John Lydon
Alternative rock, Musical Artist
1956 –
Who is John Lydon?
John Joseph Lydon, also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer-songwriter and television presenter, best known as the lead singer of punk rock band the Sex Pistols from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is the lead singer of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd, which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009. Throughout his career, Lydon has made controversial or dismissive comments about the Royal Family and other subjects.
There has been a recent revival of a 1980s movement to have Lydon knighted for his achievements with the Sex Pistols – even though he has since turned down an MBE for his services to music. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote. Q Magazine remarked that "somehow he's assumed the status of national treasure."
Lydon's personally crafted image and fashion style led to him being asked to become the singer of the Sex Pistols by their manager, Malcolm McLaren. With the Pistols, he penned singles including "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen" and "Holidays in the Sun", the content of which precipitated the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1956
Holloway - Also known as
- Johnny 'Rotten' Lydon
- Johnny Rotten
- John Joseph Lydon
- Lydon, John
- The Sex Pistols
- Johnny Rotten from 'The Sex Pistols'
- Johnny Lydon
- Public Image Ltd.
- Sex Pistols
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- Westminster Kingsway College
- Lived in
- London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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