THE SEX PISTOLS CHANNEL CHRISTMAS PARTY

Yet more unearthed footage of Christmas Day 1977 Huddersfield. The Sex Pistols Christmas Party. Rare footage with a commentary from Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL FROM THE SEX PISTOLS CHANNEL.
The Sex Pistols' final UK performance was at Ivanhoes in Huddersfield on Christmas day 1977, a benefit for the families of striking firemen. Despite the band's state of disintegration by this time, the gig was considered by some as a vindication of their anti establishment stance when they were, for once, united with what might be viewed as their true constituency, the dispossessed English working class. They played two shows, a matinee and an evening show. Tickets for the latter were furtively sold for a secret venue, announced shortly before the gig as a tactic to avoid the attentions of local councillors and the like, who had cancelled many of the Pistols' other shows. Those waiting outside for the second show were given turkey sandwiches from the remains of the meal laid on for the strikers' families. The atmosphere in the evening show was counter to the negative publicity that had been generated towards the band by the tabloid press; Before the show, Johnny Rotten mingled with the crowd wearing his pith helmet, and the good humour of the matinee (which was a benefit played for free) lingered on. Years later the promoter of the evening show confessed that the Pistols never cashed his cheque.

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[SexPistolsChannel]

check out the huddersfield 1977 video featured on the channel for more extensive and background on this historical gig

[Octopusquid]

That kicks some ass---playing Bodies in front of children. xD

I love that song!

[inshreds66]

Mark Burgess lead singer of The Chameleons was at the party by accident and put the first cake in Johnny's hair.

[hardrocker38]

@GovernmentThug ahahhaa! thast great wish i could have been there i was born in the wrong generation my friend xD

[therealcazza]

I didn't realise you were so famous Government Thug (my ex bro-in-law) & cooeeee Dodeska62!

[GovernmentThug]

And to answer the questions below, they played Bodies, Pretty Vacant, EMI, Anarchy, God Save The Queen and Holidays in the Sun. I met them all, took photos, threw cake, got loads of freebies (including a skateboard!) and Virgin Records seemed to be giving away unsold copies of every creap record they released that never sold! It certaily beefed up my record collection.

And the bonus? My dad wasn't a fireman but my mate's dad was so I got to pretend to be his twin for a day. Priceless!

[GovernmentThug]

Yes, that's me! Cheers Matt! I seem to be the subject of the first 30 seconds. Mally (RIP) appears a lot too as does his sister.

[Dodeska62]

The lad holding the NMTB album at 0:18 (and at various other times in the footage) is my brother.

I wanted to go along too, but my parents wouldn't let us both go!!

[hardrocker38]

@PunkersAgain fucking awesome did you meet sid? wish i could have been there