Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock
Matlock in 2017
Background information
Born	(1956-08-27) 27 August 1956 (age 68)[1] London, England
Origin	Paddington, London
Genres	Punk rock rockabilly new wave
Occupations	Musician songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar guitar vocals
Years active	1973–present
Labels	Virgin Phantom Sound & Vision Warner Bros. EMI Peppermint Majestic
Member of	Sex Pistols The International Swingers Blondie
Formerly of	Rich Kids Vicious White Kids Bette Bright and the Illuminations The Jimmy Norton Explosion The Spectres Hot Club The London Cowboys C.B.I. (Concrete Bulletproof Invisible) Glen Matlock & the Mavericks Dead Horse The Philistines Dead Men Walking The Flying Padovanis Slinky Vagabond The Faces

Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956)^[1] is an English musician, best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols' only officially released studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, although he had left the band early in the recording process, credited as bassist and backing vocalist on only one song on the album, "Anarchy in the U.K.". However, on the bootleg album Spunk, Matlock played bass on all the songs, which included earlier studio recordings of 10 of the 12 songs that later appeared on the Bollocks album.

Since leaving the Sex Pistols in 1977, he has performed with several other bands, including Rich Kids, who scored a UK #24 hit with the single "Rich Kids" in 1978, as well as presenting his own work. After the death of his replacement in the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Matlock has resumed bass guitar duties for subsequent Sex Pistols reunions, including the 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour, the 2002 concert to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, their 2003 North American Piss Off Tour, and their 2007–08 UK and Europe Combine Harvester Tour.