{"product_id":"sex-pistols-poison-in-the-machine-paperback","title":"Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Scanlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sex Pistols reimagined as manager Malcolm McLaren's explosive, world-shaking art experiment.\u003c\/b\u003e The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock 'n' roll cliché. In 1976, the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos and confusion. In this book, John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom, and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism. As Scanlan shows, McLaren deliberately set a collision course with establishments, both conservative and counter-cultural, and succeeded beyond his highest expectations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScanlan tells the story of how McLaren's project--designed, in any case, to fail--foundered on the development of the Pistols into a great rock band and the inconvenient artistic emergence of John Lydon. Moving between London and New York, and with a fascinating cast of delinquents, petty criminals, and misfits, \u003ci\u003eSex Pistols: Poison in the Machine \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a book about a band, it is about the times, the ideas, the coincidences, and the characters that made punk; that ended with the Sex Pistols--beaten, bloody, and overdosed--sensationally self-destructing on stage in San Francisco in January 1978; and that transformed popular culture throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Scanlan \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and cultural historian based in Manchester, UK. His previous books for Reaktion include \u003ci\u003eEasy Riders, Rolling Stones: On the Road in America, from Delta Blues to '70s Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemory: Encounters with the Strange and the Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVan Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock'n'roll\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.71 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089525494067,"sku":"9781836392897","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/yDFgKSaB0k9781836392897.webp?v=1789592028","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/sex-pistols-poison-in-the-machine-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}