That record, like his latest, features Earl Slick’s exorbitantly skilled hands-on guitar. The as-yet titled album will be a follow-up to Matlock’s 2018 solo debut, Good to Go. But I’ve not been able to do any of that.” “I was gonna stay in the States, cos I’ve got a work permit, till the end of the year so I could sit-in on the mix of my new album in New York. Matlock said a trip to the U.S – where he was due to open the Dropkick Murphys St Patrick’s Day gig – was shelved due to the pandemic, along with a’ dozen or so’ acoustic shows. People wanted to meet and greet me after the show and I was like (does ‘keep away’ gesture with hands) because I heard what was coming down the line.” Glen Matlock The night before lockdown kicked-in I did a gig in Glasgow. “Well, I was busy at the start of the year, then came the rumbling of this (virus) thing. So…how’s the pandemic treating you, Glen? Matlock turned 64 in August, but the crisp, greying barnet and cavalier-style goatee create a dashing demeanour to suggest he’s wearing better than at least two of his former bandmates – but more of that later.įirst, we must deal with matters of the day, and for the past six months, COVID-19 has replaced the weather as a very British conversation starter. Once it’s established we can hear each other, Matlock heads inside, bemoaning his laptop’s flat battery as he does so, hence his need for handheld communication. Perched on the front steps of his home, being beamed via mobile phone.
I wondered if, like me, my digital date had been over-egging his ease with this latest communication form.īut before I could type, ‘Stand by your phone and I’ll call you in five’, the man himself Zoom-ed into view. Glen and his bandīut come the appointed day and time, the only face filling my laptop’s screen was mine.
‘Any chance you could do it via Zoom’? ‘Sure’, I replied, a confirmed virgin when it came to hosting cyberspace socials with strangers, albeit one that is known as part of a band whose musical and cultural influence stands credible comparison to the Mop Tops and the pelvis-thrusting, burger-snaffling King across the water. In an exclusive interview, Glen Matlock shares what’s next for him and what exactly are the chances of the Pistols ever touring again.
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