Glen Matlock is “not stunned by” his punk rock legacy.
Intercourse Pistols star Glen Matlock has revealed why he’s ‘not stunned’ by his punk rock legacy
The 68-year-old star was a part of the Intercourse Pistols within the late Sixties and when requested in regards to the devices he performs, admitted that he’s not shocked by the “large hand” he had in serving to “invent punk rock” with the actual guitar he used on the time.
He informed The Occasions: “Bass and guitar. My first guitar is within the vault of the Arduous Rock Café in London. It’s a very beat-up outdated acoustic guitar. It’s not stunning that I had an enormous hand in serving to invent punk rock from the best way that guitar sounded.”
However the ‘God Save the Queen’ hitmaker by no means received spherical to studying the keyboard on a complete degree and desires he had carried out so as a result of he “hasn’t progressed a lot” on that since he was in school.
He added: “I want I’d learnt the keyboard. I can play somewhat bit — I do know my triads, majors and minors, sixths and sevenths. I haven’t progressed a lot from doing piano classes after I was in school. They bit the mud as a result of I stored getting known as in for chemistry retests, which had been on on the identical time.”
Glen additionally revealed that his “favourite piece of music” is ‘Heroes’ by the late David Bowie, which was launched virtually 50 years in the past.
He mentioned: “‘Heroes’ by David Bowie. An imposing tune of hope and perseverance. It’s of its time, earlier than the Berlin Wall got here down — he clearly felt we had our backs in opposition to the wall, which is echoed with what’s happening all over the world now. I met Bowie a number of occasions and what I preferred about him was he all the time appeared genuinely enthusiastic about what you needed to say. We watched the Speaking Heads as soon as collectively in New York.”
