![]() Now though Matlock is as comfortable strapping on an acoustic guitar as he is his trusty Fender Precision. He's toured with Iggy Pop, recorded with the Damned and guested with the Faces as well as launching a solo career.Īs the co-writer of ten of the twelve tracks on 'Never Mind the Bollocks' the mythology of those early days will always follow him around. His list of collaborators over the last four decades read like a who's-who of alternative musicians. The Paddington-born bassist has come a long way from his days of stealing bread from milk-floats in his native London. In the case of the founding-member of the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock, the mantle definitely fits. ![]() He went on to help write the punk group’s biggest hits, including Anarchy In The UK, Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen, before bass player Vicious took his place alongside lead singer Johnny Rotten.The term 'punk rock legend' is one that is often thrown around all too easily. The 62-year-old was studying at St Martin’s School of Art and working in a fashion shop, which was owned by future Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, when he got his break in the music business. “He’s a great bloke and I later discovered he plays guitar quite well too.” ![]() ![]() But it turned out he was a big Sex Pistols fan. “I think he was mistaken as I’m pretty sure I’d have remembered jamming with Johnny. “Again, I just looked puzzled and he continued, ‘We got so drunk in the afternoon, we never made it to the concert - but the sound check was fantastic’. I must’ve looked puzzled because he then says, ‘We had a jam together at Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles’. ![]() "Johnny then said, ‘Good to see you again, Glen’. Glen says: “I was chatting to musicians backstage and I could see Johnny out of the corner of my eye trying to talk to me. The pair met while celebrating Shane MacGowan’s 60th birthday gig at Dublin’s National Concert Hall last year, where they joined Bono and Irish President Michael D Higgins on stage.īut afterwards Johnny’s attempt to reminisce with the musician was met with a blank stare. HOLLYWOOD star Johnny Depp Glen stunned when he claimed they’d had a boozy night out together - which the punk rocker couldn’t remember. ![]()
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