like who? not trying to start shite, i'm genuinely curious. keep in mind, the "punk" i'm referring to wasn't/isn't what the mainstream perceives it to be, but rather the scene that was/is in place before & after the sex pistol's existence. i won't doubt if a few bands were inspired by them, but influenced? i mean, musically speaking, 'never mind the bollocks' has more in common with hard rock/metal (albeit much sloppier & lacking any technical proficiency) than anything i've heard from other punk bands....

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Posted by Sayre

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Posted on 1/15/14 at 1:14 pm to vandelay industries

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like who?

Pick just about any punk band in Great Britian at that time and they all have some Pistols influence. I generally think it took a couple years for that direct influence to show up in the U.S. after the Pistols were over, but from what I can hear and what I remember reading they said at the time, American punk bands claim them as being influential.

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albeit much sloppier & lacking any technical proficiency

We're hearing two different things. I don't find Never Mind The Bollocks to be either sloppy or totally lacking in technical proficiency. As a matter of fact, they caught flack from some of the punk fans and their peers at the time because it was too polished for their taste and because it actually sounded like they could play their instruments on the record. Ya gotta remember, the only one who really couldn't play was Sid, and the only track he was on (Bodies), he'd buried under overdubs and you can't hear him playing.

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