It has to be the Sex Pistols...
But I am biasied... Why ? Cause
1) Im from England and
2) I have actually met Sid!
When i was a child I used to stay with my grandparents in the summer, who lived in London.
They had a small flat above a shop in the kings road... This happened to be just a few doors away from SEX (Malcoms Shop)
In the summer of 76 or 77 (I forget exactly) I used to go out to play outside and watch the punks with their 'silly hair' as they walked up and down the street, going in and out of SEX... Allthough i never remember seeing 'the sex pistols' (all four together with glen matlock in place of sid) I do remember Sid himself coming in and out the shop, and rolling about on the pavement once, wearing a rubber tee shirt which was way too tight...
Obviously, I didnt know him as Sid... But because i saw him a lot, and because he saw me a lot, eventually, he used to say, 'alright mate' or 'alright my son' and give me a big thumbs up, and nearly stik his hand in my face when he did it... ! I was about 7 or 8 at the time, but i remember it like yesterday
Fast forward to early 2001, and I got to meet Steve Jones, while I was in LA... (Long story, but he was cool)
Finally, i was also told by a music exec guy that rotton / lydon had a bar in the marina dell ray, and he was going to take me down there, and intoduce me to him... But it never happened
But anyway... Waffle over.. i vote for the sex pistols... thankyou, and goodnght