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    John Joseph Lydon (/ˈlaɪdən/; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer. He was the lead vocalist of the punk...
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  • described his performance as Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten (real name John Lydon) as a "short-arse Scouse Bleasdale regular never once looking like he...
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    stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist...
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  • punk bands The Slits, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash. She was married to John Lydon of the Sex Pistols. Nora Maier Forster was born 6 November 1942 in Munich...
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    Kingsway student John Lydon, who introduced him to his friends John Grey and John Wardle. All four, who became known locally as 'The Four Johns', quit school...
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    as manager, personal minder and long-term friend of punk rock legend John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten), and music producer of several albums for...
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  • Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs is an autobiography by John Lydon, former singer, songwriter, and front man of the punk band Sex Pistols. Co-authors...
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    Rotten (born John Lydon), guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen Matlock, with Matlock replaced by Sid Vicious (born John Richie) in...
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  • Virgin and Elektra Records. In a departure from their previous releases, John Lydon was advised by trusted music producer Bill Laswell to take on an all-star...
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  • Lydon is a surname of Irish origin, an anglicization of "Loideán", and may refer to: Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917), English engraver of natural history...
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  • finished new PiL album for Virgin Records: Commercial Zone. For his part, John Lydon decided to completely abandon the tapes and re-record the whole album...
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    of the group Yes. Nora Forster married the Sex Pistols' lead singer, John Lydon, in 1979. Their home was a punk domain where Nora would take in poor musicians...
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  • track was pretty much a live take with Levene's guitar double-tracked. John Lydon did his vocal through a Space Echo, dub-style. I did a rough mix and went...
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    Whitechapel's Clichy Estate in London's East End. He is a long-time friend of John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), whom he had met in the 1970s at London's Kingsway College...
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  • 2021, while the series was still in production, Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon criticised the series, branding it as "The most disrespectful shit I've...
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    group originally consisted of vocalist John Lydon, guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble (real name John Wardle) and drummer Jim Walker. The group's...
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  • The murders of John Lydon (died 24 April 1881) and his son Martin Lydon (died 21 May 1881) occurred in Letterfrack, County Galway, Ireland during the Irish...
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  • studio album by Public Image Ltd following the death of lead vocalist John Lydon's wife Nora Forster and was promoted with the lead single "Hawaii", a tribute...
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  • God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song) (category Songs written by John Lydon)
    The Bollocks". YouTube. Lydon, John (1995). Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Picador. p. 234. ISBN 0-312-11883-X. John Lydon (2007). "Sex Pistols Vinyl...
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  • Psycho's Path is the only solo studio album by John Lydon, released by Virgin Records in 1997. Lydon sang on all the songs and played most of the instruments...
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  • further into an experimental sound. It was recorded mainly by frontman John Lydon and guitarist Keith Levene, both of whom made heavy use of percussion...
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  • Pat Benatar, Anna Nicole Smith , and Tori Amos. On October 7, 1999, John Lydon was scheduled to appear on the show but was removed before rehearsal for...
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  • with the band moving into a more avant-garde sound characterised by John Lydon's cryptic lyrics, propulsive dub-inspired rhythms led by bassist Jah Wobble...
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  • and influential punk bands, the Sex Pistols and The Clash. According to John Lydon, Rhodes was responsible for discovering him in the Kings Road and arranging...
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  • Rise (Public Image Ltd song) (category Songs written by John Lydon)
    John Lydon and Bill Laswell about apartheid in South Africa, specifically about Nelson Mandela as Lydon stated in a 2013 Glastonbury interview. Lydon...
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  • spots from musicians not associated with dance music at the time such as John Lydon from Public Image Ltd. (and formerly of Sex Pistols) and Toni Halliday...
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  • Bodies (Sex Pistols song) (category Songs written by John Lydon)
    where she became a punk rock fan. She had several abortions. According to John Lydon, she showed up once at his door wearing nothing but a clear plastic bag...
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  • Mother Florence Welch, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, The Black Lips, Alan Palomo, John Lydon, Flea, Spank Rock, Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith,...
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  • and Roxy Music. However, Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten (real name John Lydon) insisted that the influences of the UK punk scene were not from the US...
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  • "Nauseating Nancy" for her outrageous and frequently antisocial behavior. After John Lydon left the band and Vicious was made a focal point of subsequent band activities...
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