Punk-pioneers the Sex Pistols will be putting out a live DVD on June 30th. There’ll Always Be an England, is “a concert film lifted from several performances the perpetually reunited band put on last November at London’s Brixton Academy.”

“In addition to 16 tracks culled from the gigs, Always will include nearly 100 minutes of extra junk, including the Pistols’ guide to London, archival footage, interviews, and the like.”

While a lot of drum magazines/websites don’t usually cite Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols as an influence or give him much attention, his 4 on the floor driving style and compressed drum sound have influenced a ton of drummers. I am not sure what kind of drum kit he currently plays though as pictures of him and his drum kits are few and far between. I have seen various pictures of him playing Tama drums more recently, although I have seen pictures from the 70’s of him playing other kits such as Slingerland and Ludwig.

The DVD should be really interesting and a great way to check out Paul Cook’s playing and kit, even though it’s not 1977 anymore, although he’s probably gotten better over the years…one would hope.

-Sex Pistols Tour Dates-

06-07 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
06-11 Birmingham, England - Academy
06-13 Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
06-14 Newport, Isle of Wight, England - Isle of Wight Festival
06-20 Venice, Italy - Heineken Jammin’ Festival
06-23 St. Petersburg, Russia - Jubeleyny Arena
06-25 Moscow, Russia - SSA Luzhnik
06-27 Borlänge, Sweden - Peace & Love Festival
07-04 Piest’any, Slovakia - Hodokvas Festival
07-05 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Open’er Festival
07-06 Bobital, France - Bobital Festival
07-11 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival
07-13 Novi Sad, Serbia - Exit Festival
07-18 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-19 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-31 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival
08-02 Lokeren, Belgium - Lokerse Festival
08-03 Loch Lamond, Scotland - Live at Loch Lamond
08-09 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-10 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08-16 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-20 Riga, Latvia - Riga Arena
08-22 Tallinn, Estonia - Saku Suurhall
08-23 Helsinki, Finland - Ice Hall
08-31 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival

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