Glen Matlock born 27 August is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols , although he had left the band early in the recording process.
Since leaving the Sex Pistols in , he has performed with several other bands, as well presented his own work. Matlock attended Saint Martin's School of Art until However, his overall contribution to these songs has been disputed: Jones said in a interview he was "tired of Matlock's claims that he had co-written some of the punk icon's biggest tunes", stating that he himself had written as many songs as Matlock, [2] whilst Matlock himself notes in his autobiography, I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol , that the band only wrote two songs after his departure.
Matlock left the band in late February , [6] with contemporary reports given to news outlets by manager Malcolm McLaren stating that he was 'thrown out' because he "liked the Beatles ". The claim was fictional. In I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol , Matlock stated that he left the band of his own volition as he was "sick of all the bullshit". Music historian David Howard states that Matlock did not participate in any of the Never Mind the Bollocks recording sessions. Who cares if he washed his feet?
That was him. I'm sure I had things that bugged him". Jones said that the group would have recorded more albums if Matlock had stayed in the band and they had not participated in the television interview with Bill Grundy.
Matlock went on to form Rich Kids , a new wave power pop band, with himself as bass guitarist and singer, Midge Ure guitarist, singer and keyboard player , Steve New guitarist and singer and Rusty Egan drummer.
