In 2011 Glen formed The International Swingers together with Clem Burke (Blondie), James Stevenson (Chelsea) and Gary Twinn. The band issued two live albums and built up a cult following throughout the UK. Almost 20 years after they last played together the original Pistols were back.įrom 2001 to 2005 Glen was a member of Dead Men Walking, a live “supergroup” which included members of The Cult, Stray Cats and The Alarm. 1996 also saw Glen team up with the reunited Sex Pistols on the ‘Filthy Lucre’ world tour. Releasing his first-ever solo album ‘Who’s He Think He Is When He’s At Home’ the following year. He later guested on records by the likes of Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople), Frank Black (Pixies) and Primal Scream before signing to Alan McGee’s Creation Records in 1995. He published the autobiography ‘I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol’ in 1990 and began rebuilding his musical career with his own band The Mavericks (not to be confused with the American band of the same name). The 80’s saw Glen struggle to throw off the shadow of the Sex Pistols drifting from one band to the next. Glen then appeared with Iggy Pop, touring throughout 1979 and playing on his ‘Soldier’ album also writing the track ‘Ambition’. An official CD of the concert was later released in 1993. Rich Kids had a self-titled Top 25 hit the following year and also released the album ‘Ghosts of Princes in Towers’ in August 1978 before petering out shortly after.Īfter the Sex Pistols split in 1978 Glen and his replacement Sid Vicious played together as part of The Vicious White Kids a one-off live band – also featuring Steve New and Rat Scabbies (Damned) – Glen played bass while Sid sang lead vocals. Glen dusted himself down and together with Steve New (guitar), Midge Ure (vocals) & Rusty Egan (drums) formed the Rich Kids signing to the Sex Pistols archenemies EMI Records in early 1977. Glen officially left by “mutual consent” in February 1977, with Malcolm McLaren then claiming he was sacked because “He liked the Beatles.”
Much has been made of the relationship between John and Glen – and although they were always the proverbial “chalk and cheese” – outside elements definitely conspired to pull the pair apart.
The band rehearsed and rehearsed but it wasn’t until John Lydon joined them in 1975 that things really got serious. Malcolm knew Steve and Paul were on the look out for a reliable bass player and suggested Glen… Glen had already mentioned to Malcolm he’d started playing bass. As you struggle to make sense of what's going on, you remember that's what made it worth deciphering in the first place.While working at Malcolm McLaren’s clothes shop ‘Let It Rock’ in 1974 Glen met budding musicians Steve Jones and Paul Cook.
If they hadn't been derailed, who knows what could have happened? Isolated cuts from further Nashville shows that same month and a Birmingham gig six months later maintain the momentum, while three demos recorded with guitar legend Chris Spedding ("Problems," "No Feelings," and "Pretty Vacant") prove that the Pistols' strengths remain undiluted by time and fashion indeed, the often below-par sound quality actually contributes to their impact. Comparable to a great tape of the unsigned Stones or Beatles (hence the title, a play off the Hamburg-era Savage Young Beatles collection), Savage Young Pistols showcases a classic and classically inventive rock band in the making, tearing up the rule book as Rotten's anti-voice yelping rises above the thrashing maelstrom to signpost rock's next direction. Of course, the media circus that would soon attach itself to the band was scarcely conducive to creativity but, while the Pistols' own insistence on playing up to their image, rather than getting on with the music, might be understandable, it's still infuriating. Only the absence of the unwritten "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen" prevents one from writing off the rest of their life as a sheer waste of time. Already the bulk of the band's repertoire is firmly in place already the incendiary assault that would characterize their career has been perfected. The earliest-known live recording of the Pistols, the bulk (the first 12 tracks) of Savage Young Pistols was taped at the Nashville in April 1976, just five months into the band's live career - and it stands as a damning indictment of the 18 months that would follow.
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