Jon Savage on Malcolm McLaren's Soweto

After the break-up of the Sex Pistols, their former manager pursued the spirit of punk in the music of South Africa with this blast of a tuneThe Sex Pistols story had many twists and turns, but one of the most astonishing was Malcolm McLaren's self-recreation in the early 1980s. After being ousted from anything to do with the band, McLaren had controversial spells of management and consultancy with Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant and Boy George. By the time that the latter two became huge pop stars, McLar...

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