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While the board of EMI were sitting in their top hats and pin striped suits, discussing the sacking of the Sex Pistols from their record label, the loveable spike tops were in the basement studio, several floors below, recording 'No Future'. That was December 1976, days after the Bill Grundy episode where the bad language and sneers of Rotten, Cook, Matlock and Jones almost caused the UK to sink into the Atlantic. As it turned out, the band were only recording demos, one of which is the aforementioned 'No Future'. The song was eventually recorded for release as a single, by which time it had been trimmed, the lyrics were firmed up (the line 'God save Windowlene' didn't make the cut) and it became the record we loved so well. The record that was banned by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and denied being number one this week in 1977, despite selling more copies than Rod Stewart's The First Cut Is The Deepest/I Don't Want To Talk About It, which was the official number one. It was, of course, the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Don't talk to me about conspiracies. Rotten could still end up in the Tower.

Saints - This Perfect Day
Jilted John - Jilted John
World Domination Enterprises - Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Flaming Groovies - First Plane Home
Celibate Rifles - 24 Hours (SOS)
X Ray Spex - Highly Inflammable
Sex Pistols - No Future
Moondogs - Dream Girl
MC5 - Rambling Rose
Castaways - Liar Liar
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Cramps - Don't Eat Stuff Off The Pavement
Essential Logic - Aerosol Burns
dBs - Big Brown Eyes
Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna
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