Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK / Pretty Vacant
2007 Guitar Hero III Re-Recordings…

October 16th 2007

The Sex Pistols re-recordings of 'Pretty Vacant' and 'Anarchy in the UK' are now available to download via iTunes. Both tracks were re-recorded especially for use in the 'Guitar Hero' video game in 2007.

The Pistols legendary 1977 album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' also gets its first ever official North American download release, also via iTunes.

'Pretty Vacant' and 'Anarchy in the UK' are available for the first time ANYWHERE as individual downloads exclusively via the iTunes store worldwide. They are also released in high quality DRM-free audio format.

After being approached for inclusion in 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock' it was discovered the original multi-track masters for 'Pretty Vacant' and 'Anarchy in the UK' had been misplaced; Activision then invited the band to re-record them instead.

In June 2007 – virtually 30 years since they last recorded together – John Lydon, Steve Jones & Paul Cook; along with original producer Chris Thomas – entered The Boat studios in LA to record live studio versions of the tracks. To help maintain the classic sound of the original recordings they utilized an analogue sound-desk (circa 1969); first built for George Martin at Air Studios, London.

Speaking of the re-recordings in his recent JL.Com interview John commented: "It’s exactly like how we did it in the first place. With Chris Thomas on the controls; and me, Steve and Paul. That’s it the three. Because Glen wasn’t really a part of the band at that time when we recorded ‘Bollocks’… We had to learn how to do this as a threesome for a long, long time with Sid on stage! You know! We had to record the album in the first place that way. So it flowed really well… It sounds great. It really does. It sounds really great fun…"
Read the FULL interview here…

Guitar Hero

See our 2007 "Sex Pistols Rumour Control" interview with John for more information on the Guitar Hero III re-recordings, plus much more…