Permanent historical factsheet

Pretty Vacant

Great Britain · Arts / Popular Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1977Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1977

Paul Cook1 July 1977

London · Arts / Popular Music

Drums on Pretty Vacant, one of the band's most successful and enduring singles.

Steve Jones1 July 1977

London · Arts / Popular Music

Plays guitar on Pretty Vacant, giving the single its sharp and anthemic sound.

Johnny Rotten1 July 1977

London · Arts / Popular Music

Sings Pretty Vacant, turning the title phrase into a defining punk slogan.

Names involved

Johnny RottenPaul CookSteve Jones

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.