The residents of Caerphilly were taking no chances. Pubs and cafes locked doors and boarded windows, the local constabulary called in reinforcements and divine protection was sought by a Pentecostal preacher whose tirade outside the cinema could not have been more furious had Satan himself been about to appear.
The four skinny young men scheduled to perform in the Welsh market town on that cold December evening in 1976 were the Sex Pistols, the punk rockers who were to become one of the most notorious bands in rock n roll history.
But they met their match in the good folk of Caerphilly. Even before Johnny Rotten could scream I am an anti-Christ from the opening lines of the Pistols first single Anarchy In The UK the hundreds gathered outside were belting out Christmas carols as loudly as they could.
The acclaimed 64-year-old director will lead a six episode limited FX series, based on legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones' 2018 memoir 'Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol'
Prepare to be excited if you're a fan of the Sex Pistols, as award-winning director Danny Boyle is making a TV series about them. He directed Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave.
Danny Boyle got his chance to explore the mod rock icons the Beatles with
Yesterday, and now he’s shooting straight for ’70s punk rock with
Pistol, an FX limited series that follows the life of Sex Pistols guitarist
Steve Jones.
FX announced that it has ordered Boyle’s
Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones based on Jones’ 2018 memoir
Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol. Boyle will direct and executive produce the series, which was created by Craig Pearce and written by Pearce and Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Here is the synopsis for
Pistol, per the press release:
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