Apart from his ousting as a key member of the Sex Pistols – he was sacked, so rock lore has it, for being too big a fan of The Beatles – he could lay claim to being one of the few original punks to have read and absorbed How to Win Friends & Influence People, the perpetual best-seller by Dale Carnegie. Matlock, who will be 67 in August, is an old hand at fitting in. They are a great bunch” – Matlock has been friends with Clem Burke, the band’s drummer, for many years – “they have a fantastic, envelope-pushing repertoire, and Debbie Harry oozes cool. What’s the Blondie gig like? “It’s going great, thanks, and the consensus is that I have slotted in nicely. That said, the California sun is shining, and Matlock is in a chipper mood. The one-time Sex Pistol has also recently released his latest solo album, Consequences Coming, so he’s dividing his attention – and, it seems, finding it something of a challenge to keep matters on an even keel. But Matlock is in transit, and hasn’t much time to spare, as he’s still in LA, prepping to play bass with Blondie, his former punk contemporaries. The second was last month, when a phone call to Los Angeles was scuppered by a misplaced digit. The first was just before he played a gig at Whelan’s, in Dublin, a couple of months ago, when soundchecks and rehearsals ate up all his time. This isn’t our first attempt to talk to Glen Matlock.
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