Editorial Reviews Music Review:
Music Review
Broken Down Comforter Collection [Import]
A Ceremony of Carols / Elektra Women's Choir, Rita Costanzi (harp)
Music: Gloria 2004/Self Control 2004 [CD-single] [Import]
Acid Blues Experience [Import]
American Songbook - The American Music Collection, Vol. III
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder; Rückert-Lieder
Amazon.com essential recording
Recognizing that there's no such thing as bad publicity, manager-Svengali Malcolm McLaren molded the Pistols into the most confrontational, nihilistic band rock & roll had ever seen. Propelled by Johnny Rotten's maniacal vocals, Steve Jones's buzz-saw guitar, and (most importantly) bass player Glen Matlock's hook-filled compositional skills, the Pistols' early singles "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen" defined the raging style of British punk. By the time they recorded their lone 1977 album, Matlock had been bounced, replaced by the image-correct but utterly untalented (and ultimately group-dooming) Sid Vicious. Not a 10th as good as the singles, the album nontheless remains a bile-filled emblem of the times. --Billy Altman