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Sid had almost nothing to do with the music. They were huge before he joined, after he joined they just became a circus. They were a great band with Matlock, without him it just stagnated.

There are some clips on Youtube from the early in 77 when Sid first joined where he was actually trying to play, people always use them to make the claim he could play but he's playing at a beginner garage band level. They were from their European tour mostly. Steve and Paul have both said Sid...

The Pistols never played in St Louis.

If I replied to everyone in one post it would be a wall of text. I'll just reply individually thanks.

Sid had never played bass before the Pistols. He obviously had "seen one" but he didn't own one and he sure didn't play one before the Pistols. As far as learning Ramones songs by "ear"? He played along with a Ramones record. I don't know why you guys keep acting like him playing with a...

Are you kidding me? Winterland is damn near unlistenable and Sid was awful. There are recordings of Sid's early shows with the Pistols and he was much better (because he was actually trying to learn and not strung out on junk) than the later shows. I mean, he still sucked but you could...

That's a moot point because the Pistols wrote great songs and rocked. God Save the Queen and Anarchy as powerful and moving as any rock song ever written. And stuff like Did You No Wrong, Submission, Pretty Vacant, No Feelings, etc, just great tunes. NMTB is considered one of the greatest...

If you think that's what it was about you haven't listened to it. Go listen to the early Pistols, with Matlock, they were a tight rocking band, that wrote great songs. Lydon's lyrics are world class too. And they looked great. After Sid joined it fell apart but the Pistols were great. So...

Dee Dee's whole life was a fantasy. He and Sid used to hang out and I'm sure Sid did talk about starting a band with him at one point or another but Dee Dee told a lot of tall tales. Between all the drugs and Dee Dee's mental illness I wouldn't put much stock in anything Dee Dee said.

What does "more punk" even mean? That he was a junky with a death wish and zero common sense?

Steve has said Sid might have played on a couple of the songs but he was buried so far down in the mix that it's almost impossible to hear. Steve also said it was a lucky break that Sid was in the hospital sick at the time of recording because Sid couldn't play.

Sid was every bit as bad as people make out. The dude was awful. The people that use his ineptness to slight the Pistols don't realize that Glen Matlock is a hell of a bass player or that Steve Jones played the bass on the album. I mean, just look at this thread.....almost 40 years later and...

Dee Dee could play basic notes on a bass and he could play fast but it's not like he was some great bass player either. I read an interview with him once....and this was in the late 80s, early 90s, where he talked about how he didn't even know the notes on his bass and by that point he had been...

Where is it "rumored" the Pistols had some guy playing behind a curtain? That's just stupid.

Why do people say "he listened to a Ramones record" as if that is some big deal? Ramones songs are all root notes they're as easy as it gets, bass wise. Everyone listens to and plays along with recordings when starting out. I mean, that whole anecdote comes from some story of Sid staying up...