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1977

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Vicious, Sid

Sid Vicious debuts with the band at the Screen on the Green in London

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Rotten, Johnny · Member of Sex Pistols

The band sign their third and final record deal with Virgin Records

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McLaren, Malcolm

The band release their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

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Rotten, Johnny · Huddersfield · Member of Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols final UK performance takes place at Ivanhoes, where the band play a matinee and evening show as part of a benefit for the families of striking firemen

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McLaren, Malcolm

McLaren organises a boat trip down the Thames where the Sex Pistols would perform their music outside Houses of Parliament, the boat is raided by the police and McLaren is arrested, thus achieving his goal to attain publicity

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McLaren, Malcolm

The band release their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The band release "God Save the Queen" during the week of Queen Elizabeth IIs Silver Jubilee.

1978

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Rotten, Johnny · Member of Sex Pistols

Rotten announces his departure from the Sex Pistols, amid a turbulent tour of the United States

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Lydon, John

McLaren is accused by band members (most notably by John Lydon) of mismanaging them and refusing to pay them when they asked him for money & they split during the American tour

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McLaren, Malcolm

McLaren is accused by band members (most notably by John Lydon) of mismanaging them and refusing to pay them when they asked him for money & they split during the American tour

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Temple, Julien

Cook and Jones star in the McLaren-scripted The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, directed by Julien Temple, the movie is McLaren's fictionalised account of the Pistols history;

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McLaren, Malcolm

Cook and Jones star in the McLaren-scripted The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, directed by Julien Temple, the movie is McLaren's fictionalised account of the Pistols history;

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McLaren, Malcolm

McLaren is accused by band members (most notably by John Lydon) of mismanaging them and refusing to pay them when they asked him for money & they split during the American tour.

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Tudor-Pole, Edward · Member of Sex Pistols

Edward Tudor-Pole replaces Johnny Rotten as vocalist for the Sex Pistols

1979

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Vicious, Sid

Sid Vicious records a live album, "Sid Sings", backed by "The Idols" featuring Arthur Kane and Jerry Nolan of the New York Dolls

1987

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Lydon, John

McLaren kept the Sex Pistols contract rights until Lydon took him to court in the 1980s to win the rights and unpaid revenues from McLaren. Lydon won and gained complete control from McLaren in 1987

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McLaren, Malcolm

McLaren kept the Sex Pistols contract rights until Lydon took him to court in the 1980s to win the rights and unpaid revenues from McLaren. Lydon won and gained complete control from McLaren in 1987

1996

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Rotten, Johnny · Member of Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols reunite for the "Filthy Lucre" tour

2000

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Matlock, Glen

The Julien Temple documentary "The Filth and the Fury", formulates as an attempt to tell the story from the bands point of view, in contrast to the earlier "Great Rock n Roll Swindle", told from McLaren's perspective

2007

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Rotten, Johnny · Los Angeles

Lydon, Jones and Cook re-record Pretty Vacant in a Los Angeles studio for the forthcoming video game "Skate"

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