That ain't bad for two weeks work and 75,000 pounds. On this day in 1977, after being with the label for just six days,
punk pioneers The Sex Pistols were fired from
A&M Records due to pressure from other label artists and its
Los Angeles head office. 25,000 copies of
‘God Save The Queen’ were pressed and the band made £75,000 ($127,500) from the deal, thus cementing the legend of
the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
Under pressure by
Conservative MP Robert Adley among others due to their outrageous behavior - specifically,
their notorious performance on
ITV Today with Bill Grundy -
EMI had dumped the band in January. Also appearing on television with Grundy and the Pistols that day were members of
the Bromley Contingent:
Siouxsie Sioux and
Steve Severin, who later formed
Siouxsie and the Banshees.
posted by psmealey
on Mar 16, 2007 -
60 comments
Most people have heard of Rotten.com, the website of sick and twisted news and pictures, but a great and full featured documentary of "all that mankind swore to forget" can be found at the
Rotten Library. Information on just about everything is here, from
LSD Blotters to the
Mountain Meadows Massacre to the
anti-masturbatory history of Kelloggs Corn Flakes, just to name a few.
Of course, you can also find dirty secrets about the
Freemasons,
Fluoridation, Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction,
The Kinderhook Plates,
Lucky Luciano,
Kevin Mitnick, and of course.....
Michael Jackson.
posted by Keyser Soze
on Dec 20, 2003 -
17 comments
"The right man for the job will be aged between 18 and 21 and will presumably need to demonstrate an abundance of energy and the ability to withstand repeated showers of saliva, the traditional punk rock crowd's sign of respect for performers."
But who is the right man?
posted by oh posey
on Jun 27, 2002 -
5 comments
