but: The Sex Pistols got their name from their manager, Malcolm McLaren, who was trying to promote his clothing store, Sex. In the 2010 documentary The Filth and the Fury, McLaren said that he chose the name to invoke “sexy young assassins” and noted that the word pistol was a double entendre.
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but: The Sex Pistols got their name from their manager, Malcolm McLaren, who was trying to promote his clothing store, Sex. In the 2010 documentary The Filth and the Fury, McLaren said that he chose the name to invoke “sexy young assassins” and noted that the word pistol was a double entendre.
https://www.britannica.com/question/How-did-the-Sex-Pistols-get-their-name