46 years ago, a then historic heatwave gripped Europe. Out of the dying embers, 2 of the most incendiary moments in popular music history took place; the Bill Grundy interview of 1976, in which English punk rock outfit Sex Pistols executed a nihilistic verbal barrage aimed in the general direction of a drab post-war society in the grip of rising unemployment, was greeted by the tweed-clad public with shock and disdain. Their May 1977 single ‘God Save the Queen’ was greeted with almost existential dread. Thus, the emancipation of the youth of 1970s Britain by ripped clothes and spit was underway.
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Based on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir “Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol”, FX limited series “Pistol” will dramatize the rapid rise and fall of the group that molded an evolving music industry and youth culture, as well as the furor that followed them wherever they went.
Here’s the official synopsis for the 6-part series;
“Pistol” is a six-episode limited series about a rock and roll revolution. The furious, raging storm at the center of this revolution are the Sex Pistols – and at the center of this series is Sex Pistols’ founding member and guitarist, Steve Jones. Jones’ hilarious, emotional, and at times heartbreaking journey guides us through a kaleidoscopic telling of three of the most epic, chaotic, and mucus-spattered years in the history of music. Based on Jones’ memoir “Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol,” this is the story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
Jones, who serves as an executive producer, will be played by Toby Wallace, with Anson Boom, Christian Lees, Louis Partridge, and Jacob Slater completing the band. Maisie Williams, of “Game Of Thrones” fame, will also feature in a supporting role as punk linchpin Pamela Rooke. “Pistol” is directed by Danny Boyle and will, after a bitter legal dispute with former Sex Pistol, John Lydon, premiere on Hulu on May 31.
Watch the trailer below.