Sex Pistolssss

If history remains to be written and rewritten, constructed and reformulated, than seeing how the Sex Pistols would be called a major event in history is easily understandable. In the seventies as they broke onto the scene with success but also hostility, their home country saw them as a threat and a menace to society. The stature of this ground breaking punk-rock band can be seen now very clearly but back then with songs like” God Save the Queen”, the Sex Pistols were viewed as a disrespectful group of miscreants looking to sway their audience into a hardnosed havoc filled type of life.
After looking at how these punk rockers actually defined an entire sub-culture of teenagers who were fed up with normalcy, it is clear that even in present day they have had everlasting effects on popular culture. By looking at how the chaos and havoc of the Sex Pistols culture has has had everlasting effects on society it obviously can be rapped around an important movement in history. People, especially teenagers and young adults were sick and tired of being told what to do, how to act, and which path to take. Instead of falling in line and listening to what your parents, teachers, and elders were telling them to do, instead they rebelled against everything.
Why do teenagers to this day sport mohawks, dye their hair bright blue, or dress in a way that will surely get them sent straight home? The essence of what the Sex Pistols were trying to convey in their short period in the limelight was exactly what can still be found in every high school/middle school to this day. Obviously the kids who are thinking for themselves are going to wake up and not want to fall in line, and in order to express their sense of self they are left with the punk rock generations model of how to piss off authority and have a way cool new hairdo.
Kaiti g.