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Sex Pistols Punks have always been known for pushing the envelope, but the Sex Pistols pushed it farther than anyone to date in the genre of punk music. The Sex Pistols boisterous lyrics and edgy appearance led for them to be heavily censored by the radio and print media and even banned in many places, Britain and abroad. They were like nothing seen or heard before. Their torn clothes and spiked hair sent a visual message that they did not care what others thought. The band was actually put together by Malcolm McLaren, who used the band as an advertisement for his fetish clothing store. Their chains, tight leather, and torn clothes have since been associated with punk. The Sex Pistols’ first single, “Anarchy in the U.K.” released in 1976, went to #38 on the Billboard charts in the U.K., but even though it was successful, their record label E.M.I. dropped them soon after they hit the charts. The song, which begins: “I am an anti-Christ, I am an anarchist,” was censored by all of British radio, partly because of the lyrics, but mainly because the band’s image and behavior. Their behavior was first seen by the masses in an interview on the “Today” show sex, band, pistols, because, virgin, tour, punk, popularity, behavior, banned, band’s, album, uk, soon, single, show, said, released, radio, later, label, first, even, dropped, chart, british, became, audience, am, after, 1977, vicious, under, torn, thought, steve