So, I wrote a couple of other songs that were a bit more in keeping with what the album was about in my mind. And then when I back to England, I thought “Well, this is not quite an album.” Not the number of songs but they all fit together as a kind of whole. We recorded about 18 songs but a few were covers we did for a laugh. Instead of doing a heavy rock record, I’ve really enjoyed doing the acoustic thing. That’s why I made my record sound the way that it does. I’ve played in Japan, Australia, South America - Iceland, even. I’ve been doing loads of solo shows, all around the world, for the past 10 years. Then maybe I’ll come back in September with a band.
Right after that, I met this guy Jon Halpen, who said, “Do you wanna come do some shows ?” And they offered me these three shows as a ‘come and say hello’ kind of thing. earlier this year in England, I have done. I’m not the most organized guy in the world, and I didn’t get to tour it. Well, I put my album out at the tail end of last year. Tell me what prompted this sort of mini-tour of the States that you’re doing now. In addition to several tunes from Good To Go (including the single “Sexy Beast”), he included songs from both the Pistols and Rich Kids catalogs as well as covers of Bowie’s “John, I’m Only Dancing,” Richard Hell’s “Blank Generation” and Scott Walker’s “Montague Terrace in Blue.” I spoke with him backstage, before the show, and found him to be a down to Earth guy with a singular history and a good sense of humor. The show itself was just Matlock and his guitar but he turned in a spirited and diverse set to an adoring crowd. In June, he did a three date mini-tour of the States which kicked off at Joe’s Pub in NYC. This year, Matlock is touring in support of his most recent solo effort, Good To Go. Matlock has also reunited with the other three Pistols (Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook) for the occasional tour. He’s played with everyone from Iggy Pop to The Faces (probably the band who influenced him the most) and, more recently, has fronted The Philistines. The Rich Kids called it a day as the ‘80s dawned but he stayed busy - and has remained busy to this day. Matlock, on the other hand, has spent the last four decades or so as a working musician. In truth, he was little more than a junkie who was in the right place at the right time. He wasn’t much of a bassist and, unlike Matlock, added nothing to the band’s songwriting catalog. But it’s also obvious that Vicious had little (if any) musical ability. Even Rotten told the noted UK music journalist Jon Savage, “Glen was… the best musician out of the lot of us.” His replacement, Sid Vicious, certainly added to the Pistols’ legend - and there’s no question that his attitude was more in line with their punk rock ethos. What’s also clear is that with all due respect to the Pistols, the band suffered musically from Matlock’s departure. The Rich Kids unveiled their debut album, Ghosts of Princes In Towers, in 1978. Bearing in mind that there are three sides to every story, the bassist’s claim that he left the Pistols by choice is substantiated, among other things, by the fact that he had already started another band. While the relationship between Rotten (or Lydon) and Matlock has been bumpy over the years, it’s also clear that the popular narrative isn’t factual. The popular narrative, of course, is that Matlock didn’t actually leave - that he was sacked by Johnny Rotten and company for liking The Beatles and for not being “punk” enough. Additional reading at this fan site and at his Facebook page.Īmong the many “what if” questions that abound in rock and roll’s 65-year history, it’s interesting to wonder what might have happened if Glen Matlock had not left The Sex Pistols. But if you put a three-legged one, it stays there.” The erstwhile Sex Pistol, Rich Kid, Philistine, and more has never been unsteady, that’s for sure… Mr. Rock musician quote of the year: “If you put a four-legged table on rough ground, it’s wobbly.
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