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Tag: Bernard Rhodes

1950s

‘What goes into a Continental Keyhole?’ How Malcolm McLaren conjured the name ‘Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols’ from the seamy 50s and 60s Britporn mags strewn around 430 King’s Road

In October 1974 Malcolm McLaren conjured an unusual group name for four young musicians who congregated at his shop at 430 King’s Road. At the time the transition from the premises’ previous incarnation as Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die to Sex was nearing completion; in fact the teenagers Paul Cook, Steve Jones, […]

February 10, 2020
1970s

Extremely rare Sex Pistols/Smoking Boy shirt up for sale

“This was my first attempt at making a Sex Pistols T-shirt. I wanted to create something of a stir” Malcolm McLaren, 2005 An extremely rare and controversial T-shirt from the first run produced by Malcolm McLaren in the early spring of 1976 for the new group he managed, the Sex Pistols, is up for sale […]

December 16, 2019