The filth and the fury

The Sex Pistols came to national prominence in 1976, after being interviewed by disgraced broadcaster Bill Grundy on Thames Television's Today programme. Johnny Rotten used the word "s**t" - then a clearly drunk Grundy tried to flirt with a young Siouxsie Sioux, prompting guitarist Steve Jones to call Grundy a "dirty old man". Grundy retaliated by asking the band to "say something outrageous", to which Jones replied "you dirty f**ker - what a f**king rotter". The Pistols were now famous nationwide. Grundy, however, got the sack.

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