Ray Stevenson's Extraordinary Photos of the Clash and the Sex Pistols...

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The February 21, 1976, issue of the New Musical Express warned readers: Don't look over your shoulder but The Sex Pistols are coming. 'They were like a million years ahead,' The Clash's Joe Strummer later told

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'The Anarchy Tour' of 1976, one of the most famous tours in rock 'n' roll history, almost never happened. The historical tour in question featured some of punk's forefathers in fury, The Clash, Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers and The Damned, but there was one band on everyone's lips: the Sex Pistols.

Documented here in Ray Stevenson's candid images, the tour would go down in history, not for a run of pogoing good times but because it was overshadowed by a certain Bill Grundy show and a few four letter words.

Rockscene Anarchy

The Clash in Concert, Anarchy in the UK Tour, London, 1976 Photograph by Richard Young

Johnny Rotten, Mick Jones & Paul Simonon, 1976, "Anarchy in the UK" Tour.

A rare pic where there is the drummer Rob Harper, Anarchy Tour 1976.

Clash, 1976, first line up Terry Chimes, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Keith Levene, Paul Simonon Anarchy Tour

Sex Pistols and The Clash - Johnny Rotten (left), Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer (right), Mick Jones (front) Anarchy Tour bus, December 1976. Photo by Ray Stevenson

"The Pete Best of Punk," occasional Clash drummer, Rob Harper

Anarchy Tour 1976. The Clash with Rob Harper on drums

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Clash on the Anarchy Tour

"Sex Pistols Photo Archive"

http://www.clashcity.com/ - asking here on IMCT for any help regarding any photos you might have, and are willing to share, of any members of The Pistols with members of The Clash from 1976 and only up to Janauary 1978, (not Mick Jones with Sid in New York, etc). Sex Pistols Photo Archive | Facebook

Electric Circus

1. 9th December 1976 - John, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, Electric Circus, Collyhurst Street (off Rochdale Road), Manchester.

Photo © Michel Esteban and Lyzzi Mercier.

Richard Hell's after-show party

2.14th November 1977 - Music Machine, Camden High Street (opposite Mornington Crescent Tube Station), Camden, London.

L-R: Richard Hell, Mick Jones, Sid, Nancy and John. Richard Hell's after-show party. Photo © Steven Emberton.

Rainbow Theatre

3. 15th December 1977 - John with Paul Simonon, backstage at the Rainbow Theatre, 232-238 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London (Clash gig).

Royal College of Art, Clash gig

4. 5th November 1976 - Steve with Joe Strummer, Clash gig, Royal College of Art, London. Photo © Jonh Ingham

Caroline Coon's flat, London

5. Early October 1976 - Caroline Coon's flat, London - (L-R: Caroline Coon, Johnny Rotten, Toby, Soo Catwoman, Debbie Juvenile, and Joe Strummer).

Photo © Bob Gruen.

during the Anarchy Tour

6. December 1976 - Paul and Mick Jones during the Anarchy Tour. If anyone knows the exact date of these photos, please get in touch. Photo © Ray Stevenson.

Leeds

7. 6th December 1976 - Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer, and John, Dragonara Hotel, Neville Street, Leeds. Photo © Ray Stevenson

December 1976 - Anarchy Tour.

8. December 1976 - Anarchy Tour. If anyone knows the exact date of these photos, please get in touch. Photo © Ray Stevenson.

Anarchy Tour coach

9. 3rd December 1976 - Bernie Rhodes, John and Paul Simonon, Anarchy Tour coach. Photo © Leee Black Childers.

The Clash gig, Royal College of Art

10-. 5th November 1976 - Sid, The Clash gig, Royal College of Art, London. Photo © Jonh Ingham.

Caroline Coon's flat, London

11. Early October 1976 - Caroline Coon's flat, London - (L-R: Caroline Coon, Johnny Rotten, Toby, Soo Catwoman, Debbie Juvenile, and Joe Strummer). Photo © Bob Gruen.

Club Louise, 61 Poland Street, Soho

12. October 1976 - Unknown, Paul, unknown and Paul Simonon at Club Louise, 61 Poland Street, Soho, London. If anyone knows the exact date of this photo, please get in touch. Photo © Bob Gruen.