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Paul Cook

London, UK · Drums

Sex Pistols drummer; straight eighths as UK punk kit default.

Paul Cook, 2023
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Born 1956. Keeps drums simple and loud behind Jones’s wall and Lydon’s sneer. Remains with Jones as the rhythm/guitar constant through Matlock and Vicious bass chairs. Method: no progressive fills; tempo up, pocket flat.

Tenures

  1. Sex Pistols

    1975–1978

    Drums

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