Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan 27 years old

Here’s the Sex Pistols – the original Sex Pistols, with Glen Matlock on bass – in an intense, non-stop onslaught of pure punk rock in a 1996 reunion tour, shot at the fabled Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. John Lydon returns as Johnny Rotten, with two-tone hair, red shorts, and no letup from the famous raw, shouted vocals with which he helped invent UK punk in the 1970’s. Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook blast out the music in the Pistols’ trademark fast, tight, loud style, reviving a host of Sex Pistols favourites. While the great punk-rock moment that the Sex Pistols created and owned in the mid-1970’s was brief and fleeting, this concert shows that punk rock – and the band that made it famous – will never die. A searing evening of wild music.

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Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan Cast

Name Character
Steve Jones He was 40, now 68 years old as Himself
Glen Matlock He was 39, now 67 years old as Himself
John Lydon He was 40, now 68 years old as Johnny Rotton (Himself)
Sid Vicious He was 39, 21 years old when he died as Himself
Paul Cook He was 40, now 67 years old as Himself

Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan Crew

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Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan (27 years)

  • Release day: Friday, August 23, 1996
  • Runtime: 60 minutes