I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, a documentary about bassist Glen Matlock’s experiences as a founding member of the influential U.K. punk band, will get its world premiere on February 10 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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According to a description of the film posted on Matlock’s Instagram page, the movie “tells the story of the band’s original bass player … and his essential role in the [Sex Pistols’] rise to fame.”
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The documentary was based on Matlock’s 1990 memoir of the same name. The film features Glen and two of his fellow Sex Pistols—guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook. Also appearing in the movie are Blondie, Billy Idol, ex-Faces and Who drummer Kenney Jones, late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome, Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, Damned drummer Rat Scabies, L.A. Guns’ Tracii Guns, and more.
The premiere screening of I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol is scheduled for February 10 at 9:20 p.m. PT at Auditorium #5 at the SBIFF Film Center in Santa Barbara, California. An encore screening will take place on February 14 at 8 a.m. PT at Auditorium #1 at the Film Center.
About Matlock’s History with the Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols formed in 1975 with Matlock, Jones, Cook, and lead singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten). Matlock is credited with co-writing most of the songs on the band’s sole studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977). Among those tunes are “God Save the Queen,” “Anarchy in the U.K.,” “Pretty Vacant,” “No Feelings,” and “Submission.”
Matlock left the group in early 1977, according to him because of conflicts with Lydon. He was replaced by Sid Vicious, a Sex Pistols fan who had little to no experience playing bass.
Th Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, and Vicious died of a drug overdose in February 1979.
In 1996, Matlock and the rest of the Sex Pistols’ original lineup reunited for a six-month trek dubbed the Filthy Lucre Tour.
The Sex Pistols also toured in 1996, 2002, 2003, and 2007-2008.
In August and September of 2024, Matlock, Jones, and Cook reunited to play a series of U.K. shows with a new singer, Frank Carter, as Lydon had expressed no interest in performing with his ex-bandmates again.
The group, now billed as Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter, have lined up some new concerts in Europe this summer. Among them are two shows opening for Guns N’ Roses, on July 24 in Vienna, Austria, and July 28 in Luxembourg.
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