Malcolm McLaren: Meet The Colonel Tom Parker of the Blank Generation
Nick Kent, NME, 27 November 1976
MEET MALCOLM McLAREN. He runs a shop called "SEX". He manages a group called THE SEX PISTOLS. He sincerely believes that he and his band represent, in some curious way, the future of Rock and Roll. NICK KENT (who used to be the future of Rock and Roll himself) uncovers the whole sordid business.
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