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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols album cover
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
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Anarchy in the U.K.

"Anarchy in the U.K." is the debut single by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released on 26 November 1976 and later featured on their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The track is a landmark of punk rock, built on raw, aggressive guitar work that makes it an essential study in stripped-back power chord playing and punk rhythm technique. Its straightforward yet energetic guitar parts offer electric guitar players a direct entry point into the punk genre.

  • The song was the Sex Pistols' debut single, released in November 1976, marking a defining moment in punk rock history.
  • It ranks at number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
  • The track is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, highlighting its lasting influence.
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Steve Jones occasionally used Les Paul Standards alongside his Custom, leveraging the same mahogany body and humbucker character for thick, sustaining midrange tone that defined the Sex Pistols' raw punk aggression.

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Jones's white 1974 Les Paul Custom was his signature instrument, delivering fat warmth and midrange bite from stock T-Top humbuckers that cut through heavily cranked tube amps without requiring effects.

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Jones cranked the Fender Twin Reverb to natural breakup in the studio, letting the power tubes saturate at high volume to generate the thick, driven distortion core to 'Never Mind the Bollocks' without pedals.

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