I followed the SEX PISTOLS on tour in 1978. See & hear what it was like for a fan! 

Thanks for this. Most enjoyable. They were the only band who did reject everything. Stunning recollection of an historic moment in time. It's a pity that there hasn't been a movement quite so shambolic, honest and truthful as The Pistols since.

I've probably watched 50,000 videos on RU-vid. This is absolutely the best!! Thank You so much for sharing! PLAY LOUD

You're incredibly fortunate to have seen them 3 times on this tour. I was only 10 years old, but I remember hearing about it on the news. Most people in America thought they were a bad joke at the time. I would kill to go back in time and see them.

God. Thank you for your memories. I'm from the UK and I was 14 at the time. My little town was venue to these guys in Dec 77. They played there last gig in Huddersfield Xmas 77 before going to the US in January where the band imploded. Thank you.

Us pistols stateside fans took alot of crap for liking them... u surely had quite an experience with them and thanks for sharing it... i still tell people NMTB is the greatest rock n roll album ever ...period

Thanks for posting - It is always great to hear stories from people who had their finger on the pulse and were able to witness and be part of history like this.

The only reason I know how to play the guitar is Steve Jones.

Thanks for relating the story, it was great. In 2014 I was a pizza delivery driver in an Italian restaurant in Brighton. One evening, Paul Cook was sitting there eating. As he went to leave, I briefly chatted with him. He said he's playing a gig across the road in an hour, why don't I come over. I said I can't, I'm working. He gave a sort of derisory laugh. He was right. I'd rather go see the gig than keep working that night, but I couldn't afford to lose the job. I saw the Sex Pistols in Finsbury Park in 1996, and Crystal Palace in 2004.Or 2002.

it makes me happy to hear Tulsa was your favorite because that's the only one I got to see. that show is still kind of a big deal around here even after all these years

You are so right. You've got to go see the bands you love when you can. You never know when it's their last show or when one of the band members will die. I saw Nirvana once in January 1994 in Seattle. Kurt was gone exactly 3 months later.

Brilliant,.thanx for sharing.SeX PisToLs’still the Greatest Rock n’Roll Band Ever!…X

That time period was an exciting time to be 18. Here in Memphis we were so hurt over Elvis death, that for some of us The Sex Pistols yanked a lot of us out of our shock of the grief we felt from losing Elvis. My girlfriend and I saw them enter the Talisyn ball room on union ave. We were out side the building and when the drums opened up it sounded like Thunder. Big Roar. When John Lydon, Johnny Rotten s. Sister passed by she said hi to me and my girlfriend. I know how juvenile this sounds but it was a moment I've never fogotten. Thank You for this upload. 👍👍. 🎸🎶.

Hi! I really liked the stories and the Steve Jones leather jacket story. Maybe it was because Sid Vicious apperared in the band in 1977 wearing a leather jacket "à la" Dee Dee Ramone or Lou Reed circa 1973, and so maybe Steve Jones felt that he should go for a leather jacket too, not to get behind in the style department (he always had great style!) ? But that that leather jacket came from Los Angeles, and that it was you who brought the jacket to London, to Steve Jones.. I think it's a great piece of information and fantastic story! Thanks a lot! :)

Wow such great memories those shows must be for you and we know what happened to punk rock from 78 on it just grew but you were lucky to see the pistols at their only American tour. Great video

The Sex Pistols are my favorite band and I was born well after their unfortunate demise. Seeing this raw footage, seeing it from another die hard fan perspective, and getting a feel for the times. I'm genuinely and sincerely thankful for this. Pistols rocked so much harder than everything else at the time and without them music that followed would be missing the "three chords and the truth" foundation that they laid. Much respect.

Thank you for this retro-diary. Your instincts to follow them so 'obsessively' were prescient, considering they ceased to exist mere days later. And in my opinion you caught the CLASSIC Pistols of the US tour, when Sid was more 'into his own' than even August '77. ⚡

Saw them in 96. They were great.

Thank you for the video!!!!!! Wish I was around then( was only 8 years old then). Actually went to Tulsa to see a concert at Cains last year. I was disappointed the manager wouldn't let me see the walll Sid Vicious punched in!!!

Good story pop history

Thanks so much for sharing your recollections. I'm a huge Pistols fan and have always been fascinated by this tour

Thanks for posting this excellent story. Really enjoyable, well edited and well thought out. Great to hear your thoughts from a fan’s point of view on that tour. ❤

I love hearing your stories, I was 18 when the Pistols came to Atlanta and I have always regretted not seeing them. You are so lucky to have seen them for 3 show and followed them too. What get memories you have and I totally enjoy hearing them.

Thts so awesome u went to 3 of the 7 shows. I was 5yrs old at the time or I woulda been to a few of those also. You seem like a really genuine & Kool person...I wish you were my neighbor 💞 thank you for the video

thank you so much for posting this and telling this story. It's nice to hear what it was like from the firsthand perspective of a fan at the time.

Thank you for a great video, your so cool talking about the Gigs. Nice One.

I loved this..These memories from people that were really there and lived it are just pure gold..Have a few myself of going to see The Jam and Paul Weller's dad letting us in to the sound check...My elder sister saw The Pistols, The Clash ect...Well jealous!! Great stuff..Love from North London ❤

Great stuff!!! Shows what they were really like, such a great band.

What an experience, you were very fortunate to have been there at that time. I was just too young (about to turn 12) when they did that tour. They'd just played their last ever UK gigs in my hometown, two benefits for underpriviledged children and striking firemen I think in the evening. The afternoon was an Xmas party which about 100 kids attended. I have friends who were there, although there's many more who'd say they were there than was physically possible lol. I believe John said it was his favourite gig at the time.

Thanks for posting!! 😀 I've been listeng a lot to the Sex Pistols, and to me it's pure rock'n'roll rather than punk. Unfortunately I was just a little kid in '78 so I never got the chanse to see them, wish I had.

I wasnt old enough to appreciate The Pistols in there glory. I came along a few years later. But my parents were huge fans of the band. Thank god because I had a superb education in popular music and great punk rock bands because of my folks. Thank you for your story. I was never lucky enough to ever see the band even after they reformed. Thhat album weather some bands like to admit it or not changed absolutely everything. I know the gigs in the states were crazy but I suppose it added to the mystique of the group.

Wow! You were actually IN the UK during the hype and height of their infamy and you had an invitation (pretty much directly from their PR office, so to speak!) to see The Sex Pistols AND The Slits...! ...And you *_COULDN'T/DIDN'T GO?!_* Aaaargh! What a massive bummer, to understate the issue! 😳😯😟😩 At least you saw them a little while afterwards in the US!

Thank you for your story! So amazing.

Hi Maggie it's Mimi Bordeaux again. I have already seen this video but I wanted to see it again. For memories sake and to keep the band alive in our hearts. Great video Maggie baby. Love everything you do. It's terrific. I'll be seeing you again soon 🎉😂😅

I lived in Dallas during their infamous performance there....was in rhe 5th grade! I was heavy into the punk scene by the early 80s

Very nice informative video hats off to you sweetheart great video this LP never mind the bollics saved us from the disco ball in the 70’s if you ask me thank god for the Sex Pistols who kept rock alive ❤️-- Anthony

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am living this moment and time through your words!

Thanks for the great video. I remember when they were in Tulsa. I was in high school. A friend had a car and was going to drive, then the snow came and we had school the next day. So we decided not to risk it. Still regret it.

Thanks for sharing! Nice to hear the stories from someone who was actually there.

I recognize you as a girl who was wise enough to know how to LIVE in the moment. You also recognize all the chaos at those shows as ...just "rock and roll". Everything from the preachers, to the haters, to the fans, to the band...it's just the rock scene. In my own garage band our rythem guitarist was discovered to be a cross dresser. The rest of the band kinda freaked. I just shrugged my shoulders and said "that's rock and roll". I think you and I would have gotten along famously in those days. Unfortunately I was 9 at that time. ..signed , a skate punk sex pistols fan from the 80s. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome memories.

Hi I was at the Randys show also. I was stage left in the front. I remember being pissed that people were throwing stuff at them. I was shocked when Sid clobbered that guy. I bought tix the day they announced it. Gen admission pink ticket# OOO1. Johnny autographed it for me. Years later my toddler daughter ate it😢

Thanks for this. I live in Long Beach Ca as I had in 1978. I was glued to KLOS radio; Los Angeles in 1978 with them sending a DJ to report on this tour. That DJ gave a seething report on the Sex Pistols. This Dj was frothing at the mouth how bad and unprofessional were the Sex Pistols. He hated them with a passion(or was paid to give bad reviews). I just turned 17 at the time. I think I remember thinking the DJ just didn’t understand. I learned decades later the Sex Pistols and punk rock was such a threat to the established music industry they went on the attack bribing radio stations to downplay punk rock or “new wave” and the likes of the Sex Pistols. Ironic that Steve Jones went on to have his Jonseys Jukebox show on KLOS. I became a Pistols fan during the 70s. I too saw them in 1996 here in LA at the Palladium. I think it was in 2007 when I saw them in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Joint. Both shows were great. After the show in Las Vegas I walked down the street to a punk club called the Double Down Saloon to get more hammered. Walking (staggering) back to the Hard Rock Steve Jones and a couple people were standing outside the Casino about 2-3am. I tried to put a couple words together to give appreciation but couldn’t out of stuttering, shock, awe, shyness and White Russians. Mr Jones being sober was probably just annoyed haha. One of the people he was with just gave me a stern look. I understood the look, me walking away past them me laughing at my own drunkenness/stupidity haha(fool). I rarely drink now, but I wish I would have able to say whatever it was I wanted to say that night. Again thanks for this video. Cheers

Subscribing! I am 66 years old and still a fan. Thank you friend, well done!😊

Thanks so much for sharing your memories of these great times! Appreciate the love and earnestness you poured into this! Memories from the heart and soul. Take care and have a great day.

What a great video! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I was 11 when this happened and had wondered what this was like.

So happy that you posted this. I loved the movie on vhs. Thanks for your personal perspective. You were one lucky lady to see them 3 times in their original form minus Glen. Cheers.

What a great story, what experience you have! Wowww! It is a great video! Yes, wish that they could make another album, that would be great! Greetings from Croatia!

Your story brought me sheer joy and happiness as 1 sex pistols fan to an other Amazing you got to kiss him! Thanks for sharing for such a important piece of punk history. I’ve got a copy of doa on vhs and recognized sue when u mentioned her .

Cool video and insights into how the pistols were. Back in 1977 i found out they were playing as the spots at cromer linx pavilion on xmas eve....it was about 25 miles from where i lived in a village with no bus stop in norfolk uk . As it happened to be my birthday, i tried to get my parents to give me a lift....their response : no, you can't go, we've got relatives coming for xmas and it's too far ....they were pretty open minded and weren't bothered it was the sex pistols or that i was turning 14 but were more concerned about how i'd get back 25 miles on xmas eve because i guess they didn't want to drive back out there to collect me ....completely reasonable logic of course....but not to me at the time 😅

Wow, that was great, I never heard a real fan experience like this one! "YOU" were really there! even in England as well. I was too young and got them a little late after it was all over, but I'm like you, am a big fan and rew up kinda catholic, if you know what I mean, and was kinda on both sides of the fence but loved the raw truth and power that the Pistols brought on stage! Thanks again cutie, Cheers!

As many others have said your recollections are fascinating. Meeting Malcolm and the band and finding yourself with decent people is so refreshing rather than the narrative that they were horrible- Sid was thick and couldn’t play etc. I always thought the US tour looked incredible and sounded great. I’m from the UK but for me the US tour was one of the great tours of any band and I agree with you that Malcolm’s idea was quite clever- the ‘attack’ of the band is so powerful. Just great to hear ur story. Hope Noel Gallagher has seen this!

Thank you so much for posting this, please never take it down! Footage of their ill fated US tour is like gold dust, and absolutely riveting viewing. For me all footage of the Pistols should be preserved in the British Museum - Rock And Roll section! Finding this doc has made my week!! Cheers!

Absolutely brilliant,Thanks for posting.

What a great video. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone

Thanks for sharing your memories with us. Awesome Sauc!

Thank you so much for sharing. This was a fantastic watch ❤

The story at the end, 'bout yer mum, the Kleenex box, your shoulder, all of it, I LOVED IT ALL! That was such a perfect way to round up her 'Tale of Disobedience; 1970's Style'. Loved it. Awesomeness in Print

Thank you for this wonderful video, very well made and enjoyable, you tell story’s so well

Thank you for sharing a piece of history!!! That must have been awesome

What I love about your posts is the way you speak simply as a fan of The Sex Pistols, them as a group. You just seem to love the music and the experience. I must have read numerous books and seen numerous documentaries about the Pistols over the years, but your take is engaging and personal. The Pistols as sociological phenomenon. The Pistols in relation to 1970s Britain. Anti-Stardom and the Pistols. I've read/seen them all (I love The Sex Pistols btw!) But your take is 'I was a fan', 'We followed them. They changed our lives.' I appreciate that. It's different, refreshing and honest. ❤

I noticed in the DOA movie the audio of the band is from the last gig in San Francisco, that was probably all they could get their hands on at the time.

What a fantastic story, I wish I could have been there , thanks for sharing , strange I came across this video , I was just listening to Filthy Lucre live yesterday I thought I lost it 👍

As someone deeply fascinated with pop culture of the age, I thank you deeply.

Thank you for sharing! Always loved the pistols! I enjoyed your stories!

I love this video. I am a musician, born in San Diego and moved to Tulsa in the early 80's. I have always thought it was cool that out of seven U.S shows, Cains Ballroom was number six on that tour. Did you know that Sid punched a hole in the dressing room wall? It was covered up for many years, but has since been removed and framed in the Cains office. I have played Cains Ballroom many times now and am honored to have played on the stage where the Pistols played. Out of the seven venues that they played, Cains is the only one still active. Thank you for sharing your story.

Fantastic story, love to hear any Vicious White Kids memories you have! Never saw the Pistols, I was old enough to see the reunion tours but thought 'it will never be the same'. It won't have been but I still should've gone 😢 I have seen Glen, Paul, John and Steve in other bands, Rich Kids being the one I am most proud of as I think they've only played three times since they broke up in 79

I apologize for commenting twice,,,,I just found your channel today....I love it....Thank you...I look forward to seeing more of your videos on your memories of this era....I could listen and talk about this kinda stuff for days....Very cool.....Man....you were so lucky to see all this live....Im glad I came across your channel...Im beyond intrigued and could probably ask you more questions than youre ready to contend with.

Thanks for putting this on great to hear your memories love iain Liverpool England

Living here in Dallas, i remember that show at the Longhorn, a guy from my street went there all the time...a country bar that would have other music styles on one night a week, he didn't know who they were...he was one of the people that threw stuff at the band...nice to hear another version of it!!!

I unfortunately, have never seen the Pistols live... BUT over the years, I did get to see the Ramones 12 times, The Damned twice and The Clash once (opening for the Who) who were also IMHO, the originators of the movement. It's funny that as you acquire age, experience & maturity how you look back on adolescence angst, both yours's and others. The Pistols expressed and reflected a confusing and (seemingly) hopeless time we were going through... Only to look back at it as 'the good ol' days' ... again, it's funny, at least to me at age 58...

Thanks for making this. Really got wrapped up in your story. An amazing cultural moment in history documented.

I’ve never heard an American express such warmth towards the Pistols. Many of us appreciate and love the band for their spectacular, timeless album and what they accomplished, but a sense of warmth? The way some feel about the Faces or the Clash? I don’t know. It’s refreshing to hear such a pure response to the Pistols.

Thank you for sharing. So great that you had the idea to follow the band for a few shows. I followed Pearl Jam around for a few shows on a few different tours.

Wow you were really a hep chick back in the day! I loved toodling out of the house telling my parents I was ‘spending the long weekend at a friend’s place’ while truly ending up driving a thousand miles (or two) to see a rocking band! Those were the best days of my life!

What a fantastic story and very well told. It sounds like an amazing experience and what can i say,the sex pistols live wow, thats one cool memory...

This lady ought to be a guest to reminisce on Steve's radio show at KOLS1 or whatever it's called......

This story is a true gem! Thanks for posting! I hope you kept your Seds gear!!!

Thanks for sharing. It is a fantastic perspective from someone who was at these - now legendary - shows. I had to wait until 1996 to see them at Finsbury Park. What a day that was!

Great insight, thanks . saw em in Melbourne OZ 1996 tour, fantastic band ,still luv em today ,thanks again

Love yr clip , thanx for sharing yr story ❤

Thanks for posting, you were very fortunate to have been there at that time.

Enjoyable listen to ayoung lady willingly experiencing first hand what was to be known as the pistols only US tour to part of the US you couldn't drag anyone to ever prior for a gig. I was born 3 years later. My friends cool hippy teacher mom dated one of the guys from the Shitdogs who opened at the Baton Rouge show. I try to show her off if we're in public to impress rockers cuz her attendence is a cool fact. Cool hippy mom says the Pistols were "intense.. she was seeing something she couldn't explain.... then it was all over by the next week..."

I was born at this time, wish I had been born earlier and actually had memories of this time and greatest era in rock music

Great video! Thanks for making the effort to share....

Totally excellent I enjoyed every second of this

That was so great! Thanks for sharing!

This would be on the same level as seeing the Beatles on their first American tour. In those days I was a hardcore prog rock fan but I was aware and receptive of the Sex pistols. I’m from Montreal so I never got to see the Pistols. I would have though if they had showed up. I didn’t understand it at the time but I knew something was up. John Lydon has grown in stature by leaps and bounds over the years. I have nothing but respect for him. I may not agree with everything he says but when he speaks I listen.

Great story. Loved hearing about the girl on DOA who said it worth all the trouble to come out here etc. I wondered about that long ago. What other bands did you see in LA? Did you see the Weirdos?

Great vid. Saw the slits at the electric balloon in 79. Still love Cut,fantastic album.

This was excellent! Thank you for sharing this!

You have some kool stories and great memories .I am also big music fan and jealous you sure got to see some good shows .thanks for posting the video I enjoyed it interesting

$3.50 was about half price to see a concert of a fairly popular band in '78. I saw AC/DC w. UFO in Nov. '77, for about the same price, it being a special half-price Thanksgiving show (AC/DC was just gaining popularity at that point, but was years away from being played on the radio). I saw Alice Cooper in summer of '78 (with AC/DC opening!) and it was $8 for a ticket. In 1977, I wouldn't have paid a penny to see The Pistols, but in the few short 46 years since that time, I came to realize that genre labels are b.s.....ROCK N ROLL is the only label needed for an original, groundbreaking band!

got the Randy's Rodeo gig on CD

Great stuff darling,I love these kind of Pistols reminiscences from those who were really there when it was all happening,I was a couple of years too young and too obsessed with football at the time so didn`t really start taking it all in and go to gigs in London until about mid-1978...You should write a book!!

I really enjoyed this. My thanks go to you

Thank you for taking the time to do this. Very nice. I’m the same age as you and would have loved to have been there!😊

Thanks for this I lived through this time was Mt growing up adore the pistols always did always will never again will we see this kind of powerful movement was pure but clever how it was done good old Malcom and Vivian Westwood RIP Sid 😊❤

Thank your for the insight. I always was told by word of mouth or in literature Sid Vicious could not play bass. I appreciate your experience.

What an experience! Seeing such an iconic band. Total envy. I had tickets to EODM a couple weeks before they played the bataclan and came down with the flu that night and missed the show. You better believe I was there for the next show. When in doubt always go to the show.

Thank you for that! xx

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!