'The Sex Pistols played well, really well. It was down to the sound guy – it’s really the sound guy that’s responsible for me thinking I could start a band' - Peter Hook, Joy Division / New Order The Sex Pistols exploded onto the UK music scene in 1976, their album Never Mind the Bollocks precipitating the punk rock movement and inspiring countless acts which followed. The man who was there right from the beginning as their sound engineer was Dave Goodman. This is the story of the time he spent with the band - on the road, in the studio and behind the scenes as live sound engineer, tour manager, record producer and mate. A hilarious account of their chaotic, anarchic rise, capturing the personalities of each band member and the characters who surrounded them. With a foreword from manager Malcolm McLaren and an introduction by Phil Strongman, music journalist, editor and noted punk insider, this book brings the famous story to vivid life – a bulletin from right inside the tour bus.Praise for My Amazing Adventures with the Sex Pistols:‘Dave was always someone who absolutely believed in the Sex Pistols more or less from day one and soon became our engineer at every gig … even on the legendary Anarchy tour, seeing them play more times than I did’ – Malcolm McLaren 'It was Dave’s unique sense of humour that made him such great company, especially when he was recounting the bizarre early days of the Pistols. It was always a strange mix; Dave the ex mod, the 1960s veteran, the long-haired classical hippy in crushed velvet flares – and the four sharp protopunks whose sound and attitude was to change modern music. But he would tell those stories incredibly well; stories of ‘mad’ John Lydon, of tunesmith Glen Matlock, of Jonesy and Cookie, of Malcolm, of Northern tours, of UFOs, of real and cancelled gigs, of tumultuous studio sessions… and he’d do it with such amusing insight that everyone in the room would be transfixed’ - Phil Strongman, music journalist and author of  Pretty Vacant: a History of Punk and Metal Box: Stories from John Lyndon’s Public Image Ltd Dave Goodman was born in London in 1951. He met the Sex Pistols when he provided a PA system and sound engineering for one of their early gigs and was blown away by their energy and attitude. He went on to work as their live sound engineer and also recorded and produced tracks which appeared on their first three records. He continued working as a producer and musician before moving to Malta in order to work on his own projects, including completing his memoir.

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