2nd July 2012
This day in Sex Pistols history… July 2nd 1977. The Sex Pistols release their 3rd single ‘Pretty Vacant’. The single peaked at Number 6 in the charts and was the first Pistols record to receive any real radio airplay. Perhaps due to having less controversial content than its predecessors. Though, if the powers-that-be had noticed John Rotten cleverly subverting “Vacant” to “Va-Cunt” they might not have been so keen.
The single has also been re-released today to mark its 35th anniversary…