MUSICIAN

Glen Matlock

1956 - Today

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Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician, best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols' only officially released studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, although he had left the band early in the recording process, credited as bassist and backing vocalist on only one song on the album, "Anarchy in the U.K." However, on the bootleg album Spunk, Matlock played bass on all the songs, which included earlier studio recordings of 10 of the 12 songs that later appeared on the Bollocks album. Since leaving the Sex Pistols in 1977, he has performed with several other bands, including Rich Kids, who scored a UK No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glen Matlock has received more than 2,296,537 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Glen Matlock is the 999th most popular musician (up from 1,064th in 2019), the 2,691st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,839th in 2019) and the 166th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Glen Matlock ranks 999 out of 3,175. Before him are Oscar Hammerstein II, Bernhard Romberg, Susumu Hirasawa, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Levon Helm, and Chester Thompson. After him are Paul Bley, Mark St. John, Woody Herman, Ronnie Drew, Selda Bağcan, and John Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Glen Matlock ranks 192. Before him are Hanni Wenzel, Bernd Förster, Pierre Lévy, Blackie Lawless, Martin Jol, and Catherine Frot. After him are Chris Carter, Mark St. John, Amira Hass, Joe Montana, Takeshi Okada, and Edgar Lungu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Glen Matlock ranks 2,691 out of 8,785. Before him are Iain Banks (1954), Biff Byford (1951), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), Venetia Burney (1918), Arthur Brown (1942), and John Florio (1553). After him are Jack Taylor (1930), Israel Zangwill (1864), Ron Atkinson (1939), Paul Davies (1946), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), and Edward Colston (1636).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Glen Matlock ranks 166. Before him are Simon Phillips (1957), Ian McDonald (1946), Phil Manzanera (1951), Simon Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), and Dick Parry (1942). After him are Dennis Stratton (1952), Brian Connolly (1945), Alan White (1949), Trevor Pinnock (1946), John McVie (1945), and Andrew Latimer (1949).

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