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Capturing the anarchy in the Sex Pistols

A file photo taken on March 18, 1996, in London shows the four surviving members of the British punk group, the Sex Pistols. From left: Paul Cook, John Lydon, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock. (Photo: AFP)

LONDON: “Are we doing any spitting?” asked a man in the crowd at the 100 Club, a small, red-walled underground space, redolent of spilled beer, cigarette smoke and a thousand lost nights, just off London’s Oxford Street.

Yes, there would be spitting. The club was the setting for an early Sex Pistols gig, which this past June was being re-created for “Pistol,” a six-part series about the British band, directed by Danny Boyle and streaming on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in other territories,…

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