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30 Apr 2012
Watching old footage of the Sex Pistols sends a shiver up John Lydon's spine. The former frontman of the punk rock band - who quit in 1978 to found a new group, Public Image Ltd - is still proud of the work they did and sometimes likes to reminisce…
28 Apr 2012
John Lydon thinks Simon Cowell is "really bad news" for music. The Sex Pistols frontman finds the music mogul "hilarious to watch" while judging on TV talent shows, but he believes the 'X Factor' boss is "very destructive". He said: "He's really…
18 Apr 2012
John Lydon has distanced himself from the reissue of The Sex Pistols' anti-monarchist song 'God Save the Queen'. The group's frontman believes rereleasing the track in time for Britain's Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee "undermines" what they…
11 Apr 2012
The Sex Pistols turned down the chance to play at the Olympics. The legendary punk band were asked to reform and perform at the huge summer sporting event in London, but singer John Lydon turned the opportunity down as it doesn't fit with his punk…
15 Feb 2012
John Lydon has completed the new Public Image Limited (PiL) album. The group, fronted by the punk legend have recorded their first record since 1992's 'That What Is Not' - partly funded by John's fee for appearing in a commercial promoting butter…
11 Feb 2012
Nicky Wire is a huge fan of John Lydon's lyrics. The Manic Street Preachers bass player counts the lyrics of the Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen' as his favourite, and loves the venom and message the young singer - then called Johnny Rotten - put…
26 May 2011
Sex Pistols singer John Lydon was a "mad barker" until he found "humanity and love". The frontman feels his second band, Public Image Limited (PiL), brought out qualities in him which audiences hadn't previously seen when he was in his original…
11 Apr 2011
John Lydon doesn't think he's made his best record yet. The former Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited (PiL) frontman has been behind albums including 'Never Mind The B******s, Here's the Sex Pistols' and 'Metal Box', but insists he is still waiting…
7 Mar 2011
John Lydon wishes Sid Vicious hadn't been turned into a "nasty, egotistical monster" by drugs. The singer appeared alongside Sid in punk band Sex Pistols - which imploded in 1978, a few months before the bass player died of a heroin overdose - and…
5 Mar 2011
John Lydon doesn't like being called a punk. The singer - also known as Johnny Rotten - was leader of the notorious band Sex Pistols, figureheads of the rebellious 70s movement, but despite being dubbed the "King of Punk", the 'Pretty Vacant' rocker…
25 Feb 2011
John Lydon has called UK's Prime Minster and his deputy "****s". The controversial Sex Pistols frontman - who lives in the US - blasted the current coalition government made up between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, headed by David…
30 Jan 2011
John Lydon has branded Jay-Z a "parody". The former Sex Pistols rocker - who is also known as Johnny Rotten - admitted he isn't a fan of the hip hop superstar and is pleased to have drawn crowds away from him when they have performed on the same…
6 Jan 2011
John Lydon is set to write new songs for the Sex Pistols. The 54-year-old punk legend - who performed in the group as Johnny Rotten - says the time could be right to reunite with his former band after touring with his other group, Public Image Ltd.
23 Nov 2010
John Lydon has postponed recording a new Public Image Ltd (PiL) album to mourn the loss of his stepdaughter. The punk legend and founding member of The Sex Pistols has been left distraught by the death of Arianna Forster - who was also a punk singer…
18 Jul 2010
John Lydon "never liked" the Sex Pistols' name. The punk legend says his former group - also comprising Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, who was later replaced by Sid Vicious - tried out several different monikers before making their final…
16 Jul 2010
John Lydon uses live performances to cope with the death of his father. The British rocker - who shot to fame with the Sex Pistols and then formed Public Image Ltd (PiL) in 1978 after the group split - was devastated when his dad John Christopher…
7 Jan 2010
‘Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?’ Those were John Lydon’s last words as Johnny Rotten at the close of The Sex Pistols’ chaotic 1978 San Francisco swansong. It was a sentiment echoed this September when the first live dates in 17 years by…
3 Sep 2009
Within the first paragraph of this look-back over a particularly distinctive life and musical career, John Wardle has been born in Stepney, E1. And within the first page-and-a-half, his mum has had their house exorcised (but not a ‘full-on pukka…
31 Jul 2008
‘No future, no future, no future for me.’ Those words, penned by John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) back in 1976, expressed not only Lydon’s feelings, not only his band The Sex Pistols’ attitude to life, not only the stance of the fearsome punk movement…
22 Jul 2008
John Lydon has hit back over claims he was involved in a racial attack on Kele Okereke. Bloc Party frontman Kele alleged the Sex Pistols star and three of his entourage had verbally abused him, before he was punched in the face and head. The 'Like…
28 May 2008
Sex Pistols singer John Lydon wants to write a song for Britney Spears. The outrageous rocker - better known as Johnny Rotten - believes he and the troubled pop princess could pen a great track together, despite their vastly different musical…
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