Danny Boyle's 'Pistol,' based on guitarist Steve Jones' memoir, diverges from the usual emphasis on Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and 'Sid and Nancy.'
,” et al.) and written by Baz Luhrmann’s go-to scenarist, Craig Pearce. The singular form of the title tells us that the series, premiering Tuesday on FX on Hulu, is not the story of the band so much as of a particular member — a bias, or angle, quickly apparent from what’s onscreen. Even John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, who for many isSex Pistol, takes a bit of a back seat.
ROTTEN LUCK : Punk’s John Lydon Survived the Sex Pistols, But He Hasn’t Yet Managed to Save the WorldNightingale is dismissed and McLaren moves Jones to guitar, an instrument he cannot yet play, which makes room for John Lydon , who famously auditions singing over Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen” on the Sex jukebox. Thus, with Lydon renamed Johnny Rotten, are the Sex Pistols born; they write songs, play gigs, become a national scandal.
The tale of the Pistols is often framed as a tussle between Lydon and McLaren . Did McLaren create Johnny Rotten, chasing his dream of a band of “sexy young assassins,” or did he merely take credit for Lydon’s native genius? Was it a matter of marketing or music? It’s a war of avant-garde intellectuals. But Jones offers a third, more conventional angle, a good old garage-to-glory tale of rock ‘n’ roll.
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