Sex Pistols' bass player Glen Matlock has told the rest of the band to keep their language clean on the band's forthcoming reunion tour because his son will be at some of the gigs. However, John Lydon is seemingly having none of it, despite being a bit more understanding than he perhaps would have been in his younger days. He told reporters: "[Glen's] been saying that all this swearing should stop. I understand he's a father and doesn't want his son to have to hear foul language. [But] I wrote in 'Bodies', 'Fuck this and fuck that / Fuck it all, and fuck the fucking brat' and I don't think there's a clearer song about the pain of abortion. The juxtaposition of all those different psychic things in your head and all the confusion, the anger, the frustration, you have to capture in those words". So I guess that's a no then, Glen.
The Pistols' November reunion tour, in celebration of 30 years since 'Never Mind the Bollocks' was released, visits:
8, 9, 12 Nov: Brixton Academy, London
17 Nov: MEN Arena, Manchester
19 Nov: Brixton Academy, London