the same every time. вЂњThe only one that didnвЂ™t write was Paul but what people miss about PaulвЂ™s drumming is that his parts are quite catchy with little hooks, when you think of what heвЂ™s playing on God Save The Queen and Anarchy. John came up with lyrics but we were all putting ideas in. When we were recording Anarchy at a previous session I was driving everyone mad with it on the piano. No Future, which became God Save The Queen, was my riff. вЂњI got chatting to Roy Wood in my local once, I said to him that Fire Brigade was not unlike the Pistols, he said: вЂI had noticedвЂ™. The Move would also be cited as having a notable impact on the bandвЂ™s next single God Save The Queen. I liked classic British song-writing The Kinks, The Who, Small Faces and I liked Motown.вЂќ вЂњWhen I auditioned, the Faces were Steve and PaulвЂ™s favourite band I played Three Button Hand Me Down and that got me the gig! Ronnie Lane was an influence I learned bass from playing along to those records, also Trevor Bolder in BowieвЂ™s Spiders (From Mars). LydonвЂ™s political anger, combined with MatlockвЂ™s penchant for catchy rock'nвЂ™roll songs, would become the bandвЂ™s musical axis. With a mother from Cork (Eileen Barry) and a father, also John, from Galway,he was acutely aware of the conflict in the North, referring to the IRA and UDA on Anarchy.

Lydon based part of his DIY image around вЂњpovertyвЂќ explaining safety pins were used to вЂњstop the arse in your trousers falling outвЂќ. The original line-up of Glen Matlock, John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), Steve Jones and Paul Cook had formed in 1975 in London. He had a lot of ideas and one of them was Anarchy.вЂќ He said вЂThatвЂ™s pretty good what happens next?' So I played him the next bit while John got together something from this bag of lyrics. вЂњHe said: вЂWhat have you got?вЂ™ I had a few ideas up my sleeve and started to play the descending riff that would become Anarchy. вЂњI had a go at Steve for not coming up with anything,вЂќ recalls Matlock.

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