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SEX PISTOLS<\/strong>\u00a0fans will finally be able to judge for themselves with the release for the first time of three full live albums from the band’s legendary 1978 U.S. tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEX PISTOLS<\/strong> singer and lyricist Johnny Rotten<\/strong> signed off with the immortal words on stage at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on January 14, 1978 \u2014 the band’s final show until they reformed in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year will see the San Francisco show and performances in Atlanta (South East Music, January 5, 1978) and Dallas (Longhorns Ballroom, January 10, 1978) given special edition colored vinyl releases before all three are made available in a three-CD set and for digital download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even had the band not imploded soon afterwards, the tour would still have had a place in rock and roll history, the band’s reputation preceding it across America’s conservative heartlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Rotten<\/strong>\u00a0(a.k.a.\u00a0Lydon<\/strong>), Paul Cook<\/strong>,\u00a0Steve Jones<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sid Vicious<\/strong>\u00a0were sent into venues primed for confrontation, police ready to clamp down on any signs of anarchy and religious protesters rallying to see off the unholy Brits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audiences were provoked, objects flew, tensions brewed, cracks widened among the PISTOLS<\/strong> themselves \u2014 but amidst it all was delivered some of the rawest and most honest music that the country that birthed rock and roll had ever seen. “God Save The Queen”<\/strong>, “Bodies”<\/strong> and the re-targeted “Anarchy In The USA”<\/strong> \u2014 all launched at the crowds and the onlooking authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Now, we came to dance \u2014 what did you come for?” says Rotten<\/strong> before the band rip into “God Save The Queen”<\/strong> in Atlanta, and then: “That was the new British national anthem.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly mastered recordings put the listener right amongst the sweating, bellowing crowd. “Aren’t we the worst thing you’ve ever seen?” asks Rotten<\/strong> \u2014 but in truth the roar of Jones’s guitar and the raw snarl of his vocal are exactly what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A radio advert for the Dallas show proclaims: “They said no one could be more bizarre than Alice Cooper<\/strong> or more destructive than KISS<\/strong>. They have not seen THE SEX PISTOLS<\/strong>\u2026Banned in their own home country, England’s SEX PISTOLS<\/strong> denied admittance to the United States \u2014 THE SEX PISTOLS<\/strong> bring the new wave to the Metroplex this Tuesday night in the Longhorn Ballroom.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the band crashed through THE STOOGES<\/strong>‘ “No Fun”<\/strong> in San Francisco, Rotten<\/strong> challenged the crowd directly: “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within days, he announced his departure and THE SEX PISTOLS<\/strong> explosion, detonated in the turmoil of the late 1970s, was over. These primal recordings document the final shockwaves of a band that changed pop culture forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sex Pistols: Live In The USA 1978”<\/strong> release dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, February 28
1LP (Red Vinyl)
“Sex Pistols – Live In The USA 1978”
Great South East Music Hall, Atlanta, 5th January 1978<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, March 28
1LP (White Vinyl)
“Sex Pistols – Live In The USA 1978”
Longhorns Ballroom, Dallas, 10th January 1978<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, April 25
1LP (Blue Vinyl)
“Sex Pistols – Live In The USA 1978”
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, 14th January 1978
3CD – all 3 shows
Digital – all 3 shows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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