The Sex Pistols Interviewed On The Late Late Show

[overingt]

Ron Paul 2012

[123lowp]

I fucking love Green Day.

[TheMarroquinTwins]

Oh yeah sure we kniw of GG Allin. I know of him too, but not a fan of his music. I don't like punk. Im into more heavier rock like screamo, industrial metal etc. The only song I like BY FAR of The Sex Pistols is Anarchy in The UK

[betaville72]

I take it all of you experts on punk know of GG Allin.

[afzoomie67]

I never knew Green Day was related to the Sex Pistols..

[TheSasha555]

Awesome.

[Pedr6500]

the funniest intwerview in history

[swine74]

what year is this?

[ManFromMelbourne]

They should record a new album with new songs.

[klokworkpunk25]

@ManFromMelbourne i love that idea but their most famous member and bassist died

[katjoan1]

i can't tell if John Lydon's a nutcase or a genius. i think a genius after seeing all his interviews cuz he's so honest.

[alanheath]

In the spirit of the Sex Pistols, I got a pirated version of Never Mind the Bollocks.

[jared33647]

Was this recent lol? I heard him say Ron Paul

[streetpunkoi94]

@jared33647 yes. probably around 2007ish.

[billycrash138]

they should have a comedy show!!!

[crimsontiderdotcom]

This guy is a genius

[druekberg]

Is Green Day punk? I thought it was fast (but not funky) Beyonce.

[Vorple]

@druekberg Green Day is not punk.

[druekberg]

@Vorple That's what I say. Someone further down made the claim. Silly youngsters.

[GreenDaybitchezz]

@Vorple they actually are. back in the 90's they were playing more punk styled music, now theyre more so alternative but still consider themselves to be punks.

[Vorple]

@GreenDaybitchezz Thank you for correcting me. I suppose Offspring and Rancid is punk too?

[TheSunshineNetwork]

got a good laugh out of this, especially johnny's last words: "SUPPORT YOUR ALLIES! cause youre runnin outta them."

[magdielesai]

so he doesnt know a genre all of there own is called punk or what?

[redsky106]

he is so american now , its sad such a weak person

[NoDestinyLive4Now]

They are awesome and so is Craig

[casestudyification]

I decided to give those terrible Sex Pistols guys a listen after reading that Paul McCartney liked "Pretty Vacant". I will never forget that day in the library hearing the album for the first time. It was a milestone in my life.

[jkthemod]

I'll alway prefer the "understated" style of Jones/Cook/Glenn to the "over the top" attitude of John/Sid.... but I DO salute John's ability/desire to "give it to you straight"... if you can take it or not, is a different matter.

[stadtrade102]

The pistols came at the right time for me ,music was fucking shite like today its shite and next year its that stupid woman who thinks she rules us jubilee ,well we are ruled bye none ever never

[B1ggu5]

Steve is turning into Nick Frost.

[muthahoho]

I never realized until after watching this just how much John Lydon resembles a rat...

[thesicilianguitarist]

Mr. Rotten is right...

"Boys & girls remember...Support your allies, because your running out of them."

Nuff said.

[SvenTviking]

Funny, nobody understands, selling out is the most "punk" thing you can do! Fucking total nihilism. Did nobody watch "The great rock'n roll swindle"? Did no one understand what it was all about?

[TheNovemberRomance]

John: I'm fat fifty and I'm back!

Audience: YAY!

Steve: *Cough*

[KronosTheDeejay]

You know you win at life when you look up bands you 'hate' just to argue semantics and the essence of that which is true punk. All while using phrases like 'fag' and 'cunt' to describe fellow viewers who don't share your views. Can we please please please be friends? Your level of cool is just staggering.

[oceaniia]

it seems that he's back to ten years old but in a good, healthy way.

[Valecita483]

Well, he couldn't be president if he's an anarchist.

[Backup218]

Jesus john lydon never shuts up . Annoying

[MrBRIT94]

hail britannia !



[aprilglaspieable]

Right. Steve Jones can't play guitar at all.

[segdaas]

hiding back of the drums, fecking wank

[696969696969696999]

Brits. Gotta love em'.

[XxMcJezzaxX]

Johnny Rotten Is 50+ and yet he still acts like a teenage rebel, that how i want to end up

[MsNancyGray]

Love Craigy Ferg - missed this episide! Loved shooting pics of the Sex Pistols at Randy's here in San Antonio in 1978, pure whip cream, blood & good ol' fashioned fun rubbed around on the bottom of an old bowling alley floor.

[PuddinPop100]

@FairiesFuckHumans Who the fuck are you to call someone punk, other than yourself? You don't the first thing about punk. Punks don't go around judging other people and putting them in categories. Don't call people sell-outs. That shit is waaaaay overused. I mean NOFX claimed to be 'true punks' then they got their own TV show on Fuse but they still kick ass! If you don't know someone you don't go around judging them. Simple enough. That's punk.

[KSIiTzAndrew]

Punk is what you make of it, If that is the Sex pistols great, It that's Green Day or the Offspring. That's awesome too!

[BilboBaghead81]

everyone overseas sees the British as stuck up posh and silly, but what they dont recognise is that for every 1 famous Brit who plays up to the stereotype there is 50 people in the underclass. THATS what the sex pistols represent, the uglier, less glamorous, in your face gritty tough anger of underclass britain. Its HARD to live in England without money. Johnny Rotten is a nutcase and i bet hes not easy to get along with every day, but he speaks the truth about my country and I love him for it

[GOp0g077]

@BilboBaghead81 Ah you mean,REAL LIFE? REAL PEOPLE? REAL STRUGGLES. THAT MY FRIEND,IS EXACTLY WHAT PUNK ROCK IS ALL ABOUT.

[Nigelxman]

@BilboBaghead8 What an ignorant fucking statement. Many people "overseas" who embraced British punk rock understood that punk rock was a movement started by the "underclass". Why so ignorant? Did you even grow up with punk or are you some 20 something asshole pretending like you know what fuck went on before your time?

[Nigelxman]

@BilboBaghead81 Oh gee what a fucking shocker. You're 28. hahaha Priceless. You haven't a fucking clue dude about punk in England or the rest of the worlds response to it. But hey ignorance is bliss right? sigh.

[ZandraBson]

@BilboBaghead81 How do u know we got a hard life in UK? We fucking dont.

[ZandraBson]

@ZandraBson And what I ment was that its not a harder life here than in the US.

[BilboBaghead81]

@ZandraBson I live in the UK and pay tax it entitles me to my opinion. Its not easy, and working makes it easier, but its still not easy. If you disagree , fuck off. My world, my circumstances, my job, my internet account, my youtube account. All of you, fuck off. Im right in what I say. You can disagree sure but I know what I said, and what I meant and I stick to it. Im not 28 (despite some tosser writing that I am) I do live in England and I have my opinion. Like it, or eat a dick. k? k

[ZandraBson]

@BilboBaghead81 Wow wow wow! Slow down with the bad language please x) I pay tax in uk as well, sure its not easy here. Hav I said? But its not harder that US! At least what my american friends say who cant even go see a doctor or dentist just because everything is private owned in the us. I can be wrong, ok?

But thats my opinion. Or are u only allowed to have one?

Yeh I can tell that u are not 28.....

[yoyoboy70]

this guys cool and all but his ego is way to huge.

[fairbankgi]

look what a clown ...

[thrashing666mainiac]

Thank Fuck for Discharge !

[shrikechan]

Reminds me of George Carlin :D

[funkymattman]

What a sell out bastard!

[drummiedan]

@funkymattman what a sell out bastard? How old are you 12? What a fucking knob...

[funkymattman]

@drummiedan Don't condescend me u absolute idiot! He used to be a hero of mine and quite frankly he is making an absolute arse of himself! Don't reply to this either or I will reign an unholy verbal shitstorm on you Fuck wit!

[drummiedan]

@funkymattman an unholy verbal shitstorm? Go and suck your dads tiny cock and feltch your mummy you tosspot. You're a total mug.

[Dansilverbabe]

Awesome!

[Dansilverbabe]

Ferguson is pretty funny or at least the show anyways..this is one of his better shows! :)

[Cioppa182]

Craig Ferguson was a drummer in a punk band called "the bastards from hell" in london in the 70's

[cloverfield911]

"support your allies cuz your running out of them!!!"...lololol

[seanmac231]

DEPRESSING

[jrmetmoi]

@Purerockband Sorry I meant to say Jerry Springer, not Jerry Spiger LOL LOL

[jrmetmoi]

@Purerockband A 'chav', to explain this to those in the US, is like basically all the people that end up on Jerry Springer. Or like Anna Nicole when she was alive. Or like the people on that show My Name Is Earl. Only British that's all instead of American. Speaking of which there is a Jerry Spiger-alike wannabe show in the UK and it's called the Jeremy Kyle show.

[MrFoxAidan]

I hate when people say that the sex pistols were rock and roll...they were not..

[selfXannihilation]

@MrFoxAidan Punk is a sub-genre of rock n roll. It isn't it's own thing. It's basically rock n roll played by those with little talent and more meaning.

[swans1997]

@MrFoxAidan Roy Orbison, dug em. "thought they were good ROCK N' ROLL".

[DutchKalhoun]

May Sid & Nancy rest peacefully.

[BarWillTender]

4:32 LOL, ROFL, LMAO!!! THAT WAS JUST TOO FUNNY xD !!!

[robertholaj]

Hey!

Could anyone write English subtitles for it, please?

I would be glad, because It's hard to understand for me...

Thanx

[brainraker123]

@robertholaj what



[mesha1ism]

Wonderful video

[Tomsedated]

who is johnny making fun of at 4:37?

[medow006]

@Tomsedated i'm not certain, but i think he's imitating Hitler, which is why Ferguson is like "alright alright alright!" and probably thinking "oh my fucking god this loon is imitating hitler on my show, god help me!"

[TheRedJB]

@Tomsedated He's mocking Jay Leno. The band played the show the night before, and JR was obviously not pleased about being told what not to say.

[Tomsedated]

@TheRedJB oh i see, i'd have never guessed, cheers mate

[XxSarahT8xX]

@Tomsedated the "don't mention the war" part was a fawlty towers reference :)

[Angrboda999]

A bit of shock to see that Steve Jones has transformed into Phil Jupitus, but it's great to see them nonetheless!

[MegaMumbles]

Haha Johnny seems so much happier.

[fighisver]

@77StrayDog yeah maybe he was a sell out but the punk rock snene needed someone to sell out to get people inspired or else no one would listen or play punk rock rotten was a legend and you need to get over the whole "sellout" thing anyway i mean, who cares?

[qbrikc]

qbrikc question complementry test 1) and the eye... ?

stainless themselves it sheens lol

[dckitchen]

@77StrayDog He may be but you must not realize what he has influenced with both the pistols and PIL he is also very honest and individual unlike the majority of modern music; he admits to do the adverts reunions for the money so fair play with rotten your under no illusion

[rusmanbond]

When was this interview?

[btcc11]

It's callled punk idiot

[MrJuantomas]

im from spain this is the inspiration need this fukyn wolrd of trush first england from the 70 now the wolrd with this fukyn politics and bastards jhony you ara fukyn incredible i like

[kt76943]

@77StrayDog you're a stray dog so fuck off ya mutt

[norwegianwiking]

putting Johnny Rotten on broadcast TV. There must be 20 censors hovering over the bleep button and readying the blurring.

[spicecrop]

is it just me or is this dick just turning into another asshole david letterman. this guy used to be funny , now he is a fag.

[nathanwulf]

"we don't condone stealing?"

Didn't they steal all their instruments from Eric Clapton?

Still though, funny interview.

[1983Jacko]

Just listen to those phonies clap, they would have done the same if britney spears had walked out.

[EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

man the sex pistols are shit

[mielazul]

I check out some of these later-era Sex Pistols clips and see all these debates about "selling out." I won't wade into that shit puddle, but I'll say this - I skipped the tours when they came near my area because it seemed like some cash-in bullshit. But then I saw footage of them playing live - like the Brixton DVD and things like that - and I wish I went to see them, because they were still razor-sharp, musically. And if that doesn't mean everything, it still means a hell of a lot.

[TheTemporaryTemp]

3d glasses anyone?

[Akira3441]

Fucking sellouts, fuck off.

[GatewayGap493]

@Akira3441 You're pretty stupid, aren't you? They haven't changed anything. They still believe the same thing they did in the 70s, they still toured and went on tv shows back then...

[Akira3441]

@GatewayGap493 Lol, you're the stupid one you sad turd.

Rotten in 1977: "Nothing I do is motivated by money"

Rotten now: Filthy Lucre Tour, Mountain Dew add, Country butter add.

Rotten in 1977: "I'm against national pride, it only leads to wars and hate"

Rotten now: There'll always be an England, "Enoch Powell was right"

And I could go on forever, but I don't have time to waste with brainless fanboys such as yourself. Any pathetic response from you will be ignored. Tata you cunt.

[searcher1248]

@Akira3441

You need too learn too spell, before you call anyone a cunt, you cunt

[Akira3441]

@searcher1248 No spelling mistakes whatsoever in my message.

And you're one to talk, when you just wrote "you need TOO learn TOO spell". Lol, what a joke :)

[searcher1248]

@Akira3441

Add= plus

Ad= advertisement.

What you are trying too pull me up for, there are 3 ways to spell to

1. To

2. Too

3. Two

Looking them up in a book we call the Dictionary.

[Akira3441]

@searcher1248 Ok I got that wrong I admit it, but your post proves you to be abysmally stupid: "Too" and "to" are not interchangeable. You really are as dumb as dirt. What you clearly are is also a troll, so I'll just ignore you from now on. Adios.

[searcher1248]

@Akira3441 You clearly need lessons on the English language, you Archaea!!

[HiImAFarrell]

@searcher1248 to, too, and two all have different meanings and usages dumbfuck, maybe you need lessons in English, because I do recall learning that in 3rd grade.

[icesar10g]

SID!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[mekissingyou]

Johnny always seems happier on the american shows you know. He always lets his guard down and has fun. The only other interview i saw of him where he was relaxed in the UK was friday night with jonathan ross.

[KhloeMai]

@mekissingyou America are a lot less MERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHH as so to speak than us Brits.

[THEWORLD116]

young steve jones will fuck this host up LOL

[TribalWarfare]

back in the day, they could hardly air a Johnny Rotten interview, because of the myriads or profanities that was slapped down.

[zz1988]

u rock!

[pandorlla]

Wow he is insanely hyper for a fifty something year old!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

in references to the BEATLES surviving members, MAXIMUM ROCK AND ROLL magazine reumnited the pistols with a tape of sid!!! GREAT PHOTO!!!

Johnny Rotten "Grow Up" i love it the 4 members did this!!!

johnny rotten is now 55 years old 'grow up'

but this gives me an idea :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

funny thing ANARCHY IN THE UK was banned upon first release, now they perform it on JAY LENO!

[zepps88]

johnny rotten is quite a character

[itsCindybietch]

Is the audience laughing WITH him or AT him?

[SpikeMichaels]

@itsCindybietch Probably a little of both...

[ponehlove]

@itsCindybietch I would say with him. I know I was haha

[phantomkitty1234]

fink... :)

[TheHagsy]

lol, virgin?. ...Virgin' on the ridiculous!

[MrMeatBall100]

i thought all members were dead... i thought they all OD'd

[verystrangegeorge]

@MrMeatBall100 They are all alive apart from Sid Vicious who OD'd

[lumyingluo]

cool^^

[FoolishDrunkz]

lol hes hilarious

[kt76943]

JOHNNY ROTTEN FOR PRESIDENT.

FUCK THE FUCKERS THAT HATE ON HIM SEX PISTOLS WERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE LEGENDS.

[TheUberPlayboy]

@kt76943 Excuse me? sex pistol haters? The whole basis of the sex pistol songs were founded on hate.

[tigeriron1]

@kt76943 naa hes a true brit so he needs to be the primeminister and sort this fucked up  country out

[Megadeaf75]

@kt76943 agreed my friend! sex pistols kick ass n take names

[Saint666ist]

@kt76943 i think him being british would stop that from happening :P

[omerta0414]

@kt76943 Hate him? No one dares to hate the sex pistols. They created punk. How could you hate the source of all punk? It's the posers now that should be hated. *green day* cough/

[frrrrrunkis]

@omerta0414 The Sex Pistols most certainly did not create punk.  Do your homework, my friend.

[omerta0414]

@frrrrrunkis Correction. They created "modern" punk.

[frrrrrunkis]

@omerta0414 What, modern as in late 1977 as opposed to 1976? The Pistols were done in January of '78, and the "modern" sound you're referring to was already beginning to give way to more of the post-punk groups like Wire, Gang of Four, etc. Honestly though, I really don't give a shit about punk this or punk that, because it doesn't really matter. The Sex Pistols were just a really good fucking band no matter what meaningless tag you want to hang on it.

[fringecakeboy]

@frrrrrunkis NO YOUR RIGHT...!EVERY THING ELSE THAT COME BEFORE OR SINCE WAS PUNK ROCK ....BUT ONLY THE PISTOLS WERE PUNK

[alfredoking14]

@omerta0414 don't hate on greenday.

[Mick40k]

No. The Ramones created punk. Check your history.

[Vorple]

@Mick40k And The Stooges did before that and before them was...

[pennstate713]

@Mick40k I thought the Sonics and MC5 created punk..Ramones just had the punk scene.

[mike129995]

@omerta0414 hey man, the ramones were influenced by the new york dolls to create punk. the sex pistols saw the ramones on a european tour, and liked the style so much, they decided to make their own punk band, So the pistols and the clash made punk mainstream, but the ramones and the dolls really created the genre.

[CornishCockney]

@mike129995 you STILL dont get it do you ? we take your music,polish it,add an industrial edge,re-write it,throw in some English eccentricity,and......... SELL IT BACK TO YOU !

[Kitsollo]

@omerta0414 What the hell do you mean Green Day?!?!?! Green Day is punk! you bitch! The might not me "Pure" or what ever but the are punk in one way or another

[klokworkpunk25]

@Kitsollo correction old green day is punk

[Kitsollo]

@klokworkpunk25 There is no OLD Green Day there is only Green Day and Green Day is punk end of discussion, that's just how it is so deal with it!

[klokworkpunk25]

@omerta0414 the sex pistols did NOT create punk. theyre my fav band and i know that. bands like the who, the kinks, MC5, david bowie, patti smith, new york dolls, and the stooges created punk.

[GreenDaybitchezz]

@omerta0414 Green Day arent posers. They enjoy playing punk music back in the 90's, now they gotten more alternative but still they consider themselves punks and they are not posers, please dont even say that. unless your an actual GD fan and seen how they are in interviews you cant call them posers cuz if u actually did know GD you see that they actually arent posers at all. anyways im a GD but i also like the ramones, clash, sex pistols, the offspring and others.

[ElMa1788]

Hahaha he's awesome. I love his missing tooth

[kingcherub]

4:43 he mentions Ron Paul...YAY!

[jetshull]

good stuff, heeeyyyyyyyy no one fuckin`pays to go and see you!

[stankler]

should shut up..ten mnutes of drivel.what wank from old fogies with nothing to say

[DTMreviews]

Johnny Rotten haha

[Scorp308]

Great interview.

[NUMBERONETANARNOID]

Johnny Rotten is a loathsome pathetic little dick. Can you imagine what the Johnny Rotten of 1977 would have thought of the Johnny Rotten of 2011? And can nobody honestly hear how shit the sex pistols were/are?

[purplecat747]

johnny for god....

[badlieutenant13]

the guy's on GHB

[MonkeyMagic88]

If Johnny was really hard core honest he would talk about The Jewish Banking Mafia and The Jewish owned U.S Federal Reserve........

[euanross89]

@MonkeyMagic88 You think John Lydon cares?

[MsJeffersonAirplane]

Haha, John is always interupting in interveiws. I love it! :D

[0118x]

John Lydon looks pretty good here

[TheSlipknawt]

@LennonMorrissey Nothing is "of all time" with the Sex pistols hey dont get me wrong I love them but dont exaggerate.

[MrStephanusm]

When heroes become loosers.....

[bartlettohio]

One might think that John is evil and crass, but after seeing him break down and cry talking about Sid all these years later feeling responsible for Sid's death...he has the heart and soul of an artist...he is a good man.

[grizzle100]

But he is fiercely intelligent and would no doubt be a professor of English somewhere given that he based his stage prescence on a performance by Laurence Olivier of Richard 111

[dwest99]

My Hero's

[crickcrot]

they were woz in for the money stupid cunts!

[TheSlipknawt]

@crickcrot Go back to school...

[OttoRamone94]

@vlwpictures haha you don't get it aight? they never called themselves punk, and lydon is against any categorization at all. so its correct to call them a genre of their own.

@COOPZilon never heard about that?! you know at which time this was?

[vlwpictures]

''I don't know if I can call them rock, they are kinda a genre of their own''...It's called punk, is this interviewer retarded or something?..

[ramenshino]

@vlwpictures dude stfu

[OttoRamone94]

@MomoBlocko you're right, nobody would know him, but on the other hand i'm pretty sure he would still stand up for his ideals and his point of view. and he still won't be a liar. thats the good thing about him.

and he would never work in a shop or somethin like that, i think he'd do the same thing what he did before the pistols, working with problem kids. and he loved it.

[Cioppa182]

For those ewho dont know, Craig Ferguson was a drummer in a punk band called the bastards from hell in London in the 70s lol.

[steptoesaunt]

Johnny doesn't shut the fuck up, not sure that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[clementles]

What the fuck did people who says "Fuck you Johnny" in their lives??????

Maybe NOTHING.