Documentary in Works Based on Memoir by Founding Member Glen Matlock
VMI Worldwide is producing I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, adapted from Matlock’s 1990 book and featuring exclusive interviews with rock n’ roll legends from the era.
British punk rockers The Sex Pistols are getting a new documentary, based on the memoir by one of its original band members.
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, adapted from the tell-all 1990 novel by bassist Glen Matlock, is being developed, with VMI Worldwide producing.
The film will follow Matlock’s journey as a Pistols founding member and musician who wrote 10 of the 12 iconic tracks on their only studio album, Never Mind The Bollocks.
He provided bass and backing vocals on “Anarchy in the U.K.” and then left in 1977.
The docu will chart the “Pistols’ rise to global infamy with insightful account of a group of malcontents, determined to change the music business and to attack hypocrisy and stale conventions in society at large.”
The bass player’s contributions to The Sex Pistols have been downplayed, especially by Jones, although drummer Paul Cook later asserted that Matlock had written most of the songs on Never Mind the Bollocks.
The terms of Matlock’s departure from the band have also been disputed, McLaren falsely stating at the time that he was “thrown out” for liking The Beatles. In I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, he claims that he left of his own volition as he was “sick of all the bullshit.”
The documentary will contain never been told facts about the Pistols from the band members and exclusive interviews with rock n roll legends from the era.
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol is directed by Andre Relis (Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon, NWA & Eazy-E:Kings of Compton) and Nick Mead (Clarence Clemon–Who Do You Think I am).
The film will be produced by Matlock, Jessica Bennett (Darkness of Man, The Price We Pay) and Nick Mead with Stephen Nemeth (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dogtown and Z-Boys) serving as executive producer.
“In the landscape that is music, music that has changed the world, The Sex Pistols created a revolution,” said Nick Mead co-director. “They made one album, and Glen Matlock wrote the songs that defined that revolution. The time has come to tell his story.”
Added Matlock: “Being a teenager in the Sex Pistols was a life changing experience. I am thrilled to share the stories from my book in this documentary with the backing of this talented group of filmmakers.”
