By: Marc Spitz, and Elizabeth Goodman

“Thank you, Donald Dump, for letting us play your castle!” Johnny Rotten snarled as the Sex Pistols stormed the Grand Cayman ballroom of the Trump Marina in Atlantic City. Rotten may not be the firebrand he was back in 1978, but as hunched old ladies pumped quarter after quarter into the nearby slots, the fact that the punk legend was stirring up some genuine anger under the gold plastic chandeliers almost made us forget that Creedence Clearwater Revisited had played this wedding-friendly venue the previous night (and that someone held up a lighter during “God Save the Queen”). Have the Pistols become a sad, spent oldies act, or are they still relevant? We turned to the crowd for answers.

Wes Costenbader, 16, Whitehall, Pennsylvania
Occupation: High school student
Why are you here? "I've been a fan for a while." [Note: His parents drove him to the show for his 16th birthday present. They waited for him in the casino.]
Is punk dead? "Real punk is. All these people who make punk fashionable now, like Good Charlotte, destroyed it."
What would Sid be doing if he were here tonight? "Shooting up and getting laid."
Do you love the queen? "She's just a figurehead."

Davis, 21, Philadelphia
Just Davis? "Just Davis."
Occupation: Porn DVD sales, bass player of Silent Enemy
Why are you here? "I got a free ticket."
What have you been doing all day? "Drinking."
What would Sid be doing if he were here? "I think he'd be pretty pissed-off."
What's a bollock? [Points to testicles]
Do you love the queen? "I shit on the queen."