Friday 3rd September 1976:
Sex Pistols, Malcolm and Crew fly to Paris.
It's Steve Jones birthday, he gets a free glass
of champagne from a stewardess on the
plane, he was hoping for something more.
When they arrive in Paris, Malcolm buys
Steve a birthday present - a prostitute!
They play the Club De Chalet Du Lac, Paris in
France tonight. It's the band's first
performance outside England and they are
the main live attraction for the club's FREE
opening night of disco in middle of the Bois de
Boulogne where many people turn up in
expensive clothes. Unfortunately, some of the
chairs are still wet from black paint and
they were about to witness Punk Rock!
For their appearance in front of designers like
Castelbaljac and the French Punk rock
aristocracy - magazine owner Michael
Esteban, Marc Zermati and writers Yves
Adrien and Alain Pacadis - Vivienne and
Malcolm unveiled a new costume suitable for
their status, confirmed by Esteban's Rock
News, as 'Couturiers Situationnistes'. At the
Chalet du Lac, the Sex Pistols stood on a
floor lit in strips, like a sunblind: flanked by
Matlock and Jones in brand new 'Anarchy'
shirts, John Lydon threw his hunchback
poses in an extraordinary garment later called
the Bondage suit.
Saturday 4th September
In Paris, the Sex Pistols and their Bromley
friends meet at Sartre's old hangout, Deux
Magots and occupy a pair of tables displaying
their outrageous punk attire. Johnny even
looked vaguely Parisian in his beret. Before
the tea and Heinekins arrived, the
photographers were there clicking their
cameras incessantly.
Meanwhile Back in England the Sex Pistols
are about to make their first British TV
appearance on Granada's 'So It Goes' TV
programme which will be screened later that
night and features a film of the Sex Pistols
playing the song "Anarchy In The UK" beside
features on two other unsigned bands, the
Gentlemen and The Bowles Brothers. The
Sex Pistols got this lucrative slot after
presenter Tony Wilson received two letters
that caught his attention, both from
Manchester. One from Howard Trafford
suggesting they get the Sex Pistols. Howard
was part of the Buzzcocks and had booked
the Pistols to play in Manchester. The other
is from Steven Morrissey who suggested that
they feature the New York Dolls, a band that
turned to dust over a year ago.
Sex Pistols, Malcolm and Crew fly to Paris.
It's Steve Jones birthday, he gets a free glass
of champagne from a stewardess on the
plane, he was hoping for something more.
When they arrive in Paris, Malcolm buys
Steve a birthday present - a prostitute!
They play the Club De Chalet Du Lac, Paris in
France tonight. It's the band's first
performance outside England and they are
the main live attraction for the club's FREE
opening night of disco in middle of the Bois de
Boulogne where many people turn up in
expensive clothes. Unfortunately, some of the
chairs are still wet from black paint and
they were about to witness Punk Rock!
For their appearance in front of designers like
Castelbaljac and the French Punk rock
aristocracy - magazine owner Michael
Esteban, Marc Zermati and writers Yves
Adrien and Alain Pacadis - Vivienne and
Malcolm unveiled a new costume suitable for
their status, confirmed by Esteban's Rock
News, as 'Couturiers Situationnistes'. At the
Chalet du Lac, the Sex Pistols stood on a
floor lit in strips, like a sunblind: flanked by
Matlock and Jones in brand new 'Anarchy'
shirts, John Lydon threw his hunchback
poses in an extraordinary garment later called
the Bondage suit.
Saturday 4th September
In Paris, the Sex Pistols and their Bromley
friends meet at Sartre's old hangout, Deux
Magots and occupy a pair of tables displaying
their outrageous punk attire. Johnny even
looked vaguely Parisian in his beret. Before
the tea and Heinekins arrived, the
photographers were there clicking their
cameras incessantly.
Meanwhile Back in England the Sex Pistols
are about to make their first British TV
appearance on Granada's 'So It Goes' TV
programme which will be screened later that
night and features a film of the Sex Pistols
playing the song "Anarchy In The UK" beside
features on two other unsigned bands, the
Gentlemen and The Bowles Brothers. The
Sex Pistols got this lucrative slot after
presenter Tony Wilson received two letters
that caught his attention, both from
Manchester. One from Howard Trafford
suggesting they get the Sex Pistols. Howard
was part of the Buzzcocks and had booked
the Pistols to play in Manchester. The other
is from Steven Morrissey who suggested that
they feature the New York Dolls, a band that
turned to dust over a year ago.
