Sex Pistols: The Anarchic Rock of the Young and Doleful

And then there was punk. Tonight the Sex Pistols, focal point of the newly dubbed punk generation, take off on their first concert tour of Britain complete with a £40,000 contract with EMI Records, a single entitled ‘Anarchy In The UK’, and a reputation for being insolent and violent — a reputation which was compounded though their use of Thames Television’s Today programme to throw out a few live obscenities which would appal the parents and therefore thrill the kids.