Prior to 1977, my interest in music stretched to watching Top of the Pops every Thursday evening, listening to Radio One and Radio Luxembourg on a battered transistor and reading snippets of information in 'Fab 208' and other teen magazines. My fledgling record collection was a mix of glam and pop, with a few other random tunes thrown into the pot. 'Mr Soft' by Cockney Rebel, 'Dance With the Devil' by Cozy Powell and 'Killer Queen' by Queen spring to mind. I didn't see the Pistols interview on the Bill Grundy show at the end of 1976, but I did read a piece about it in one of my mum's weekly magazines a few months later. It had clearly been published to inform unsuspecting parents of teens of the new cultural phenomenon. I distinctly remember it included the iconic "beer spray" image taken by EMI's official photographer, Peter Vernon in the basement/garage area of the EMI buildings. The photo became inextricably linked to the notorio...