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A
Detailed Account
by Jeremy Frey
from his (now defunct) website "Welcome To
The Rodeo"
On Sunday night, January 8, 1978, Randy's Rodeo, a former bowling alley in San Antonio,
was packed with 2200 rowdy Texans waiting to see what this thing called punk music
was all about. The Sex Pistols broke the rule that "if you're gonna play in Texas,
you gotta have a fiddle in the band." Both band and audience were prepared for
war. |
Sid & Johnny at Randy's Rodeo |
Sid, Early In The Show |
The band gave their most spirited performance of the American tour in San Antonio.
Johnny came out wearing a T-shirt depicting two homosexual cowboys, and Sid greeted
the crowd with some very unkind remarks. The audience hurled anything onstage that
they could get their hands on. Items of choice were spit, popcorn, beer cups, cans,
hot dogs, whipped cream, bottles, and pies. |
| Steve and Paul did their best to hold the show together while Sid and Johnny took
every possible opportunity to insult and infuriate the crowd. Sid removed his leather
jacket to reveal "Gimme A Fix" scrawled on his chest. Johnny blew snot into
the crowd, and he snarled and screamed the whole night. Steve promptly broke a string
during the first number, and he later used his guitar as a weapon against threatening
audience members. |
Sid, Later That Night |
Paul Cook After The Gig |
The audience fought amongst themselves, and one heckler decided to go after the band.
He started yelling at Johnny, but John ignored him. The heckler decided to antagonize
the next easiest target, Sid. When Sid was hit in the face with a can of beer, the
man mocked him. During the last seconds of "New York," Sid unstrapped his
bass and attempted to club him. Instead, he hit a Warner executive. |
The lights went
off and the show was delayed for several minutes. The Rodeo's manager took the stage
and instructed the crowd to stop throwing things at the band. After being escorted
out of Randy's, the heckler said, "I don't like what they stand for. They are
just sewer rats with guitars." Later in the show, Sid was hit hard enough to receive
a bloody nose. The next day, the local paper read: "Sex Pistols win the San Antonio
Shoot-Out."
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Kingfish Club, Baton Rouge |
Set List
God Save the Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
EMI
Holidays in the Sun
Bodies
Belsen Was a Gas
Submission
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy in the U.K.
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here for photo credits. Click on any of the photos to see the original, full-sized
shots on their host pages.
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