Glen Matlock and the Sliding Doors moment that sparked the punk rock fuse

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 11:30 a.m.

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Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London\\u2019s 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir \\u2018Triggers\\u2019, stories of his early life in the late \\u201850s and \\u201860s, his brief and riotous shift in the Sex Pistols and his colourful adventures since. The full cast list includes Jeff \\u201cSkunk\\u201d Baxter, the DJ Mike Raven, Gary Glitter, John Peel, Kenneth Horne, Malcolm McLaren, Nick Kent, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, Midge Ure, Wally Nightingale, Blondie and Bill Grundy.

 

You get a real sense of the fabric of London around Ted Carroll\\u2019s record stall in Ladbroke Grove and around Denmark Street when the Pistols lived and rehearsed there. And look out for the night they played a Conservative Club to a crowd of six, the time McLaren begged him to return as \\u201cit wasn\\u2019t working out with Sid\\u201d, the Filthy Lucre reunion and his luminous account of Johnny Rotten\\u2019s audition backed by a jukebox playing Alice Cooper.

 

Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London\\u2019s 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir \\u2018Triggers\\u2019, stories of his early life in the late \\u201850s and \\u201860s, his brief and riotous shift in the Sex Pistols and his colourful adventures since. The full cast list includes Jeff \\u201cSkunk\\u201d Baxter, the DJ Mike Raven, Gary Glitter, John Peel, Kenneth Horne, Malcolm McLaren, Nick Kent, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, Midge Ure, Wally Nightingale, Blondie and Bill Grundy.

 

You get a real sense of the fabric of London around Ted Carroll\\u2019s record stall in Ladbroke Grove and around Denmark Street when the Pistols lived and rehearsed there. And look out for the night they played a Conservative Club to a crowd of six, the time McLaren begged him to return as \\u201cit wasn\\u2019t working out with Sid\\u201d, the Filthy Lucre reunion and his luminous account of Johnny Rotten\\u2019s audition backed by a jukebox playing Alice Cooper.


Recorded in front of a live audience at 21Soho, London, on November 27th 2023.

 

Glen\\u2019s tour dates are here: http://www.glenmatlock.co.uk/

 

And you can order \\u2018Triggers\\u2019 here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/triggers/glen-matlock/9781788709446


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