Glen Matlock Masterclass
Thursday 7th October 2010 - 7.30pm - 9pm

On the 7th October the British Music Experience is delighted to welcome Glen Matlock for an intimate evening that looks at his varied and colourful career. For an audience of just 70 people, Glen will offer insight into his skills as a bass player and songwriter and into his life as one of Britain's most respected musicians. As well as performing a few acoustic teasers spanning his career and the new album Born Running, there will also be the opportunity for the audience to ask questions.

In a career that has spanned over thirty years, Glen has made indelible contributions to music not only as the original bass player with The Sex Pistols, but also as founder member of the Rich Kids, and collaborator with a variety of artists ranging from Iggy Pop and The Damned to Faces - all at the same time as pursuing his own musically distinctive direction where melodic and inventive rock music thrives.

Born Running, recorded with his band The Philistines, offers up twelve more punchy and direct examples of Glen's innate ability to craft timeless, melodic rock songs. It has an added poignancy insofar as it features the last recordings of guitarist Steve New, fellow founder-member of The Rich Kids, who died in 2010. Also in the band's line up is drummer Javier Weyler, the current drumming incumbent with The Stereophonics, as well as guitarist James Stevenson, who, like Matlock, is a musical survivor from the original School of '76 British Punk Rock.