He said that during the word’s history, it had meant a small ball, a type of orchid and a nickname for a clergyman. “Professor James Kinsley, Head of English at Nottingham University and an Anglican priest, told the court the origins of the offending word. Equally young and ballsy in their approach to music and marketing, Virgin was exactly the right home for the Sex Pistols, and on 28 October 1977, the band released their now iconic debut album. By this time, the Sex Pistols were on the Richard Branson fronted Virgin Records, their third new label in about six months. This single was so controversial on its release in May 1977 that it was banned from being broadcast or promoted absolutely everywhere in the UK. So why all the fuss? If you really need to learn what the Sex Pistols achieved in their short but explosive music career, then check out our Retrospective on God Save The Queen. Even fewer will know the actual dates that these events happened – or be geeky enough to find out and place it all on ‘da net’ for posterity. While every man and his mutt have heard of the Sex Pistols, few will know that the artwork on their debut album cover Never Mind The Bollocks resulted in the arrest and trial of a record store manager in Nottingham. A special shout out to the local Libraries for having this brilliant archive material to hand. Never mind Black Friday – here’s The Sex Pistols Indecency Trial! When I did some investigative work earlier this year and discovered that 24 November 1977 was a very special date in Nottingham’s music history, I knew we had to celebrate it here on The Rockhaq Community. Retrospective: Sex Pistols Indecency Trial, Nottingham, 24 November 1977
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