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UK punk legends Sex Pistols will re-release their alternative
national anthem - 'God Save The Queen' on 28 May, reports music-news. And this
time it has nothing to do with Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee which she is
celebrating this year. It will be exactly 35 years and a day after 'God Save
The Queen' was first released, in a barrage of controversy the likes of which
the UK had rarely seen. No one had ever dared question the Monarchy so
publicly; and it wasn't without its repercussions. Members of the band were
attacked in the streets; and Government Members of Parliament even called for
the Pistols to be hung at Traitors' Gate! Originally released on 27 May 1977,
during the Queen's Silver Jubilee, 'God Save The Queen' made its mark in
history. The BBC amongst others refused to play it and although it technically
out-sold the Number 1 record of the week (The First Cut is the Deepest by Rod
Stewart) 'God Save The Queen' peaked at Number 2 in the singles charts. The
powers-that-be refused to acknowledge it but the Sex Pistols were Number 1. On
the Jubilee holiday itself, 7 June 1977, the Sex Pistols arranged their own
Jubilee tribute with a boat trip along the River Thames in full view of the
Houses of Parliament. After playing a handful of songs Police boarded the boat
and arrested several people; including the band's then manager Malcolm McLaren.
Their now legendary album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols'
will also be re-issued in September of this year as an expanded and repacked
release to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of its release. Visit www.sexpistolsofficial.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sexpistolsofficial
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