When the Sex Pistols formed in 1975, manager Malcolm McLaren, self-destructive bassist Sid Vicious (who pretty much embodied punk), venomous front man Johnny Rotten and the iconic track "God Save the Queen" gave a big f___-you to mainstream society. Turns out the group was as combustible as its infamous and explosive stage shows. Rotten announced the band's split onstage at a concert in San Francisco on Jan. 14, 1978, saying, "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" following a one-song encore of a Stooges song. He had tired of squabbling with McLaren and being around heroin-addicted Vicious, whom he referred to as a "waste of space." The group demonstrated its anger at Rotten's sudden announcement by abandoning him in Los Angeles with no money, no plane ticket home to England and just as he had wanted no band.