File:Sex Pistols, August 1975.jpg

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Description	Purportedly the first ever picture of the Sex Pistols, taken in August 1975
Author or copyright owner	Unknown; needs to be identified
Source ( WP:NFCC#4 )	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/11/john_cleese_john_lydon_caitlin_doughty_crematory/
Date of publication	August 1975
Use in article ( WP:NFCC#7 )	Sex Pistols
Purpose of use in article ( WP:NFCC#8 )	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): The band as they appeared when they formed
Not replaceable with free media because ( WP:NFCC#1 )	n.a.
Minimal use ( WP:NFCC#3 )	Only once used early on in the article to depict the Sex Pistols as they looked when starting out
Respect for commercial opportunities ( WP:NFCC#2 )	n.a.
Other information	It's history in the making; the first ever picture taken of the Pistols.
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