Let’s go back to London, 1975, here we find the Sex Pistols.
Just 4 guys pissed at the world that they live in, and use music to voice their
concern. . The Sex Pistols were composed of Johnny Rotten on vocals, Steve
Jones on Guitar, Paul Cook on Drums and Glen Matlock on the bass. The Sex
Pistols were the start of a movement that would give light to my favorite genre
of music, Punk Rock. When Punk Rock was started, it was just an alternative form
of music that voiced problems in the world. With the way people acted that
listened to Punk Rock, I am not surprised that the image of Punk Rock has not
been a good one. Almost every time there was a Sex Pistols concert, the police
were called, and the concert ended in complete chaos. Add on top of that the
Bill Grundy incident, in which they swore on live television. This event
catapulted them into the media spotlight, making “The Sex Pistols” household
names. Unfortunately, this media attention was good for getting their name out,
but bad for their image. They used this image to draw people to their music,
and that got their message out. In the 1977 single “God Save the Queen,” they
attacked Britain’s conformity to the Crown. This attacked would create the “last
and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium.”
The Sex Pistols kick started my favorite genre of music,
Punk. While the Punk today sounds different than it was back then, I believe we
should look back to these guys and keep the main point of the music. Standing
against things that you believe are injustices. Voicing your opinion on things
that matter to you, whether it be things from animal injustice, to telling kids
to stand up for what is right, to bullying, to political issues. Music is here
for us to voice opinions, especially the Punk Genre.
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