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| Not said graffito, but a drawing by Jonny Rotten. |
Fuckin' A, this is fuckin' great, as Johnny Rotten might say.
The graffiti is from the 1970s and confirms that the band stayed in the flat. Given the long standing, and volatile, controversy about where exactly The Sex Pistols slept, this is Big Big news.
The researchers also said the drawings and text were rude, offensive, and made them uncomfortable. Wow, there's a major surprise! And one that's destined to change the entire field of rock-and-roll archaeology!
While painstakingly preserving the graffiti (by photographing it), the archaeologists also said this discovery was on par with those early Beatles recordings unearthed (OK, stumbled upon in a box) at the offices of the BBC. At the time, that box of recordings was called as important as stumbling upon Tutankhamen's tomb.
I've seen the treasures of Tutankhamen and I know all the lyrics of all the Beatles songs ever written, and yea, they are equally great, man. So this Sex Pistol's graffiti must be totally awesome.
And listen, I know what I'm talking about here.
I put myself through college and grad school to be an anthropologist by working in record stores (the vinyl kind).
Who knew that there would be, finally, a melding of my education and my experience. It took only 40 years for it all to come together. Right now. Over me.