A job at Vivienne Westwood’s shop made me a Sex Pistol | Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock went into the late fashion designer's store looking for a pair of shoes and found a career in music and rebellion

I walked into Let It Rock, looking for a pair of brothel creepers. I'd been in there a bit too long and some guy says: Can I help you?" I said I was looking for work. I'd been fired from my part-time job in the trouser department at Whiteley's. He told me to call Malcolm and Vivienne. That's how I started out in the shop. They probably thought I was just some straight kid, which I was.

A month or two later, I asked Vivienne to ask Malcolm if he'd give me a reference for art college. She said: Really? I don't think you'd want to ask Malcolm because he's been thrown out of every college in London." Straightaway I was more interested in them and they were more interested in me.