Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician, and the original bass guitarist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols; having been introduced to guitarist Steve Jones, and drummer Paul Cook while working in SEX, Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s clothing boutique in London. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols' only album, Never Mind The Bollocks, and for bass and backing vocals on two songs on the album, “Anarchy In The UK,” and “God Save The Queen”.

After leaving the Sex Pistols, Matlock went on to form Rich Kids, with himself as bass guitarist and singer, Midge Ure (guitarist, singer and keyboard player), Steve New (guitarist and singer) and Rusty Egan (drummer). They released three singles and one album entitled Ghosts Of Princes in Towers.

Also during this time, Matlock and New would play with Sid Vicious in the one-off band Vicious White Kids as part of a benefit performance in London, to help pay for Sid’s travel expenses back to America. 

After Rich Kids, Matlock would go on to form the short-lived Spectres, and then Hot Club.Matlock also played bass on the Iggy Pop album Soldier, and The Damned album Not Of This Earth.  

In 1996, Matlock recorded and released his first solo album Who's He Think He Is When He's at Home? On Creation Records. However, the album’s release was overshadowed by Matlock rejoining the original Sex Pistols members for the first of their many reunion tours (1996, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008). 

Beginning in the early ‘00s, Matlock would then assemble many short-lived groups including The Philistines, Dead Men Walking (feat. Mike Peters of The Alarm, Kirk Brandon of Theatre of Hate, and Pete Wylie of Wah!), and Slinky Vagabond (feat. Earl Slick, and Clem Burke). 

In January 2010, Glen Matlock reformed Rich Kids for a one-off benefit concert in aid of Steve New. He was joined on stage by original members Rusty Eagan, and Midge Ure, as well as Mick Jones of The Clash, and Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet. New would later die of cancer on 24 May 2010. 

That same year, Matlock was asked to join a reformed Faces, and then in April 2011, he stood in on bass for Primal Scream at the Japan Tsunami appeal concert at Brixton Academy in London.  

In late 2011, The International Swingers, a band comprising Matlock, Clem Burke, James Stevenson and Gary Twinn, was formed. The band, based in Los Angeles, toured Australia and the USA, and released a self titled album in 2015.

In 2012, Matlock made his acting debut in British drama film The Paddy Lincoln Gang, performing a scene at a live Faces concert. 

In 2017, Matlock joined punk supergroup L.A.M.F. featuring Heartbreakers member Watler Lure, Clem Burke of Blondie, and Social Distortion's Mike Ness to pay tribute tot he 40th Anniversary of Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers' classic LP, 1977's L.A.M.F.

In 2018, Matlock released the critically acclaimed solo album Good To Go. A more stripped back, and almost rockabilly-styled album featuring legendary guitarist Earl Slick (David Bowie / John Lennon) and drummer Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats). The track “Keep On Pushing,”from the album was deemed “Best Song In The Universe Ever” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show (Sirius XM). 

In April of 2022, Matlock was asked to join legendary New York band Blondie for their UK and US tours. Matlock remains a touring member of the group and is currently slated to appear on their forthcoming 2023 new studio album. 

In the summer of 2022, FX / Disney+ released the Danny Boyle directed Sex Pistols’ drama series Pistol (based on the Steve Jones autobiography ‘Lonely Boy’). Matlock was portrayed by actor Christian Lees in the series.

In late 2022, Matlock signed a new worldwide solo record deal with Cooking Vinyl, which will see the label release Glen’s long-awaited, timely and politically pertinent new solo album Consequences Coming on April 27, 2023. A first single and video from the record “Head On A Stick” are slated to be released on January 27, 2023.

“The album was written and recorded in Britain over the last 18 months or so with a posse of seasoned but on point performers.” says Matlock. “All done during the debacle that is Brexit and the rise and fall of the turgid Trump episode in the US. These songs reflect my take on the whole sorry mess that has ensued.”  

Matlock elaborates on the album, “Now the wheels of the music business can sometimes move at a lugubrious, glacial pace, and sometimes the moment might be lost but seeing no break in the clouds or clear light at the end of the tunnel, surely the only demand on people’s lips should be that there are ‘Consequences Coming’ for the fat headed oafs who have foisted their asinine warped sensibilities on us.”

“The tunes are pretty catchy too…”

2025 saw the release of the documentary film I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol, loosely based on Matlock’s 1996 memoir of the same name. “It was written as a way of me dealing with the aftermath of the initial Sex Pistols brush with fame and was a way of dealing with the manner I felt I’d been passed over in musical folklore, telling the tale of my contribution to the band — which I think without which the group wouldn’t have had the success it did,” he says in a statement.  “It speaks of behind-the-scenes tales of internal politics and subterfuge and the battle to have a young man’s voice heard in the maelstrom that was about to ensue.”

“The film has a whole host of peers and contemporaries who help me get across my side of the story,” he continues. “Now, the band has reformed in different guises since then, but now back in the fold, I feel more than a little vindicated. As I went through the process of writing about those early days, a state of cathartic self-confidence emerged and helped me deal with what was what and where that might lead. For anybody interested in the birth of British punk and its effect on the then-wider music scene, I’d suggest it’s essential viewing, but then I would say that!”  

 Additionally, 2025 saw the Sex Pistols (Matlock, Jones, and Cook) roar back into live action together again with former Gallows frontman Frank Carter at the mic. The shows were explosive, and the reviews from fans and critics alike were unanimously fantastic. And tour dates have extended throughout 2026.

Glen still has a lot left to say musically, and with a bit of luck we may soon see a solo follow up to Consequences Coming sometime soon!