Glen Matlock (born August 27, 1956 in Paddington, England) was the original bass player of punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He left that band in late February 1977, the legend being that he was 'thrown out' because he "liked The Beatles" (although in a television interview in 2002, Pistols guitarist Steve Jones claimed the real reason was that Matlock was "always washing his feet"). However, in his autobiography I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, Matlock himself has stated that he left the band of his own volition as he was "sick of all the bullshit". Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious (who did not play bass very well but was offered lessons by Matlock), and went on to form The Rich Kids, a New Wave/power pop band, with Midge Ure, Steve New and Rusty Egan.

In John Lydon's autobiography Rotten: No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish, Lydon claimed incorrectly that Matlock worked on later Sex Pistols material (including their album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols) as a paid session musician. Glen only played on "Anarchy in the UK" which was recorded and released as a single while he was still in the group. (The remainder of the bass lines were played by Jones. Vicious recorded a bass part for "Bodies," however, Jones later overdubbed this as well). Matlock later played bass with Vicious in the short lived band Vicious White Kids.

Matlock rejoined the surviving Sex Pistols members for reunion tours in 1996, 2002 and 2003.

He is a vegan and is opposed to animal testing and fox hunting. He now owns a house on the Isle of Wight

External links

• Glen Matlock's website

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