British Band Tournament - Round 1. Manic Street Preachers vs The Sex Pistols

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

This is a belter of a tie. Never Mind The Bollocks is one of the greats. I listen to both.... Probably the manics a bit more. in-fact quite a bit more as I'm not always in the mood for The Pistols. Seen both live. Pistols were better but I think I'd be lying if I said I preferred them on the whole..... 

[Lee909]

Can they both get beat? 

[Strontium]

I like the Manics, but Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the greatest albums of all-time.

[TheHowieLama]

One of these changed music - the other is the Manic Street Preachers.

[cloggypop]

Pistols easy. 

[YorkshireRed]

The Manics have had some good songs. The Pistols are one of the most iconic bands in the history of music. 

[SasaS]

Las pistolas del sexo.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

15 minutes ago, Stront19m Dog™ said:

I like the Manics, but Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the greatest albums of all-time.

This is the bottom line.

 

Manics are by far the better musicians, but the Pistols shook up the world when it needed shaking.

[manwiththestick]

Fucks sake I can't vote. The Pistols started it all (or at least for mainstream punk) any inspired many many bands to this day, however they have a limited catalogue and lifespan. Manics first three albums are brilliant but they have still produced some great stuff after that.

 

I'll have think but this for me is a stinker of a tie.

[Code]

Im a The Clash guy.

 

Manic Street Preachers for me.

[PestiRed]

I’d be surprised if the Manic Street Preachers didn’t vote for the Sex Pistols here

[mattyq]

The Manics because their music is better and I can't stand John Lydon although I did like Public Image 

[Strontium]

PiL are better than most of the bands in this too.

[Tony Moanero]

I don’t like either of them. 

[Mudface]

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

Fucks sake I can't vote. The Pistols started it all (or at least for mainstream punk) any inspired many many bands to this day, however they have a limited catalogue and lifespan. Manics first three albums are brilliant but they have still produced some great stuff after that.

 

I'll have think but this for me is a stinker of a tie.

I had the same dilemma but fairly regularly listen to the Holy Bible or Gold Against the Soul and can't remember the last time I played Never Mind..., so went for the Manics.

[manwiththestick]

Just now, Mudface said:

I had the same dilemma but fairly regularly listen to the Holy Bible or Gold Against the Soul and can't remember the last time I played Never Mind..., so went for the Manics.

Yeah, I have had a drive home from work and Little Baby Nothing came on my playlist in the car and made my mind up. I have too much love for Generation Terrorists, gats and Holy Bible to not vote for the manics.

[KMD7]

3 hours ago, Stront19m Dog™ said:

I like the Manics, but Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the greatest albums of all-time.

This. 

[Red_or_Dead]

One good album good album against a band whose entire best songs would make a cracking album (loads of dross though).  The Holy Bible is a great album though so I'll go for the Manics.

 

 

[johnsusername]

Only one winner here.

 

God save the queen
she's not a human being
and there's no future

in England's dreaming. 

[aws]

Pistols way more influential even if they weren't much good at the playing music bit. 

[The Midnight Rambler]

Steve Jones massively underrated and comes across as top lad.

[VladimirIlyich]

I actually like more Manics stuff than Sex Pistols. The Welsh boyos get my vote.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

I don’t like either of them. 

[The Golden Eel]

It's like a 52/48 job here for me so I don't care which way it goes. Sex Pistols only had one admittedly great album and Manics had several good to great albums, Holy Bible being the pinnacle for me.