John Lydon denounces new Sex Pistols compilation
completemusicupdate.comWith Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols biopic TV series ‘Pistol’ set to arrive on Disney+ next month, Universal Music has announced a new compilation to coincide with it.
And everyone’s happy about that. Well, everyone except John Lydon, of course.A statement on Lydon’s Facebook page reads: “Universal Music Group have announced the release of a new Sex Pistols compilation entitled ‘The Original Recordings’.
For the avoidance of any doubt, John Lydon has not approved this compilation and does not endorse or support it. He has not approved the artwork or tracklisting”.“[Lydon] and his team were not involved in producing this compilation and consider it substandard compared to previous Universal releases since 2012”, it concludes.The 20 track compilation includes the bulk of The Sex Pistol’s one and only album ‘Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols’ – one notable exception being ‘EMI’, the album’s closing track that hurls insults at the former major label which is now owned by, oh yes, Universal Music.Bulking it out are tracks from ‘The Great Rock & Roll Swindle’ soundtrack – including covers of The Monkees’ ‘(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone’ and Eddie Cochrane’s ‘C’Mon Everybody’ – and a few b-sides.It’s perhaps unsurprising that Lydon has come out against the compilation, given its close association with ‘Pistol’.
Last year, the vocalist attempted to block the TV show – which is based on the autobiography of guitarist Steve Jones – from using the band’s music.The dispute between Lydon and his former bandmates – heard by the high court in London -centred on whether or not any one member of the Sex Pistols had the power to veto a sync deal.Jones, backed by drummer Paul Cook, said that an old band agreement meant that sync.
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