Where the Sex Pistols’ Logo Was Born

In this flat at 93 Bell Street, in Marylebone, Helen Wellington-Lloyd created the “blackmail” style lettering logo for the Sex Pistols, in 1976, when she designed the band’s early promotional material with Nils Stevenson and Malcom McLaren, who moved in with her for a while.

Regent Street Polytechnic

While studying architecture at the Regent Campus of the University of Westminster (formerly Regent Street Polytechnic), between 1962 and 1965, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright met and formed a band originally called Sigma 6.

Joe Strummer’s Squat

For a few years, Strummer helped make a strip of West London an unlikely punk hotspot. His like-minded neighbours included The Slits, who hung out a few doors down at number 43, two of the Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren, who lived round the corner on Bell Street, and The Damned who practised nearby.

Speakeasy

Opened on 15 December 1966, the Speakeasy Club hosted the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Pink Floyd (who first appeared on 19 September 1967), Love, King Crimson, Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention (October 1967), Yes, Jimi Hendrix (1966), The Beatles, David Bowie, Deep Purple (10 July 1969), and Bob Marley (May 1973, Catch a Fire Tour). Thin Lizzy made their England debut here.