Paul Cook

Paul Cook

Born: July 20, 1956
in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Paul Thomas Cook (born 20 July 1956 in Shepherd's Bush, London) is an English drummer and member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He was also called "Cookie" by his friends on the punk music scene. Cook was raised in Hammersmith and attended the Christopher Wren School, now Phoenix High School, London in White City Estate, Shepherds Bush, where he met Steve Jones. The pair became good friends and while bunking off school. In 1972–1973, Cook and Jones, along with their school friend Wally Nightingale, formed a band, The Strand. Within the next three years The Strand evolved into the Sex Pistols. [source: Wikipedia]

Movies for Paul Cook...

Not a Rock-Doc
Title: Not a Rock-Doc
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Legendary British guitarist Chris Spedding and enigmatic frontman Snips (aka Stephen Parsons) trace the fall and rise of their cult seventies band, the Sharks from the Marquee Club to... wherever. With former sex Pistol Paul Cook and Punk Empress 'Jordan' Mooney.
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Generation Sex: Glastonbury 2023
Title: Generation Sex: Glastonbury 2023
Released: June 24, 2023
Type: Movie
Sex Pistols meet Generation X in this punk supergroup.
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Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
Title: Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2018
Type: Movie
The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Title: Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
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Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas '77 with the Sex Pistols
Title: Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas '77 with the Sex Pistols
Character: Paul Cook
Released: December 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Director Julien Temple presents a unique insight into the tradition and transgression of Christmas. Featuring interviews and 70s archive, framing the Sex Pistols’ last UK concert with Sid Vicious, for the children of striking firemen in Huddersfield on Christmas Day 1977.
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Sex Pistols: The Whole Story
Title: Sex Pistols: The Whole Story
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Rules are made to be broken and over three decades, the Sex Pistols lived this lifestyle better than anyone. The Sex Pistols went from public enemy number one to national treasures, and influenced an entire generation along the way. With rare and exclusive interviews and live performances, band members tell their side of the story. There was nothing like them before, and there’s been nothing quite like them since. Without them, popular culture would be very different. They ignited the punk rock revolution in Britain and created controversies that often eclipsed their music. During their twenty-six month existence they released just one album, and a handful of singles, which remain some of the most definitive releases in the history of modern music
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Sex Pistols: There'll Always Be an England
Title: Sex Pistols: There'll Always Be an England
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 2008
Type: Movie
There'll Always Be an England' - named after Vera Lynn's stirring intro music - was recorded on Saturday, November 10th and captures the energy and excitement of the band and the crowd. The whole of the classic 'Never Mind The Bollocks' album is performed, together with a mixture Pistols cover versions, b-sides and even an impromptu crowd sing-along of 'I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside'.
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Punk's Not Dead
Title: Punk's Not Dead
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2007
Type: Movie
On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, shopping malls and stadiums where punk rock music and culture continue to thrive.
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Classic Albums : Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Title: Classic Albums : Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Character: Self - Drums
Released: November 19, 2002
Type: Movie
The Sex Pistols album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is unquestionably one of the most important musical statements in the history of British music. It was in 1977, at a time when the nation was crippled by class division and unemployment that four working class teenagers with supposedly non-existent futures recorded an album that to this day remains as one of the greatest and most influential bodies of work ever recorded. This documentary features exclusive interview's with all four of the original members of the Sex Pistols as they take you on a track by track look at the making of the album. Featuring Steve Jones and Glen Matlock demonstrating selected riffs and licks off the album and explaining the development of the song writing. Candid interviews with Malcolm McLaren, Chris Thomas and Bill Price set the record straight about the recording session. Intertwining additional rare home video, live footage and early demo's make this release a compelling must see.
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25 Years of Punk
Title: 25 Years of Punk
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.
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The Filth and the Fury
Title: The Filth and the Fury
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 2000
Type: Movie
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
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Making of The Fabulous Stains
Title: Making of The Fabulous Stains
Character: Self
Released: May 24, 1999
Type: Movie
A making-of short about Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains featuring interviews with cast and crew.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self - Drums
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan
Title: Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan
Character: Himself
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Here’s the Sex Pistols – the original Sex Pistols, with Glen Matlock on bass – in an intense, non-stop onslaught of pure punk rock in a 1996 reunion tour, shot at the fabled Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. John Lydon returns as Johnny Rotten, with two-tone hair, red shorts, and no letup from the famous raw, shouted vocals with which he helped invent UK punk in the 1970’s. Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook blast out the music in the Pistols’ trademark fast, tight, loud style, reviving a host of Sex Pistols favourites. While the great punk-rock moment that the Sex Pistols created and owned in the mid-1970’s was brief and fleeting, this concert shows that punk rock – and the band that made it famous – will never die. A searing evening of wild music.
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Sex Pistols: The Filthy Lucre Tour - Live in Japan
Title: Sex Pistols: The Filthy Lucre Tour - Live in Japan
Character: Himself - Drums
Released: April 15, 1996
Type: Movie
The concert was recorded live on the Japanese leg of the band's Filthy Lucre Tour. This release is unique in that it is the only officially available full-length visual record of the band's performances on their 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour. Tracklist: 1. Bodies 2. Seventeen 3. New York 4. No Feelings" 5. Did You No Wrong 6. God Save the Queen 7. Liar 8. Satellite 9. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone 10. Submission 11. Holidays in the Sun 12. Pretty Vacant 13. EMI 14. Anarchy in the UK 15. Problems
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Sex Pistols: Decade... A Look Back (Unlimited Supply)
Title: Sex Pistols: Decade... A Look Back (Unlimited Supply)
Character: Himself
Released: March 11, 1989
Type: Movie
Featuring portions of over a dozen songs, humorous British 'punk' ads, opinions, Ronnie Biggs, Malcolm McLaren (of course!), and a fantastic not-so-candid Lydon interview.
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Sex Pistols: Buried Alive
Title: Sex Pistols: Buried Alive
Character: Himself
Released: May 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Featuring the infamous Bill Grundy interview, snippets of live footage including God Save the Queen, No Fun, and two version of Anarchy in the UK. Also watch for cameos by Siouxie, Malcolm, Vivienne, Jordan from Jubilee, and Shane McGowan who would later form the Pogues.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Title: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Character: Danny
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
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D.O.A.
Title: D.O.A.
Character: Himself
Released: September 12, 1980
Type: Movie
Documentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Title: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Character: The Tea-Maker
Released: September 11, 1980
Type: Movie
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."
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Dummy
Title: Dummy
Character: Grand Jury Foreman
Released: May 27, 1979
Type: Movie
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.
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Damien: Omen II
Title: Damien: Omen II
Character: Colonel
Released: June 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
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The Punk Rock Movie
Title: The Punk Rock Movie
Character: Self
Released: June 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78
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Sex Pistols: Live at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco
Title: Sex Pistols: Live at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco
Character: Himself - Drums
Released: January 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Live At The Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco. 1978.01.14.
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Sex Pistols - Live at the Longhorn
Title: Sex Pistols - Live at the Longhorn
Character: Himself
Released: January 10, 1978
Type: Movie
The Sex Pistols captured live onstage at the very end of their fame (they split days after this show). Sid Vicious had by now replaced bassist Glenn Matlock, but internal divisions in the band would come to a head during this winter tour of the US. Numbers performed include 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'No Fun'. Live at the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, January 10, 1978.