Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu kusukela lapho "Ungalokothi Ukhathalele Ama-Bollocks" kwavela futhi labo ababenomthwalo wemfanelo, i-Sex Pistols, baba ngesinye sezisekelo se-punk yaseBrithani. Iqembu elinamandla kangangokuba u-Ian Curtis uqobo, owayeyizwi leJoy Division, wathatheka lapho ebabona bephila.
Ukukhumbula umcimbi onjalo, i-Universal Music izophinda ikhiphe lonke ikhathalogu weqembu. Engxoxweni ne-NME, umholi wayo, UJohnny Obolile Uthe “umculo ungakholeka uma wenziwe ngabafana abalungile. Futhi singcono kakhulu. Manje i-Universal inekamelo lendebe; umculo ulingisa imvelo, namaSex Pistols ayimvelo, ngakho-ke phana ”.
Izitatimende zikaRotten aziqondakali kahle, noma kunjalo UKaren simmonds I-Universal, izamile ukucaca ngandlela thile. “Ukuhlela kabusha ikhathalogu yeSex Pistols yiphupho lomthandi womculo. Sifuna ukusebenza neqembu futhi sigubhe umthelela ababa nawo emhlabeni wesiko ”. Akukaziwa ukuthi ikhathalogi abazolibuyekeza lizoba banzi kangakanani, okucacayo wukuthi bakwazile ukusizakala nge “Never Mind the Bollocks”. Manje ngeke kube isimanga kuphela okusilindele kulo nyaka, njengoba kuhlelwa ezinye izenzo, ezingakadalulwa. Yize kuqhamuka eqenjini okungukuthi, nangemva kokwethula nyakenye ikoloni le-punk, ngubani owaziyo ukuthi usilindeni.
Umthombo: UMondosonoro