I think I see what you're saying, but I just don't know why anyone would judge the band on the fact that their manager only cared about making money, even though Rotten wanted no part of it and genuinely loathed Malcolm (as well as Vicious). I personally don't see how getting punk into the mainstream would be a bad thing because in the Pistols' case it was the best way for them to get their (or at least Rotten's) message out and for anyone to hear them other than the people at the small pubs that they started out at. I'm not claiming the band to be perfect in every way because they did have their weaknesses and the other members besides Rotten did seem to care more about publicity than having a real message, but I still say that just by their impact alone on the media and the punk scene they do deserve a lot of credit for that.
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