I met him and Sid Vicious at the Virgin Records office in London, November 1977. I was in a band that was signed with Virgin and they had brought us over to do a UK tour. The Sex Pistols had just signed with Virgin (after being kicked off their first two labels) and we were hanging out in the Virgin offices waiting to get paid when Malcolm and Sid walked in. We were introduced and as soon as they found out we were American, they started talking in this cockney accent where I couldn't understand a single word. But our tour manager (a Brit) told me they were taking the piss out of us pretty bad. Sid was a drugged-out, spotty mess but Malcolm seemed like a real businessman.
I was never a big Sex Pistols fan but I loved "Buffalo Girls". Not only was he a punk pioneer, but a rap visionary as well. RIP.