TWO members of Britain's most notorious punk group - The Sex Pistols - joined Blackburn author Alan Parker at the launch party for his latest book about punk.
Pistols drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock attended a bash in London to mark the release of Alan's book Satellite - an illustrated look at the places and fashions which helped spawn the Sex Pistols legend.
Other stars at the launch party at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill included Crystal Maze presenter and former pop star Ed-Tudor Pole - Tenpole Tudor - along with members of The Buzzcocks.
The 160-page hardback work, co-written with Paul Burgess, gives a guided tour of the venues the Pistols played. It also covers the group's clothing and memorabilia as well as examining how the band's image was captured by photographers of the time. The book includes photographs of some bizarre Pistols souvenirs, including a God Save The Queen shirt made out of muslin and a parachute top with patches marking the infamous song's slogan No Future.
Pictures of rare tour posters and Pistols concert venues are also included in the book, which has received favourable reviews in the national music press, including New Musical Express who scored it four out of five.
There will also be 2,000 limited editions of the book which will include the world's first Sex Pistols CD-ROM.
Alan, of Queen Victoria Street, Mill Hill, runs music management company Talking Primates, which looks after Blackburn punks Boredom UK and Accrington funk-rock exiles A-Jay And The Maya.
When Alan left St Wilfrid's High School, Blackburn, in 1981 he began work in a record shop before starting to write about music.
Since then he has written five books, set up a Beatles fan club and submitted articles to music publications including NME, Record Collector and Spiral Scratch.
Satellite, produced by Abstract Sounds Publishing, goes on sale later this month, priced £19.95. Limited editions will cost £25.
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