VIP is to clean out loos for punk band? (3,7)

I believe the answer is:

sex pistols

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'punk band?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'vip is to clean out loos' is the wordplay.
'vip' becomes 'sexp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clean out' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'cleaned out' mean this).
'loos' with its centre removed is 'ls'.
'sexp'+'is'+'to'+'ls'='SEX PISTOLS'

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for sex pistols that I've seen is " Punk rock group".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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