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The Sex Pistols

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The Resume

    (1975- )
    Johnny Rotten - vocals (1975-78, 1996- )
    Glen Matlock - bass (1975-76, 1996- )
    Paul Cook - drums (1975-78, 1996- )
    Steve Jones - guitar (1975-78, 1996- )
    Sid Vicious - bass (1976-79)
    Released the albums 'The Mini Album (1976),' 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977),' 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (1979),' 'Pretty Vacant... (1982),' 'The Swindle Continues (1982),' 'The Original Pistols Live (1985),' 'The Best Of & Rest Of Original Pistols Live (1989),' 'Best Of & Rest Of (1991),' 'No Future UK? (1991),' 'Kiss This/Live In Trondheim (1992),' 'Pretty Vacant (1995),' 'Filthy Lucre Live (1996),' 'Chaos (1996),' Live At Chelmsford Top Security Prison (1997),' 'Raw (1997),' 'Kiss This-live In Trondheim (1998),' 'We've Cum For Your Children (1998),' 'Decade (1998),' 'Buried Alive (1998),' and 'Pistol Whipped Live (1999)'

Why they might be annoying:

    Their goal in music was to 'destroy rock 'n' roll.'
    Musically speaking, they weren't that talented.
    Johnny often changed his last name between Rotten and Lydon.
    To this day, mainstream media recognizes them more for their antics than their music.
    Between 1978 and 1979, the band imploded.
    During their US tour, Johnny Rotten quit while onstage in San Francisco and a year later Sid Vicious committed suicide in New York City.
    Before killing himself, Sid was arrested for stabbing his girlfriend Nancy Spunge to death with a hunting knife.
    A year after his death, 1,000 punks marched in honor of his memory. His mother was supposed to have taken part in the march but couldn't because she was in the hospital for a heroin overdose.
    The remaining original members reunited in 1996 for a tour, upsetting many fans by having industrial rock band Stabbing Westward open for them.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Punk was never the same after they made their debut.
    They created a massive outrage in England after their song 'God Save The Queen' was released, causing their music to be banned almost everywhere in the UK.
    After the song was released, Johnny was slashed with a knife by offended royalists, resulting in permanent loss of feeling in his middle and index finger on his left hand. He then learned how to play guitar right-handed.
    Johnny took part in many memorable MTV interviews which usually ended with him getting pissed, telling the MTV VJ to fuck off and then storming away.
    Johnny said: 'The sheep who buy Korn and Limp Bizkit ... they're completely and utterly foolish.'

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 202 Votes: 32.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 135 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 39 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 75 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 131 Votes: 51.15% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 193 Votes: 51.81% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 75 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 79 Votes: 75.95% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 80 Votes: 53.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 221 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 68 Votes: 54.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 118 Votes: 62.71% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 180 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 396 Votes: 56.82% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 768 Votes: 47.53% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 522 Votes: 44.83% Annoying