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Glen Matlock’s ‘I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol’ Documentary Tells His Side of the Punk Saga

Rolling Stone·Andy Greene·29 days ago
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"For anybody interested in the birth of British punk and its effect on the then-wider music scene, I’d suggest it’s essential viewing, but then I would say that!" says the Sex Pistols bassist Four years after guitarist Steve Jones teamed up with director Danny Boyle to tell the saga of the Sex Pistols from his perspective in the FX miniseries Pistol , which took a somewhat loose approach to facts, founding bassist Glen Matlock has joined forces with directors Andre Relis and Nick Mead to tell the band’s story as he saw it in the new documentary I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol. The film features new interviews with Matlock, Jones, Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook, Bill Idol, Debbie Harry, and many other key figures from the punk scene. It will be available to buy or rent on digital streaming platforms on May 26. Pre-orders begin May 12 on Apple TV. In this exclusive clip, Matlock talks about co-writing “God Save The Queen.”  I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol is loosely based on Matlock’s 1996 memoir of the same name.…

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