Other Versions
When Sex Pistols reformed for a reunion tour of the U.S. in 2003, after the start of the Iraq War, they performed an adapted version of the song, called "Baghdad Was a Blast", as an attack on President George W. Bush's policies in the region. At the first of the band's Brixton Academy shows in November 2007, the song was performed in a further adapted version, this time as "Brixton Was a Blast".
The second version with Ronnie Biggs was originally slated to be a single, but after the airplay and record shop ban on the earlier single, "No One Is Innocent" (due to Biggs being the lead vocalist), this idea was dropped.
Sid Vicious, allegedly being one of the composers, performed and released the song on his sole solo album, Sid Sings. Following the best-known official version by the Sex Pistols, Vicious' is yet again a live recording, which is introduced on the album as " by Sid Vicious!".
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