Pistol
The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
Overview
The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
Craig Pearce
Creator / EP
Episodes
1. Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility
Desperate to escape the bleak future that society has decreed for him, charismatic Steve Jones convinces Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, The Swankers. But Steve discovers that his “Cloak of Invisibility” cannot shield him from the audience’s gaze.
2. Track 2: Rotten
As Steve grasps his final chance and attempts to learn guitar in five days, a fury named Johnny Rotten arrives on the scene and the Sex Pistols are born.
3. Track 3: Bodies
As Steve and Chrissie Hynde begin to make more than just music, the Pistols begin to wreak anarchy in the U.K. and Johnny Rotten takes deeper inspiration from a grieving young woman.
Cast & Crew
Toby Wallace
Steve Jones
Anson Boon
John Lydon
Christian Lees
Glen Matlock
Sydney Chandler
Chrissie Hynde
Talulah Riley
Vivienne Westwood
Maisie Williams
Jordan
