10 Hard Rock Bands That Destroyed Their Own Career

10. Sex Pistols

With the passage of time, it feels like The Sex Pistols are known much more for what they stood for than the actual music they made. When put up against other punk bands of their ilk like the Ramones or the Damned, these guys were more considered with carrying out the anarchic spirit as their mission statement than the actual chords of the songs. It's a novel way to try and gain notoriety, but you can't blame anyone when something like that ends poorly.

Going out on the road after replacing Glen Matlock for presumably not being punk enough, the drafting of Sid Vicious proved to be a bit of a disaster from day one. For one thing, Sid's lack of performance on their first album Nevermind the !*$% already triggered alarm bells, which were confirmed once they took to the road going into America. Even though there were some classic punk moments like Vicious etching "Gimme a fix" into his skin, the tension between Johnny Rotten and the rest of the band turned sour really quick.

Concluding with a performance in San Francisco that consisted of only one song, Rotten left the band shortly afterward, with each member making their way back to Britain independently. Though anarchy may have seemed like a good idea at the time, you can't really build off of it when your foundation is...well...nothing.