"76/77 was the most exciting period of my life - the adrenalin, the buzz, that is what it was all about for me. The pistols used to really move me at that time, I just had to jump up and do things."

On punk " ...I hated all that spitting and violence. To me punk was a fashion statement and a rebellion against the mediocrity of the times."

"That was all a set up job. We planned it, like a lot of other things; the music business is still scared by the Pistols fiasco of three signings"

"I remember standing at the side of the stage and booing The Clash...The Damned were the group that summed up everything that was wrong with punk"

"Punk, really, died for me when the Pistols split up. It couldn't have gone on - it was like an orgasm, there were a few seconds then ....pfft."

"My prediction for the post punk state of affairs was that Sid would become a huge star. We were close friends and I was absolutely shocked when he died."

Starting around the end of 1977 Jordan becomes a bit bitter and makes some strange accusations  as the following quotes illustrate

 On the Pistols " I'm also fed up with people like John Rotten who say how bored they are ...The point is Johnny Rotten's lyrics weren't even written by him. Anarchy in The UK was written by an ex Angry brigade guy ... The Pistols had something to say at one time but now they are finished." On the Adverts "This whole bit about the Adverts singing about Bored Teenagers, as far as I'm concerned they bore me to death." On punks and punk fashion "Most of the punks you see are so ugly. All the girls are silly and ugly...most of the asexual scene stems from the fact that most of them are so ugly. I mean I wouldn't look twice at any of the kids down at the clubs...I want more original people on the scene" On gobbing " If anyone does that to me they're going get a microphone down across their heads !"And finally on American Punk bands. "They're all on the wrong track except the Ramones" . Vermillion's article in Search & Destroy 4 from the end of 1977

"Who started punk..It was just kids everywhere influenced by Vivienne and me, the clothes, the fantasy Vivienne had of a  country overun with kids...And there was me thinking it started with the Sex Pistols! "They could have been anyone; it was the way they were marketed that made them big. Steve just pulls girls and Paul comes from Hammersmith and Sid's just been led up the garden path by his girlfriend - he's just another wreck. And John just wanted to go down the pub before he came a Pop Star...do you believe that he wrote the lyrics to 'Anarchy' ?" 

Who was it then ?
" Jamie Reed who works for Malcolm. He used to have a political magazine.""  Julie Burchill NME 15/4/78