Glen Matlock: Why I left the Sex Pistols 

He was a major force in the band. The other three have acknowledged that fact many times since.

Glen was probably the most talented guy in the group, he wrote alot of the songs. Then he was replaced by a guy who couldn't play a note🤣

I love the fact that Glen looks the best of all of them these days

I met him at a gig about 10yrs ago, genuinely nice bloke.

Glen Matlock is a legend. BTW - he looks great.

I liked him and agree with comment he wasn't the punk image. Great musician, he looks good and I wish him well!🥰

Cant help but like Glen. He and Paul Cook seem like real down to earth people.

in a previous interview years ago talking about the band and leaving etc, he said something like- "the qualities a person might have to make them a really charismatic compelling performer / rockstar may not make them exactly the kind of person youd wanna spend 7 or 8 hrs a day with in a bus or van..."

Glen getting the boot for not being cool enough is a joke considering in the Anarchy In The UK video he's looking very new wave, a fashion not even considered for another five years lol ahead of the curve much? Malcolm got rid of Glen because he was threatened by anyone he couldn't manipulate or who could outthink him. Glen was the first to ask 'where's the money'? It's all very clear.

McLaren both created and destroyed the Pistols, one album was all it was meant to be and it finished when it should have, everything fell into place and the legend was born.

OK, thank you for having him on.. everybody has different stories on why things happened or how things happened and things are so fictionalized. But I have to say that I really enjoyed Glen’s faces and answers on the Bill Grundy show.. it’s epic! Here’s The link if no one seen it before, and also someone actually made a short film I’d say maybe 24 minutes with different actors, that basically took everything word by word from the transcripts of the most shocking moment in history of British TV! Also, I have to say out of all the 4 original members, Glen is the most handsome! Wow!! 🔥 To save time I’ll post both links- enjoy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OC16gG5Rtzs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w3tqbmGjqOI.html

Why he left? He got booted out.

More of Glen here on Denmark St ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pcUopt5n4m8.html

he didn't leave,he was kicked out simple .

research all their stuff and it will become clear to you all

Sid was only in the band for his image looked the part music talents was nil shame about his back ground he was doomed so sad r I p

They were extremely lucky to have been involved in an explosive debut album. How it all came together and happened who knows.. elements of trickery and manipulation I imagine ..i.mean none of them could play properly. Malcolm probably had a lot to orchestrate it all. But talentless oiks there was no chance of it carrying on...they had a good run.

Subtitle please.

Kept washing his feet too much.

he got away from that crowd, dont blame him

It needed all 4 members to make the pistols what they were but Lydon was the energy and driving force and the only one with the stand out personality

Booted out, not because he wasn’t a good bassist, but because Sid was a better visual..

Not the same band after he left but Sid did a good job

Es verdad que Glen era bueno con el bajo, pero no pegaba con el estilo de los Sex Pistols, lo suyo era la musiquilla de los Beatles etc,etc....

Wtf, they got rid of him.

Dudes looking healthier than Sid.

🏁🌏

This is why I always chose rock or metal over punk. This guy 'was' (past tense) a punk, whereas rock / metal is a lifestyle that sticks with you. Genuine or fake? Rock / metal is genuine.

Maclaren ousted him

Cause he was always washing his fu***ing feet

Has he got some bubble bath on his chin

Washing his feet to much

I thought John Lydon was really cool when I was younger. But the older I get the more I realize he's a gigantic jerk. He's become a grumpy man. And it's tiring listening to him.

yah im pretty sure he got the boot

So which story is true? The docu showed it was Johnny turning on Glen with Malcolm But Glen here says he quit Which is it?

Too nice and a tad boring was Glen...that's all there is to it.

What a bore only thing he’s done since living of the back of John lydon is play bass for blondie Bore off no wonder they kicked him out early on

Terrible band

he ain't Punk..

Glen was sacked from The Sex Pistols cause Steve Jones was annoyed at him for washing his feet too much.

He got fired... end of story.... He didn't even play on the album.

He was sacked

Glen Matlock was pivotal to the Pistols. The band died after his departure.

Great guy. Played bass for Blondie in her big sell out gigs in london May 2022. He played with The Pistols last time they played in 2008. Brilliant shows at Brixton Academy.

Washing his feet to much

Glen is proof that clean living and a little bit of caring how you present yourself is key to a good look and feel.

John, felt outnumbered by Steve/cookie duo and wanted his mate in to balance it up. Malcolm liked the sid image and the pure anarchy of the destruction.

The Pistols would have been sh*t without Matlock, he brought a musicality to them that made them much more impactful. He's the reason their music has endured IMO. Without him it would just been a racket. They would have still had a huge inpact but their music would be forgotten.

I like Glen he's stood the test of time, throwing him in the melting pot with the other personalities wasn't going to work, even if he could play the bass. Cookie and Jonesy were big mates anyway, Lydon was hired purely to sing and image, along came Lydon's mate Sid purely as image potential and clothes horse along with Johnny. Let's not forget there was a huge element of manufacture with the Pistols, great music though. I'm glad Glen stayed out of it , probably did him a big favour, after seeing the Pistols on both of the reunion tours which I enjoyed emensely, its no surprise today they have ended up again in the same old place bitching about each other!

The main brain behind the band, and the least showy - normal bloke, QPR fan as well which obviously makes him a total legend

I think it was more of a personality thing than a musical thing, I think Steve Jones found him too meek and suave (he would have genuinely fit in quite well in Spandau Ballet) but when they got older and wiser they realised that didn't matter and his musicality definitely helped make them

If you listen to Jonesy’s Jukebox latest podcast, Glen and Steve talk about what happened. John and Glen had a falling out, Paul asked Glen to “pretend” to like John, Glen didn’t want to and left. Mean while John had been plotting to convince Sid that he should be the bass player, even though he couldn’t play. And it is true that Glen was the main riff and melody writer, to which Steve didn’t disagree.

That is the longest table ever, there's hundreds of miles between them.

good bassist though but he was like the odd piece in a jigsaw puzzle

and the band didn't last very long without him... so what did he miss out on really.... the chance to get assaulted in Texas?

Thank you!!!

Cook said Johnny and McLaren kicked him out.

Beating around the bush answering that question The answer is John did not like him and he persuaded the others it was best to sack him

the more i see of Mr Mattock the more i like him

He did not leave the pistols he was against the song anarchy and God save the queen and sadly they got rid of him,he is a brilliant bass player.

matlock was sacked his mother hated his association with the pistols when God save the queen came out simple as

TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!! HE WAS SACKED!!

Glen is a clever man. Great songs, great bass player & he dislikes brexit.

I like Jonesy too..

I think Glen was a talented guy who the rest didn't understand,,,,so let's dump him and get a bassist who couldn't play bass

He got kicked

He was the best musician in the band as well as the most intelligent. Never heard him give a sour or unpleasant interview, unlike the others.

Really if glen never left the sex pistols sid probably wouldn’t of died at such a young age Seeming as he never would of met Nancy and never would of gone to prison then overdosed

Lady in the blue is smoking 🔥

With Glen the Sex Pistols worked, without him they didn't. Period! McLaren screwed up the rest.

I liked him better when he used to play Meg Richardson in Crossroads.

It's cos he kept washing his feet listening to ABBA

thank god for Sid.

Grande Glen mitico