7. The Sex Pistols Never Mind The BollocksHeres The Sex Pistols!
Enough has been written about the circus that surrounded not only the release of this album, but the entire short career of the band itself. Mired in controversy from day one, the Pistols released
Bollocksto a hostile, frothing and conservative public. With songs such as the acerbic
God Save The Queen, the leering
E.M.I. and the triumphant
Pretty Vacant it was impossible to ignore.
Bollocksserved as a document that testified against the state of Britain and the wider world in the 1970s.
Holidays In The Sun (surely one of the most impactful album openers of all time?) barracked cheap holidays in other peoples misery.
Bodies overtly trampled all over the perma-touchy subject of abortion and
Anarchy In The U.K. waswell, surely thats obvious? Despite a so-called Establishment conspiracy to keep the Sex Pistols out and away from the charts, the albums impact was enough to ensure that even today it is regarded as a milestone in modern music history. http://youtu.be/uOQ4f7YItX8