Sex Pistols art by Jamie read to go on show in Aberdeen

John Marchant, from the Jamie Reid Archive, explained that the artist would be coming up to Scotland regularly as a child, and that carried on in to adulthood.

“He had been at art college with a chap called Malcolm McLaren – who later became the Sex Pistols’ manager,” he said.

“By 1975, he was getting tired of the city and started going up to Lewis.

“Jamie received a telegram from Malcolm saying you’ve got to start working on this band that I’m working with called the Sex Pistols.”

Reid travelled to Aberdeen where he visited Peacock, an open access printmakers.

It was there he created the first image for the Sex Pistols – a blue flyer, featuring the band’s name, and a guitarist image.