The Rock 'n Roll Guru reminded us today.... "January 31, 1956: John Lydon , better known as Johnny Rotten, was born. He is 56. Johnny Rotten was a member of the much-loved yet short-lived (save for a few reunion tours) Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols were the definitive punk band and left a legacy well beyond their brief existence." Forget the Pistols! It's 2012 and John at 56 is all about Public Image Ltd. , Lydon's post Pistols band. The PiL musical entity (ie. band) is planning for the...Read Full Story
Have you ever, after watching an ad on television, had the feeling that you just saw something you weren't supposed to see? Or swore never to purchase the product that was advertised? Or wondered if you were hallucinating and maybe even losing your mind? History has shown that marketing geniuses have green-lighted some truly weird television ads. Here are 10 of them: the cool, the strange, and the hopelessly offensive.
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Archaeologists typically record and analyse the traces of past human activities. The caves of Lascaux in southern France are celebrated as a place where early humans made their marks on cave walls. The cave is now protected, and an exact replica is what the public now encounter.
But a new study by archaeologists has been examining marks made much more recently -- graffiti by the Sex Pistols now discovered on the walls of the flat the punk group rented in London in the mid-1970s. The...Read Full Story
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30/01/2011
The Sex Pistols frontman has a go at the rapper, and feels let down by the Stones' guitarist's autobiography.
The Sex Pistols may not necessarily be seen as cool or trendy, but Johnny Rotten, or John Lydon in his quieter moments, is happy to give...Read Full Story
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A copy of God Save The Queen could be worth up to £8000 in mint condition.
Over there years there have been a number of old Vinyl records that have fetched a rich penny in auctions, and it seems that based on expert opinions alone, top to the pile for valuable LPs is a rare recording of the Sex...Read Full Story
Punk icon John Lydon has reportedly threatened to launch legal action against his former Public Image Ltd. bandmate Jah Wobble over the rights to their album Metal Box. Wobble and his fellow ex-PiL star Keith Levene have teamed up for a series of Metal Box ...
The assault on the X-Factor has continued today as former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon blasted the show as he thinks the talent show is preventing his band Public Image LTD securing a record deal.
Punk icon John Lydon has blamed TV talent shows for the fact his reunited Public Image Ltd have yet to find a record label The sneering former Sex Pistols singer has taken aim at hit shows like The X Factor and American Idol claiming the music industry...
Manic Street Preachers bass player Nicky Wire admits his favourite song lyrics are the Sex Pistols' 'God Save the Queen'. 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 ...
With the Public Image Ltd. catalog newly reissued, what better time to revisit this telling New York Rocker portrait of the former Pistol and his postpunk comrades, at large and loose-mouthed in Gotham. As originally published in May 1980——Barney ...
Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten has apparently revealed the band are considering making a new album. The ageing punk rocker - real name John Lydon - wowed crowds at the Isle Of Wight festival this weekend, and backstage told The Sun that the ...
John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956 ), also known as Johnny Rotten , is a British rock musician born to Irish parents. He is the lead vocalist for the punk rock group Sex ...