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January
4: The Evening News reports that the band has shocked and revolted
passengers on their flight to Amsterdam. The band mime to Anarchy In
The UK on the 'Disco Circus' TV show. 'Disco Circus' came from an old
circus tent in Oud-Valkeveen.
January
5: Lantaren
Venster, Governeurstratt 133, Rotterdam.
January
6: Paradiso Club, Amsterdam (recorded). Set List: Anarchy In The UK / I
Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / Satellite / God Save The Queen /
Substitute / No Feelings / Pretty Vacant / Liar / Problems.
January
7: Paradiso Club, Amsterdam. This is Glen Matlock's last concert with
the Sex Pistols until the reunion in 1996.
January
17th to 20th, 24th, 26th & 28th at Gooseberry Studios / Eden
Studios, London. The band work with producer Dave Goodman. Tracks
recorded: God Save the Queen / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Liar / EMI /
New York.
The session will later appear on the "Spunk" bootleg album and is now
available on official releases.
January
20: Malcolm McLaren meets A&M records.
January
22: The contract between the band and EMI is officially terminated.
January 27: Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren meet people from Warner
Bros.
January
(exact date unknown): A studio session is
filmed (partial) in the end of the month. A part of it features in "The
Filth & The Fury" movie with Johnny Rotten singing God Save The
Queen.
The
French music magazine BEST reviews the Punk movement in England with a
2 page article about the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Damned called
"Anarchie au Royaume-Uni?"
February
4: Talks take place regarding Johnny Rotten's friend and band's fan Sid
Vicious (from Flowers Of Romance and Siouxsie and the Banshees)
replacing Glen Matlock in the band.
February
13: A phone call interview with Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and Nancy
Spungen is broadcast on KROQ radio.
February
28: A telegram from Malcolm McLaren tells the press that Glen Matlock
has been sacked from the band. Glen later counters this by saying he
left of his own accord, and McLaren tried to persuade him to stay. He
is replaced by Sid Vicious. Glen goes on to re-sign with EMI with a new
band, the Rich Kids.
February:
Wessex studios, London. Producer: Chris Thomas. Steve Jones plays most
of the bass parts.
March
1: The band is rehearsing.
March
3: Wessex studios, London. Record EMI, God Save The Queen, Did You No
Wrong, Pretty Vacant. This version of Did You No Wrong is
available on CD2 of the NMTB Super Deluxe Boxset released in September
2012.
March
4: Wessex Sound Studios, London.
March
5: Photo session. The Sex Pistols are photographed by Malcolm McLaren
and Jamie Reid.
March
9: The band signs a new recording contract with A&M records.
 March 10:
Sex Pistols re-sign the contract with A&M in front of
Buckingham Palace for the press and British television. This can be
seen in "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle". The band is also filmed
inside the Sex shop with Vivienne Westwood being interviewed (this
features in the "Number One" film). A press conference takes place at
the Regent Palace in London.
March
11 (March 12?):The band is filmed rehearsing. No Feelings features
(incomplete) in "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle".
During
the night of March 11th to March 12th, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and
friend Jah Wobble are at the Speakeasy, London. Trouble flares with Old
Grey Whistle Test's presenter Bob Harris and his sound engineer George
Nicholson. Sid Vicious fights with Nicholson and injures him in the
head with a broken bottle.
March
16: The band is sacked by A&M records. The single God Save The
Queen / No Feelings (AMS 7284) will never be sold in the shops. Only a
few original copies exist. In 2003 counterfeit copies surfaced and the
single is now available in different vinyl colours.
A press conference takes place in Glitterbest offices with Malcolm
McLaren and the Sex Pistols. A part of this press conference features
in "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle".
March
17: The Evening Standard reports the Sex Pistols have been sacked by
A&M records.
March
21: Notre Dame's
Hall, London (filmed): This is Sid Vicious' first gig as a Pistol. The
band is filmed by an NBC TV crew. It's not a public show, only a few
people are here. Parts of Problems can be seen in the "New Elizabethan"
documentary and NBC "Time and Again" programme.
March
25-27: The Sex
Pistols are in Berlin for a holiday. They are filmed in front of the
Berlin wall. The footage can be seen in "The Filth & The Fury"
movie. It is during this stay in Germany that the band has the idea for
a new song, Holidays In The Sun.
March
26: Articles appear in Melody Maker and Sounds about A&M
sacking the band.
March
(exact date unknown): A photo session takes place with photographer
Janette Beckman in the early days of March. Some of these pictures
feature in various books such as "The Inside Story" by Fred &
Judy Vermorel.
KROQ
radio broadcasts a phone call interview with Sid Vicious and Johnny
Rotten recorded around the day the band signed with A&M.
April
3: Screen On The Green, London (recorded + filmed). Set List: God Save
The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / Satellite / EMI /
Liar / Pretty Vacant / Problems / No Feelings / Anarchy In The UK / God
Save The Queen.
Support band: The Slits. The film "Sex Pistols Number One" is shown
before the concert. The concert is reviewed in the press by Jon Savage.
Don Letts films the concert with his super 8 camera and parts of the
footage can be seen in "The Punk Rock Movie": God Save The Queen
(encore) / Seventeen (incomplete) / Liar (incomplete) / Pretty Vacant
(partial) / New York (incomplete) / God Save The Queen.
Satellite (partial) appears in "Punk Attitude", the Don Letts
documentary.
Bootleg available: "Sid's Debut" LP (Nasty Nasty).
April
12: The band is interviewed by Mike Flood Page.
April
14: Photo session for German magazine Bravo and photographer Adrian
Boot.
April 21:Wessex Sound Studios,
London. Recording of Problems, No Feelings, Liar,
Seventeen. Seventeen is available on CD2 of NMTB Super Deluxe Boxset.
April 22: Wessex Sound Studios, London.
Recording of Satellite, New
York, Submission, Holidays In The Sun, EMI. All tracks except New York
available on available on CD2 of NMTB Super Deluxe Boxset.
April
26: Wessex Sound Studios, London, minus Sid Vicious. Japanese
journalists from Kodansha magazine are in the studios. They interview
Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Johnny Rotten, and another person (maybe
John Rambo?). After the interview, all three members perform two songs
recorded by one of the journalists: No Feelings / Problems. Some
pictures of this event also exist.
May
6: Wessex studios, London.
May
13: The Sex Pistols minus Sid Vicious sign a recording contract with
Virgin Records. Sid Vicious, who is in hospital, will sign the contract
a few days later.
May 16: Wessex Sound Studios, London.
Recording of Seventeen
(available on CD2 of NMTB Super Deluxe Boxset), Pretty Vacant, Holidays
In The Sun, New York, Liar, Problems.
May 22: The band is
making the video of God Save The Queen at the Marquee Club, London.
Photographer Dennis Morris takes pictures which are available in the
books "Rebel Rock" and "Destroy".
May
24: Photo session with photographer Barry Plummer. The band encounters
some trouble with a policeman in the street.
May
26: Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, Sophie Richmond and Julien Temple are
in Paris for showing the "Number One" film at Le Palace.
May
27: Release of the God Save The Queen / Did You No Wrong single on
Virgin records (VS181).
May
28: Steve Jones and Johnny Rotten are on the front page of the NME.
June
4: Melody Maker reports the event with the policeman during the photo
session of May 24.
June
7: Thames River boat party, London (filmed). This is an event to
promote the new single. The band plays Anarchy In The UK / Pretty
Vacant / Problems. Parts can be seen on various videos including the
French release called "Acceleration Punk".
According to press reviews, the band also plays I Wanna Be Me, Holidays
In The Sun, No Fun and God Save the Queen. Some French journalists are
on the boat, including Philippe Manoeuvre from Rock & Folk
(pictured with Jordan by Dennis Morris) and people from Paris-Match.
Pictures taken by Dennis Morris are available in his book "Destroy".
The police arrest several people including Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne
Westwood, Sophie Richmond and Jamie Reid.
June 11: Wessex Sound Studios, London.
Holidays In The Sun, Body
(later Bodies) with Sid Vicious on bass. Both songs available on CD2 of NMTB Super
Deluxe Boxset.
June
12: Sunday Mirror carries the front page headline "Punk Rock Jubilee
Shocker".
June
13: Jamie Reid is attacked in London.
June
18: Wessex Sound Studios, London: Mixing of Bodies.
Johnny Rotten, Bill Price and Chris Thomas are attacked in London.
Jon Savage reviews the Jubilee boat trip in Sounds magazine.
June
20: Paul Cook is attacked in London.
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