Sex Pistols and Punk Music Walking Tour
Description
The Sex Pistols and the punk movement were born in fashionable Chelsea but really emerged into mainstream culture in Soho. Compared to today, Soho was a very different place in 1970s and your expert guide on the Sex Pistols will bring to life this significant period in music and social history. The clubs, pubs, gigs, public toilets, rehearsal space, their first gig? This tour has it all.
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Itinerary
Your tour will take you into the heart of Soho where the Sex Pistols made their mark on music history. See the pubs, clubs, music shops, public toilets and seedy joints that were part of their story.
See where they lived and rehearsed in the world famous Denmark St and get a glimpse of the out house they called home. You'll also discover what other big musicans called this road home.
See where Sex Pistols manager Malcolm Maclaren had his office and the jazz venue that hosted the pistols for one time/
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(21)
Very good, guide was knowledgeable and provided a lot of interesting information and personal accounts.
Very Entertaining, informative walking tour of Soho where major music artists of the era not just Sex Pistols performed, drank & wrote music. Aidan had so many interesting stories to tell. I highly recommend this tour
Second tour with Aidan. We did the first one last summer, Sex Pistols tour in and around on Soho area, and more recently the Clash tour around the Notting Hill area. If you love the history around the beginnings early punk rock, then this is a must. Aidan has genuine love of the period and was there to experience the sticky floor, sweaty walls and over crowded venues as punk first bust on to the London music scene. The Clash tour is also really informative and Aidan goes through not only the early Clash, but how the area changed from squats and hippies, and the seeds for new creative music, to wealth and tourist tap that it is now. Recommended for amount of time spent on this tour is great value for your money .
Aidan was quite knowledgeable about the British Punk scene. He adjusted his tour to answer our questions along our tour. We enjoyed reminiscing about great music memories.
Aidan was extremely knowledgeable as it relates to the punk scene and his firsthand accounts really enhanced our experience. We will definitely book another tour with him the next time we are in town.
Aidan was a great guide! Super knowledgeable, lived the life. Definitely made me want to have lived in London in the late 70's/early 80's (Thatcher & economy aside). I have a long list of things to read & watch on YouTube thanks to his stories. 10/10 would recommend & would do another one of his tours.
Aidan is a great tour guide. He is extremely knowledgeable about Punk Rock and Rock and Roll music. He showed us really great places and shared really cool photos with the group. Take this tour if you are into Punk! Really cool guy. Laura and Rich Henry
Aidan is extremely knowledgeable about the SoHo music scene and other historical background of the area. Awesome to hear about his personal experience being immersed in the punk scene and the true influence of the Sex Pistols.
I learned a lot of stuff although I had already read quite a bit on the subject. So many stories and anecdote, I was thrilled. The only downside (which was not the tour guide's fault) is given the change of vocation of the spots, we could not go inside the buildings that made history. Thanks Aidan!!
I don't want to oversell this tour, but it was top shelf... my wife and I have been on dozens of walking tours in Europe and this one was easily our favorite. Listening to Aiden desribe his unfiltered, lived experience was like taking a time machine back to mid-1970s Soho. He passionatly recounts the history of Punk from the 1st person perspective... he's NOT regurgitating snippets from Wikipedia... he is super authentic... and there were lots of photos... Very easy meet-up spot. I really appreciated that he'd stop talking whenever the inevitable loud city noises (sirens, horns) interrupted him, then continued once it was quiet again. Just book it... oh, and don't forget to ask him about Bradley's jukebox at the end of the tour... A+/5 Stars
