Bill grundy sex pistols

1. Bill Grundy interviews the Sex Pistols – 1976
The style of the interviewwasmeanttobe lightheartedandforentertainmentpurposesbutinstead
it came off as combative andabitinvestigative.The purpose for the interview was originally for the
Sex Pistolstopromote their group but instead the differences between generations took over and
destroyed the interview.
The introduction of the interview came across like Bill Grundy wanted to antagonise the group and
with the first question asking about the money being spent on their record, it is obvious that the
maingoal Bill istoannoythe band.Duringthe interview Bill Grundyonlyaskedthe bandopenended
questions such as the first question about how they feel about the money and for the rest of the
interview he was egging them on to say something ruder. During the interview Bill Grundy uses
active listening we see this when he is antagonising the band when he is asking a member to say
something ruder than he did.
The purpose of the interviewwastowidenthe bandsaudience andfanbase alsoitwasto helpthem
get more successful as a group.