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Scanning the pages of Time Out magazine, a London ‘what’s on’ guide, the three friends find no listing for the Sex Pistols. By chance, reading a review of a Thames Television series called Rock Follies – about a female rock group – they stumble upon the headline ‘It’s the buzz, cock!’ Trafford suggests that this phrase, with its hint of aural and sexual irregularity, would make a great name for a band.

That afternoon, a telephone call to the offices of the NME puts them in touch with the Sex Pistols’ manager, Malcolm McLaren, who informs them of gigs that night and the following day. They plan to travel to both. In the evening, the Sex Pistols play High Wycombe College of Further Education. McNeish, Trafford and Boon attend. Devoto remembers in Product how, ‘Rotten was being very abusive and moody, I remember his shoes and a ratty red sweater. We thought they were fantastic.’