The Sex Pistols re-released the anti-establishment song "God Save The Queen" in time for Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, more than four decades after it was first released.
The song's co-writer, the band's founding guitarist Glen Matlock, has disclosed that his opinions on the monarchy have "not altered," stating that the Queen is out of touch with "what's going on."
During a Friday visit on "Good Morning Britain," the 65-year-old revealed that he is relieved to be out of England in the meantime.
Presenters Ranvir Singh and Adil Ray asked Glen if his anti-royal beliefs had evolved over time, to which the artist said, he really has no personal beef against the queen, especially since so many people love and respect the monarch. But in his personal view, he thinks she is just not as aware of real life as people think she is.
"If I'd have realised it was the jubilee would've brought Queens Park Rangers T-shirt, that's as royalist as I get," he joked.
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After being banned by the BBC for its anti-royal lyrics, Sex Pistols have re-released the song in time for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Nevertheless, despite the prohibition, the song reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart at the time.
During his appearance on GMB, Glen shared that the song "did shock people," stating: "I think the God Save The Queen song did shock people, we were just speaking our minds about things it wasn't a political statement, we didn't want to be controlled by that."
He said however, they feared that not all will have the same perspective.
The re-release precedes the Tuesday release of "Pistol," a series on the band created by filmmaker Danny Boyle.
In typical Pistols form, the series has divided the remaining members of the band. Frontman John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, deemed it "disrespectful" and engaged in a court struggle with his ex-bandmates to prevent the use of Sex Pistols songs in the series.
He failed.
Upon its initial release in 1977, "God Save The Queen" was banned by the BBC and commercial radio, and numerous retailers refused to stock the album. It nevertheless reached number two on the singles charts and number one on the NME chart.
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