Graffiti scribbled by Johnny Rotten on the walls of the Sex Pistols‘ former Denmark Street flat have been declared more archaeologically important than The Beatles by a leading member of the archaeological community.
The drawings, which are primarily Rotten’s caricatures of his bandmates and manager Malcolm McLaren, are of such significance that they could warrant a blue plaque at some point in the future, according to Dr John Schofield of the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
“The tabloid press once claimed that early Beatles recordings discovered at the BBC were the most important archaeological find since Tutankhamun’s tomb,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “The Sex Pistols’ graffiti in Denmark Street surely ranks alongside this and – to our minds – usurps it.”
“This is an important site, historically and archaeologically, for the material and evidence it contains. The building is undoubtedly important, and could meet criteria for listing or for a blue plaque, if not now then in time.”
Reports suggest Schofield’s recommendations will now be assessed by English Heritage.
More important than the Beatles ??? Nothing the Pistols did can have the same value as what the Beatles did !!! The Pistols are from my time and I was a fan but they couldnt and wouldnt have been even a thought without the Beatles and whats more valuable than finding old recordings from the greatest band of all time……..Use your dam head next time…OK…..Jim