Glen Matlock has revealed he has not seen former Sex Pistols bandmate Johnny Rotten since 2008 but says reconnecting is a "two-way street".
The former bassist for the punk rock band reunited with fellow original members Paul Cook and Steve Jones this week to help raise funds for west London music venue Bush Hall.
The trio were joined by singer Frank Carter, who stepped into Rotten's role for the gigs as the former frontman has distanced himself from the band.
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Tensions were raised between the group following a court case in 2021 which saw the band’s former drummer Cook and former guitarist Jones sue Rotten, real name John Lydon, to allow their songs to be used in a new TV series Pistol about the group.
During the case, Cook said the original group were probably "gone for good" as a result of a legal dispute.
Discussing Rotten on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Friday, Matlock said: "I haven’t seen him since 2008."
Asked if he had received a WhatsApp from him, Matlock added: "No, it’s a two-way street and he knows my number."
The Sex Pistols were formed in 1975 and disanded in 1978, but later performed live shows together on a number of occasions, most recently in 2008.
Matlock released his latest album, Consequences Coming, last year which he said was inspired by controversial political figures such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson but "not in a good way".
"I wrote a lot of the songs kind of pre-lockdown. I was trying to see what was going on in the world and I couldn’t finish the album because it was lockdown so I qualified the album", he said.
The bassist is set to reunite with Cook, Jones and Carter again in September for another gig at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London.
