Malcolm McLaren(1946-2010)
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
In the mid 1970s, as a young man not yet thirty, Malcolm McLaren owned
and operated a London shop simply called "Sex" and dreamed of fame and
fortune. He met a half formed group of teenage rock star hopefuls and
fed them happy half truths about the great bands he had led to stardom.
With his help in finding corner stone members
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) and
Sid Vicious, those boys became the English
punk rock legends Sex Pistols. The
group met its ends less then four years later and McLaren walked away
with a little bit of personal fame, but with most of his big dreams
unfulfilled. Using his status as a legend maker McLaren would later
manage such 80s punk influenced pop successes as
Adam Ant,
Bow Wow Wow and
Boy George, and even release albums of music
under his own name. Though Malcolm McLaren has never achieved the
Beatle-mania level of fame that he so clearly strives for, he's never
strayed to far from the spotlight. Writing, producing and always
looking for new talent to show the world, hopefully for a profit.
