The Sex Pistols: Club De Chalet Du Lac, Paris
Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 11 September 1976
PARIS: The Sex Pistols believed the myth that it all happens in Paris. The fans who drove over specially to see the band's first appearance outside the UK thought it would be difficult to look even halfway happening in the world's fashion capital.
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