dude, you realize the sex pistols were the 1970s UK version of a boy band, right? i mean, maybe they spat at people and did drugs, but they were the creation of a guy who sold overpriced bondage gear and named the band basically as an advertisement for his store. they made a great album and left their footprint on the music world and it's better for that, but to hold them up as some bastion of punk holiness is just laughable. they were just a bunch of blokes who took good advantage of opportunities, for about a year or so.