Pistol

Based on Steve Jones‘ 2017 memoir, Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistols, the series follows the journey of the founding member and guitarist of the Sex Pistols.

There is a lot of sex, violence and swearing.

And shot in 4:3 with a grainy filter that immediately takes us back to the 1970s era dominated by these bands.

The performance of the actors is excellent.

In the second half of the 1970s, a new kind of music was emerging that spoke of people‘s problems such as unemployment, marginalisation, the suburbs.

Songs with repetitive chords, a pounding rhythm and short, provocative lyrics

The revolution was not only about music, but also about style.

Young people went around with coloured hair, crests, pins, chains, black leather jackets and black boots.

The image young people gave was one of anger, of indifference, of feeling free.

Challenging society, especially in this case British society, branded as antiquated.

In this context, the Sex Pistols‘ album, ‘Never Mind The Bollocks‘, was released in the autumn of 1977 and was an incredible success.

In my humble opinion, the real success of the Sex Pistols is that they brought thousands of young people to play for fun. They created a new way of understanding music, music for everyone.

Available on Disney+