Dick Destiny (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
HIT YOU WITH A LITTLE STRAP Once part of DD's vinyl collection, now existing as ripped home CD. Two minute long song, "Teacher," off Christ Child's Hard. Old citations via Chuck Eddy on I Love Music's Rolling Hard Rock chat thread: Hard [Buddah, 1978] This is not punk rock. This is an ambitious, anonymous bunch of heavy metal pros who thought it might be timely to use the words "punk"...
Hex Message (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
After the Holly Park party, I'm in the Safeway at Othello w/ Johnny Rotten Shoes texting with Spaghetti: To: Spaghetti Did u break the story? We'll fawn. Nov 20, 2009 9:13 PM From: Spaghetti It was me and chs that have all the good details Nov 20, 2009 9:13 PM I take light rail to Westlake and walk home (my bike's still locked up downtown), and I stop in at Barnes & Noble and buy the Bill Simmons...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
One of punk rock's many subgenres (puck rock, if you will), this is a rollicking testament to a rough and tumble life on the ice Were he alive today, Charles Darwin might have had a thing or two to say about punk rock's impressive adaptability. Thanks, perhaps, to its simple formula – take three chords, just add attitude – the genre has found its way into all manner of cultural nooks and...
Hex Message (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
TWFT, asleep in the backseat, New Jersey Turnpike, 11/8/09, 11:00 PM From: CIA Like your prediction . Even if you waffle to C4 Nov 2, 2009 6:13 PM To: CIA Oh my! I don't tho. I say my gut is w mcg. And ask him if he's sure about that. I'm telling you: mal support top heavy. Mcg has the peeps. Peeps = numbers. Nov 2, 2009 6:13 PM ••• From: Nicky on Piano Watching all the presidents men...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
MOVE over John and Edward - John Lydon, the daddy of crazy barnets, is back to reclaim his famous haircut.
Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
John Lydon, who you may remember as Johnny Rotten from popular beat combo, The Sex Pistols, has hit out at those who criticised his decision to make a...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
SEX PISTOLS star JOHN LYDON has credited his quirky Country Life butter commercials for helping him to fund his upcoming PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. reunion tour.The former...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
DAIRY Crest yesterday credited the success of its advertising campaign, starring John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, formerly of the Sex Pistols, for a 9 per cent surge in half-year
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon claims that he has an affinity with Take That songwriter Gary Barlow.
Dr. Helen (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I read this line from a Johnny Rotten (the Sex Pistols) song on Gateway Pundit from a commenter (comment #62) in response to the passing of the Democrat's Healthcare bill last night. The commenters at Gateway Pundit are debating whether or not there is anything that can be done to stop the Dems from passing this bill. Rotten's line is a good one as a metaphor for the fight against a statist government...
The Modern Historian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
On 6th November 1975, one of the most infamous rock bands of all time played their first concert at St. Martin's College of Art in London. The Sex Pistols emerged from an earlier group called The Strand that the boutique owner and impresario Malcolm McLaren managed. Following a brief spell in the United States promoting the New York Dolls, McLaren returned to England with the plan to develop the punk...
Houstonist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
CALLING ALL HOUSTON BANDS! If you're interested in being a truly functional touring band then H-Town Rock advises you to stop in to Avant Garden tonight and listen to what Martin Atkins has to say. Atkins is a former member of PiL [Public Image, Ltd. aka that band Johnny Rotten had after the Sex Pistols], Killing Joke, and Ministry. His book Tour:Smart is considered a premium handbook to touring effectively....
1115.org (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Happy to have, not to have not Big business is very wise I’m crossing over into E-enter-prize Public Image Ltd. – “This is Not a Love Song” (1984) Making fun of the weak ass public option with a brilliant Public Image Ltd. callback from 25 years ago? Wow. Well done, Mr. Stewart. As Johnny Rotten used to say [...]
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The first UK tour of Public Image Limited for 17 years will conclude with an emotional family Christmas for frontman and founder John Lydon
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The former Sex Pistol digs the Kinks, Roxy Music, the Raincoats, Can, and Kate Bush.
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