As bands in the U.S.A. such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Queen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd were alive and well, in England Punk rock was just getting its roots in. This is a review of one of the most influential albums belonging to the punk rock genre.

This album by the Sex Pistols produced by Chris Thomas and Bill Price and belonging to the Virgin record label, was released October 27th, 1977.
The same year, it reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Never Mind the Bollocks consists of eleven songs,
1. “Holidays in the sun”
2. “Liar”
3. “No feelings”
4. “God Save The Queen”
5. “Problems”
6. “Seventeen”
7. “Anarchy in the U.K.”
8. “Bodies”
9. “Pretty Vacant”
10. “New York”
11. “EMI”
The lyrics to these songs are very politically based; including mentions of abortion, anarchy and the Berlin Wall.
The band members played the following roles in the album:
Johnny Rotten-lead vocals
Steve Jones - guitar, bass guitar, backup vocals
Sid Vicious- Bass Guitar in “Bodies”
Glen Matlock- bass guitar on “Anarchy in the UK”
Paul Cook-Drums

The quality of the music, in my opinion, is superb. Others may believe that they vocals are shoddy, but in the genre of Punk Rock the music is not necessarily supposed to sound “good”, it is all about the message.

Many people in the past, and today still, would probably be appalled by the lyrics this album brought to the unwashed masses. This is album is considered by some to be one of the most .controversial ever.

Although most people have never heard of this band or album, and most never will, I hold it to be true that this album in itself has shaped the future of all Rock music and absolutely distinguished the thick line between Punk Rock and every other musical genre.




Citations:
"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.