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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

12. The Sex PistolsNever Mind The Bollocks

I was a weekend punk. It has got to be in the top ten best albums ever. It’s one of those records that your parents would hate so you loved it. The whole rebel thing was the main thing. ‘Pretty Vacant’, when I first heard that I thought bloody hell… Again, my best friend, he was into The Sex Pistols before I was, and this was one of the first bands that he switched me over to, I thought "Yeah, they’re pretty good". [laughs] We weren’t early punks or anything, we weren’t on the crest of it. We were in Basildon, Essex, so we were two years too late. I could never make a record like that, I wouldn’t know where to start, so I have admiration for people who can do that kind of stuff.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Noel Gallagher
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