John Lydon

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Punk rock singer John Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is re-forming his band Public Image Ltd -- or PiL -- after a 17 year hiatus with a five-date tour in December, according to media reports. Lydon told Britain's Guardian newspaper that the influential band he created in 1978, a year after the disintegration of the Sex Pistols, and which lasted for 14 years, would reform with a new line-up. He said the new-look PiL will not contain original band members Jah Wobble or former Clash guitarist Keith Levene but will feature guitarist Lu Edmonds, drummer ... Read Full Story

Punk rocker John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, is reforming his second most famous band, Public Image Ltd, after 17 years, a report said Monday. Lydon, famous as frontman for the punk pioneers the Sex Pistols, said his PiL band would embark on a mini-tour starting in England in December, according to the Guardian newspaper. PiL, an experimental band, was created in 1978, just 12 months after the disintegration of the Sex Pistols, and lasted eight years. Although the Sex Pistols have successfully reformed twice, including in 2007 to mark the 30th anniversary of their iconic first album, the come back for PiL is a ... Read Full Story

Punk rocker John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, is reforming his second most famous band, Public Image Ltd, after 17 years, a report said Monday. Lydon, famous as frontman for the punk pioneers the Sex Pistols, said his PiL band would embark on a mini-tour starting in England in December, according to the Guardian newspaper. PiL, an experimental band, was created in 1978, just 12 months after the disintegration of the Sex Pistols, and lasted eight years. Although the Sex Pistols have successfully reformed twice, including in 2007 to mark the 30th anniversary of their iconic first album, the come back for PiL is a ... Read Full Story

Last year 52-year-old punk rocker and lead singer of British band Sex Pistols suprised his fans and appeared in Country Life Butter Commercial. John Lydon never appeared before in any TV commercial or print ad. Read Full Story

John Lydon, as his alter-ego Johnny Rotten, is the lead singer in The Sex Pistols, and one of the pioneers of punk music. But he also likes butter on his toast in the mornings. Yes, hell has frozen over, and John Lydon, once the most revered punk on the British scene, is now advertising Country Life butter. It’s over guys, punk is officially dead. The advert is actually quite funny, but the funniest thing of all is just the idea that a man who purports to hate commercialism is advertising butter. And he still dyes his hair. I wonder how much money had to ... Read Full Story