From The Archives: Julien Temple – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle0

by Daniel Robert Epstein

“I like to try to find out what is unique about that band and why that band means something good or bad and nail that rather than design a perfume.”
– Julien Temple

Without ever being in a band Julien Temple has made a career out of music. He first came to attention in the late 1970’s when he filmed hours of the Sex Pistols. Much of that footage later went into his 2000 documentary The Filth and The Fury. In the 1980’s and ’90’s Temple directed dozens of music videos such as Tom Petty’’s “Free Fallin,” Van Halen’’s “Jump,” Culture Club’’s “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?,” Accept’’s “Balls to the Wall,” and many more. But before that Temple directed The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, which was about the Sex Pistols breakup told from the point of view of Malcolm McLaren.

Read our exclusive interview with Julien Temple on SuicideGirls.com.