Movie/DVD Review

What do the Sex Pistols and the Backstreet Boys have in common? They were both manufactured bands with an agenda. However, unlike the Backstreet Boys, the Pistols threw a monkey wrench into the music world changing it forever with one record, Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols. For two years the punk pioneers reined as England’s most embarrassing export as they set out to offend everyone in their path. Two years was all anyone in the band could handle and in 1979 the brash quartet imploded.

Originally released in 1980, The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle is a satirical look at the rise and fall of the most infamous Punk bands ever. The film was perceived as a self serving project for the Pistols’ former manger, Malcolm McClaren as he gives instructions on how to fabricate a band and sell it the world while being followed by a punked out midget. By the time actual editing began on the project Sid Vicious was dead and Jonny Rotten was estranged from everything to do with the band, especially McClaren. However, through interviews and live performances mixed with a lose narration from Malcolm and guitarist Steve Jones, director Julien Temple pieced together a comprehensive mockcumentary which holds up even in today’s MTV attention span generation. Songs include: "God Save the Queen," "No Feelings," "Pretty Vacant," "My Way," "Rock Around the Clock," and many others.

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