Glen Matlock

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Glen Matlock is an English bass player, born on 27 August 1956 in Kensal Green in London. He attended Saint Martin's School of Art and worked in Sex, Malcolm McLaren's clothes shop. There he met the guitarist Steve Jones and the drummer Paul Cook. Together they formed the first line-up of the Sex Pistols. Matlock played bass and sang backing vocals on Anarchy in the UK. He is credited as a writer on ten of the twelve tracks on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, even though he had already left the band by then.

Music and breakthrough

In February 1977 he left the group. McLaren said at the time that he had been thrown out because he liked the Beatles. Matlock himself said that he was fed up with the hassle, and that there was tension with Johnny Rotten. His place was taken by Sid Vicious. He then formed Rich Kids, a new wave and power pop band with Midge Ure and Rusty Egan, who had a hit in England in 1978 with Rich Kids. He also played on albums by Iggy Pop and The Damned.

Influence

Matlock later rejoined the Sex Pistols for reunion tours in 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008. He also played with the Faces and made records of his own, such as Who's He Think He Is When He's at Home? (1996). He is the melodic writer behind the first punk hits.

Listening

Discography

Studio albums

• 1996Who's He Think He Is When He's at Home?
• 2018Good To Go
• 2023Consequences Coming