Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers – No More Heroes The Stranglers – The Stranglers (EP) Stinky Toys - Stinky Toys Suicide – Suicide Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 Television – Marquee Moon Throbbing Gristle – The Second Annual Report Ultravox! – Young Savage 7" Ultravox! – Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Wire – Pink Flag Disbandments The Heartbreakers London Events Andy Czezowski opens The Roxy (London) venue in January solely for punk acts. The Clash perform opening night. Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock is fired from the Sex Pistols and is replaced with Sid Vicious. Matlock forms The Rich Kids. In February Howard Devoto left Buzzcocks. Guitarist Pete Shelley became the vocalist. The Clash begin their White Riot tour, 1 March in Guilford, supported by The Jam, Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect. After a dispute The Jam leave the tour in March. The Stranglers embark on a three-month nationwide tour in May They are supported by the band London. The Sex Pistols' single "God Save the Queen", released on 27 May, reaches number two on the British charts. Banned by BBC Radio 1 the title is left blank in the chart listings. In June, Sex Pistols rent a boat to traverse down the Thames during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration. Police force them to dock, several Pistols fans are arrested and injured in the meleé. Among those arrested are Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, artist Jamie Reid, Tracie O'Keefe and Debbie Juvenile (Bromley Contingent). The Boomtown Rats appear on Top of the Pops. The first punk/new wave band to appear. Roxy deejay Don Letts begins filming The Punk Rock Movie, taking London punk scene video footage and editing it into a documentary. On 28 October, Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is released by Virgin Records. Despite being banned by most of Britain's record shops, reaches number one on British charts. In December, Elvis Costello is banned from Saturday Night Live and NBC. The studio pressured Elvis to play his single, "Less Than Zero", he instead performed his anti-media anthem, "Radio Radio". 1978 Bands formed Angry Samoans Charged GBH Cardiac Kidz Dead Kennedys Dangerous Rhythm Descendents D.O.A. Fastbacks Fatal Microbes Fol Jazik The Go-Go's Nervous Gender Pekinška Patka Peter and the Test Tube Babies The Plasmatics Public Image Ltd The Reactionaries The Ruts The Scientists T.S.O.L Social Distortion