Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a co-author on 10 of the 12 songs on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, although he had left the band while the album was being recorded. He left the band in 1977 over creative differences with the other band members.
Since leaving the Sex Pistols in 1977, he has performed with several other bands, as well has his own solo work. After the death of his replacement in the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Matlock has resumed bass guitar duties for subsequent Sex Pistols reunions, including the 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour, the 2002 concert to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, their 2003 North American Piss Off Tour and their 2007-2008 UK and Europe Combine Harvester Tour.
A former art school student, Matlock had originally joined up with Jones and Cook in 1972; even though he left the group in 1977 before their debut album was completed, he was still rehired to complete the majority of the album's bass tracks. Upon his exit, Matlock formed a punk-pop unit called the Rich Kids, which also featured future Ultravox singer Midge Ure; they released one album in 1978, Ghosts of Princes in Towers (which produced an overlooked classic in the title track), before breaking up. Matlock played with Sid Vicious and joined Iggy Pop's band shortly thereafter, touring with Pop in 1979 and appearing on the following year's Soldier album. Over the next few years, Matlock played with a variety of bands, including the Spectres (with Danny Kustow, ex-Tom Robinson Band), the London Cowboys (appearing on their 1984 album Tall in the Saddle), and Johnny Thunders (from about 1985-1987). In 1990, Matlock published his autobiography, I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, and subsequently worked in the Role Models with ex-members of Public Image Ltd. In 1995, he played with a Faces-style rock & roll band called the Philistines, which also featured singer Gerry Foster, guitarist Paul O'Brien, and drummer Paul Simon (and had initially included ex-PiL guitarist Keith Levene); that year they released an album, called Hard Work, on Peppermint Records.
In 1996, Matlock's first solo album, Who's He Think He Is When He's at Home?, was released on Creation, featuring ex-Rich Kids guitarist Steve New. However, its British trad rock-styled tunes were largely lost in the hype surrounding the Sex Pistols' 20th anniversary reunion tour and accompanying album, Filthy Lucre Live, for which Matlock was a full participant. The Philistines were later completely revamped, with Matlock now billed ahead of the band as the frontman; other members included guitarists Steve New and James Stevenson, organist Nick Plytas, and drummer Chris Musto. The Clash's Mick Jones made several guest appearances on their 2000 album for Peppermint, Open Mind. The following year, Matlock toured with Dead Men Walking, a quartet of acoustic guitar-playing punk-era veterans that also featured former Alarm leader Mike Peters. In 2004, Matlock followed up Open Mind with the similarly classic rock-inclined On Something. He released his fourth solo album, Born Running, in September of 2010.
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