The Sex Pistols have recaptured a little of their long-lost youth, rejecting a place offered in the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a crudely scrawled, misspelled note.

"Next to the SEX PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a p**s stain," read the note posted on the band's official website.

"Your museum. Urine in wine. Were (sic) not coming. Were (sic) not your monkey and so what? Your (sic) not paying attention. Outside the s**t-stem is a real SEX PISTOL."

It slagged Hall of Fame voters as "music industry people" (actually a pretty big diss) and mocked the $25,000 (£14,000) entrance fee for the unveiling ceremony or "$15,000 to squeak up in the gallery".

"They're being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll," director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Susan Evans told website Stuff.