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At the end of 2009, just a few months before he died, Malcolm McLaren put his musical life into context, in a programme first broadcast on 6 Music marking the end of the decade.

At the end of 2009, just a few months before he died, Malcolm McLaren put his musical life into context, in a programme first broadcast on 6 Music marking the end of the decade.

In From the Forties to the Noughties, Malcolm remembers dropping out of art school and setting up Live Fast Die Young on the Kings Road with Vivienne Westwood - the shop which eventually became SEX. Arriving in New York in his favourite black rubber coat and selling red PVC clothing to Debbie Harry and the New York Dolls. Meeting Johnny Rotten in SEX for the first time, getting him to audition an Alice Cooper track, and the Sex Pistols becoming the biggest-selling band at the time of the Queen's Jubilee. He also covers the origins of 40s music - organised crime and the cultural subversion of boogie swing bands.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Jan 2020 02:00

Music Played

  • Chuck Berry

    Let It Rock

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.
    • MCCD-019.
  • Elvis Presley

    GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT

    • THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.
    • RCA.
    • PD 90689-5.
  • The Impalas

    SORRY (I RAN ALL THE WAY HOME)

    • AND THE BEAT GOES ON: 50'S & 60'S.
    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 535 695-2.
  • Richard Hell & the Voidoids

    BLANK GENERATION

    • FLARES & VELVET COLLARS.
    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 565-477-2.
  • M Alice Cooper

    I'm Eighteen

    • The Definitive Alice Cooper.
    • Warner.
    • Warner-8122735342.
  • Screaming Lord Sutch

    'Til The Following Night

    • Joe Meek - The Alchemist Of Pop.
    • Castle.
    • CMEDD-496.
  • The Tornados

    TELSTAR

    • TORNADOS ARCHIVE.
    • RIALTO.
    • RMCD-228.
  • Billy Lee Riley

    FLYIN' SAUCERS ROCK 'N' ROLL

    • RED HOT.
    • CHARLY.
    • CP CD-8138.
  • Charlie Feathers

    Tongue Tied Jill

    • Can't Hardly Stand It.
    • El Toro.
    • etcd-1020.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Jan 2020 02:00