Unlike those people music, whose lyrical material was comfortably in just rock 'n' roll traditions, "Anarchy in the U.K." connected punk to a freshly politicised attitude-the Pistols' stance was aggrieved, euphoric and nihilistic, all at the identical time. At close to this time, Bill was planning to commence Mersey Beat, a biweekly newspaper working with the then-thriving rock (or "pop") music scene in the spot.