Sex Pistols challenged royal fans again by releasing "God Save the Queen" again ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Sex Pistols shocked their subscribers on YouTube when the account uploaded a new music video featuring a May 1977 performance clip recorded by Julien Temple. It also has videos of the Thames riverboat party during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee Day.
"God Save the Queen" completed the whole music video with exclusive footage of the band's most influential female fans, including Debbie and Tracey, Catwoman and Helen of Troy, and Vivienne.
The re-release happened before Queen's Jubilee celebrations from June 2 to 5.
The song has been famous for its harsh lyrics. But the band's frontman John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), recently told Piers Morgan that it is not against Queen Elizabeth II as a person, but the royal family as an institution.
"It's anti-royalist, but it's not anti-human. I've got to tell the world this: Everyone presumes that I'm against the royal family as human beings, I'm not," he said.
Lydon added that he is actually proud of Queen Elizabeth II for surviving and doing well, as the past years have been an achievement for the monarch.
Aside from the song, Sex Pistols also released their "Pistol Mint Commemorative Coin" on May 30. It features artist Jamie Reid's Union Jack flag and the Queen sporting a lip piercing on the back.
Why Did Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen" Get Banned?
In 1977, Sex Pistol released an anti-royal song that compares the UK to a "fascist regime." It also claimed that the Queen is not a human being."
BBC and radio stations then banned it. Still, the song reached number two on the UK singles chart. Buzzes suggested that Rod Stewart's "I Don't Want To Talk About It" was maintained on the top spot to keep "God Save the Queen" off the number one.
Several retailers also refused to stock and sell the single, so they would not offend Queen Elizabeth II.
"If pop music is going to be used to destroy our established institutions, then it ought to be destroyed first," Labor MP Marcus Lipton said.
The song's title is also similar to the British National Anthem, "God Save the King," which was first released in 1745. The song is still being used today, substituting "Queen" for "King."
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