Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock recently blamed his former bandmate John Lydon and his controversial opinions for preventing the Sex Pistols reunion. During the interview with Goldmine, Matlock was asked about reuniting with the band, to which he responded with:
“I’ll never say never, but on the other hand, there’s another expression: don’t hold your breath. With the qualifying bit on end, don’t hold your breath because you might suffocate. Honestly, as far as the Pistols go, I don’t think it will happen.”
The bassist then revealed ‘the reason,’ mentioning Lydon’s ‘controversial‘ political opinions, saying:
“There’s too much water under the bridge with all those guys. Enough water where I don’t feel I could take the stage with people who have publicly supported Donald Trump.”
Matlock mentioned the same matter again in an interview a few months earlier. Discussing his bandmate’s political views, the bassist stated:
“Johnny Rotten, he’s on the other side (more right wing views), but I don’t know if he is. I think he just says what he says just to get in the paper. I doubt his sincerity about all that but by whether he voted for Trump or the Tories in England and if you don’t mean it I think that’s pretty poor.”
In the same interview, he added:
“I do not want to stand on stage next to somebody with a MAGA [Make America Great Again] hat on, it’s not good, it’s not a good look. There is something about the fella [John Lydon] that I didn’t trust and I think it’s taking a long time for me to realize what that was all about and in the past few years I’ve realized what that was all about. I always say never say never again but I would say no MAGA hats.”
John Lydon is known to support Donald Trump publicly and call him ‘the only hope‘. The lead singer has also expressed his boredom with left-wing ideologies earlier. He said:
“Trump is not a politician. He’s never claimed to be. How unusually exceptionally wonderful is that for people like me, working class people. We’re bored of ‘intellectual’ left-wing ideas. We can’t take much of you. You talk twaddle. Everything you do – you just miss the point of who the general population are.”
The lead singer also discussed how others respond to his opinions, saying he felt that there was no empathy for him. He said:
“There’s no understanding, no empathy for another point of view. No room for being an individual. The internet has made people so volatile! That’s why it’s easy for me to say ‘I like Trump’, and see how that kicks off.”
Though a Sex Pistols reunion still seems unlikely, the band members continue to work on their own music. The bassist released his latest solo album, ‘Consequences Coming‘ on April 28.
Lydon’s band Public Image Ltd. is set to launch a new album as well. The second single from the album, ‘Car Chase‘ was released two weeks ago, and the album ‘End of World’ is scheduled to drop on August 11th.
