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Join us as we commemorate the life, work and legacy of the recently passed Jordan Mooney aka 'The First Sex Pistol' 🖤⁠ ⁠ An evening of readings, reminisces and a chance to see the BBC Arena documentary on the UK Punk scene, PUNK AND THE PISTOLS (1995)⁠ ⁠ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴʟʏ ꜰɪʟᴍꜱ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛꜱ... ᴀ ᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴏʀᴅᴀɴ + ᴘᴜɴᴋ & ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪꜱᴛᴏʟꜱ⁠ ⁠ ⚡️ TUESDAY 13 SEP, 18.30 ⚡️⁠ ⁠ A beehived Valkyrie in rubber, spiked heels and Mondrian make-up, she became the figurehead of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s taboo-breaking shop Sex at 430 King’s Road. Starring in Derek Jarman's transgressive, counter cultural classic Jubilee, she continued to shape punk rock's musical revolution as muse and manager of Adam and the Ants.⁠ ⁠ Join us for a celebration of this extraordinary woman and the spirit of ’76 with an evening of readings and reminisces and a chance to see the definitive (and uncensored) BBC Arena documentary on the UK Punk scene, Punk and the Pistols - the only film to feature candid interviews with John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren and his former-partner in fashion crime Vivienne Westwood. Along, of course, with Jordan herself and a host of other punk luminaries including Glen Matlock, Poly Styrene and Siouxsie Sioux. ⁠ ⁠ Hosted by Travis Elborough, special guests on the night will include Cathi Unsworth, co-author of Jordan’s memoir Defying Gravity, Bertie ‘Berlin’ Marshall, Richard Boon of Buzzcocks, New Hormones records and Stoke Newington Library fame and the filmmaker Paul Tickell.⁠ ⁠ There will also be tributes and readings from:⁠ ⁠ Dave Barbe (aka Barbarossa) drummer with the Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Republica and the author of Mud Sharks and Dorothy 'Max' Prior, whose forthcoming memoir 69 Exhibition Road: True-life stories from the fag end of punk, porn and performance art is out this November.⁠ ⁠ Aidan McManus (Soho Punk Tours and Flipside Radio) will be DJ-ing in the lobby.⁠ ⁠ BOOK VIA THE LINK IN OUR BIO
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