The Filth and the Fury Page #4

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# Crocodile tears | are what you cry #

"Substitute" I liked...

but I only liked | certain phrases in it.

So I'd twist them about.

# You're so fat, | I see right through... #

"Oh, no you can't do that, | it's a classic,"

says Glen.

F*** off!

I think when we started | writing our own stuff...

is when it got | more interesting.

Because that's when it became | our own musical force.

Glen was coming up with most | of the ideas for songs,

and John would just be | sitting in the corner,

scribbling his lyrics out, | there and then,

while we were playing along | to it.

We had something, | we had a spirit.

But what we didn't have, | we didn't have a way

of putting that into words...

which is what John had.

The first line I wrote, | was "l am an antichrist,"

and I couldn't think of a damn | thing that rhymed with it,

and "anarchist" just fitted | really nicely.

The only thing I didn't like | about "Anarchy"

was the dreadful rhyme --

"antichrist -- anarchist," | it used to always make me wince.

Oh, some decent f***ing music | at last!

# Right... #

# Now #

# I am an antichrist #

# I am an anarchist #

# Don't know what I want, | but I know how to get it #

# I wanna destroy passerby #

# 'Cause l... #

# Wanna be... #

# Anarchy #

This band wasn't about | making people happy,

it was attack --

attack, attack, attack.

# Anarchy for the UK #

# It's coming sometime | maybe #

# I give a wrong time, | stop a traffic line #

# Your future dream | is a shopping scheme #

# 'Cause l... #

# I wanna be... #

# Anarchy #

Sid, he was the total | Pistols fan, really.

I f***ing loved that band.

Along with a couple | of other kids that knew John,

I think I was about the biggest | fan they ever had.

# How many ways to get | what you want #

# I use the best | I use the rest... #

Rotten was like, incredible.

Just like unbelievable.

And Steve was f***ing great | as well.

Glen was a c*nt, as always.

# Wanna be... #

# Anarchy #

What made the Sex Pistols | different was John Rotten,

'cause he was a total | anti-star.

He didn't like wiggle his bum | or shake his hips,

he did robot dances, | and just f***ed around,

and took the piss | out of everybody

in a real nasty, snidy way.

# ls this the MPLA #

# Or is this the UDA #

# Or is this the IRA #

# I thought it was the UK... #

The Bromley Contingent | all the front row lot,

they all ended up in bands,

hence you got | the punk movement.

# I am an antichrist #

# I am an anarchist #

To see us playing like, | just three chords

gave the message that anybody | could do this.

Which was great -- | all these other bands started --

I enjoyed watching the Clash, | I enjoyed the Damned.

Itjust happened so quick, | and it was so exciting,

you'd think, "Wow, there's | really a movement starting here."

One chick came down | one night

wearing a polka dot | see-through mac --

and nothing else.

I actually saw one tourist | stagger as she came into the club.

He was so amazed | by her appearance.

Sid was amazing, | because he was

a stand out character | in the crowd,

because he wasn't | in the band then.

He invented the pogo | all by himself.

He'd just sort ofjump on | the shoulders of some people

to get a better look.

In the end he just started | jumping up and down anyway.

Yeah, I started it 'cause | I hated the Bromley Contingent,

and I invented a dance | that would involve

being able to knock them | all over the f***ing "1 00 Club,"

so I just used to | throw myself about.

Leap up like horizontal, | and sideways,

just like boing...

Boing, boing, boing.

You'd like land on them, | and smash them into the floor.

Yeah...

My name is Nick Kent.

I'm a...

A once-renowned journalist | for "The New Musical Express."

Well, Sid, | as he was known then,

who I'd encountered once before, | I'd not actually met him --

was obviously under | the influence

of some sort of amphetamines

or extreme adrenaline | propulsing stimulants.

Sid Vicious was looking | for a fight.

Just f***ing watch out, pal, | all right?

Or otherwise I'll f***ing | slice you open.

He hit me over the head | a few times with a chain,

which didn't require | any stitches, fortunately.

I sort of wandered upstairs | in a complete...

Iather of blood | and confusion.

I truly admire | their attitude,

I thought it was... | very brave.

Immediately before this attack | occurred,

John Rotten was deep | in discussion with Sid.

I figure that John was -- | "Johnny" -- as he's known,

was setting me up, | 'cause this is all true.

In fact, Sid got the name | "Vicious" from that fight.

John Rotten christened him | "Vicious" from that fight.

Said he, falling | against the door.

Sid Vicious got the name | after my pet hamster,

that bit him one day...

when he was trying | to be sweet to it.

And its name was Sid, | and he really liked that.

"Your Sid was vicious."

The group were doing a very | private, I think, secret show,

at "The Screen on the Green," | lslington.

I went along with a couple | of our A&R people,

and Chris Wright, | the chairman.

Knocked on the door, somebody opened | the door, and said, "F*** off!"

Well we weren't gonna be | dissuaded,

so we sort of tapped on the door | again and said, "We're invited."

And a head popped 'round again, | and said, "F*** Off!"

They were a particularly | ugly band.

# We're so pretty, | oh, so pretty #

# We're vacant #

# We're so pretty, | oh, so pretty #

# Vacant #

# Don't ask us to attend | 'cause we're not all there #

# Don't pretend, | 'cause I don't care #

And there was only a little bit | of a scuffle, nothing much.

I've known musicians | to defend themselves

if the thing goes | onto the stage,

But I've never seen musicians | drop their instruments

And sort of dive in | at a small scrap

And extend it, | and forget about the music.

And I found that a bit much.

I went back two or three times | after that,

just to make sure that... | you know, they were as bad

as I thought they were | the first time.

# ...and we don't care! #

Ever!

Why all the infamous | language?

"lnfamous language"? | You're joking.

I speak nothing but the f***ing | English language.

And if that's "lnfamous," | Then, huh-huh-huh, tough titters.

Basically, the Pistols' | attitude to the press

was one of completely | like "F*** you," you know?

I mean, just absolutely | "F*** you."

Which was great -- I mean, | it was the perfect antidote

to all the 99% of other | stupid rock groups

who like, licked the arse | of the press,

and, I mean, it worked | perfectly for them.

Mostjournalists | are masochists.

They're just toss pots, | most of them.

Don't accept the old order. | Get rid of it.

We've been there | for five years or more,

just waiting for this to happen, | and now it's happened.

It had to, it was the only thing | that could happen.

It was the only thing that | didn't come from the industry --

it came from the kids themselves. | Something had to come from the kids.

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