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Episode 248 - Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, Rich Kids, The Spectres)

Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
Episode • Mar 23, 2020 • 48m
Right Now HaHaHaHa! On this episodes, Damian sits down & chats with one of THE ARCHITECTS of this whole damn movement: GLEN MATLOCK!!! Listen in as the two discuss the Sex Pistols, the Rich Kids & how a loose collection of ideas coalesced into PUNK ROCK! Don't miss it!



Also Touched On:



learning the word "punk" from a James Cagney movie




The Nuggets compilations




 John Inman and Caroline Coon brand the Sex Pistols




Malcom goes to America and meets Sylvain Sylvain




Getting a mixtape from Nick Kent




going to east London with Bernard Rhodes to see Teenage Rebel 




The pub rock scene




Going to see the Faces at some fancy club and seeing the original line-up of the Dolls opening




The Small Faces influence




Duff notices the Motown sound on the bass




getting records from the “White Goods Store”




Jethro Tull’s “Living In the Past” is like Take Five with words 




Midge Urge turns down the Pistols but sings for the Rich Kids




Martin and Coulter

 

Slick




The Rich Kids’ influence on Spandau Ballert and Duran Duran




Cock Sparrer in the discos in Spain 




The Spectres



& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!



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