Along with The Clash were the Sex Pistols at the cradle of the English punk movement that would forever change the music around the world. Inspired by New Yorkers as The Ramones and The New York Dolls, The Pistols tinkered with a hard, confrontational and primary sound with flaming guitars, nihilistic lyrics and an emphasis on technique triumphed over passion and anger. Thus they paved the way for
… the musical and cultural revolution of the late seventies. Although punk outside the American mainstream would continue until the nineties, the effects were of punk and its musical offspring - post-punk and new wave - felt worldwide. The Sex Pistols brought as a devastating blow to the prog rock and soft rock which had hitherto dominated the seventies.more
