re: The Sex Pistols played Baton Rouge in 1978

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like who?

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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

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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.