He'd also managed the New York Dolls at the end of their first incarnation in the 1970s (dressing them in red, moving them to Florida, and having them perform in front of a giant Communist flag, all pre-Sex Pistols).
Buffalo Gals everywhere are saddened.
John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten was brought up Irish-Catholic and always said it was not pro or anti-abortion. His point was more to do with the incredible irresponsibility of the people involved. In my view it is very much an anti-abortion song.
If you watch their video The Filth & The Fury - Lydon was a very stealth anti-Labour and pro-Thatcher Brit. Their songs largely had to do with incredible hypocrisy and were more libertarian.
Heard about this on a guitar forum I haunt. Not just the Sex Pistols, but the New York Dolls and Bow Wow Wow.
May have to spin Never Mind the Bollocks later.
He'd also managed the New York Dolls at the end of their first incarnation in the 1970s (dressing them in red, moving them to Florida, and having them perform in front of a giant Communist flag, all pre-Sex Pistols).
Well...not Sid. He died before the suit went to court.
Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?
The Pistols were the kick in the ass music needed in the 70s.
RIP.
He was really great...
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‘The Fascist regime....that made you a moron” is becoming more relevant today than ever.
One other thing to remember about “punk.” The Ramones from NYC came before The Pistols and the bandwagon jumpers The Clash came later and Strummer was a real posuer.
Lydon was able to see the Ramones before anyone had heard of The Pistols. The brains and the real sound of The Ramones was Johnny Ramone aka John Cummings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ramone
He was a working class kid from Queens who idolized....Reagan. He was a staunch Republican who fought with singer Joey Ramone aka Jeffrey Hyman a liberal who was semi-literate. They rarely talked it was so bad.
Buffalo Gals go ‘round the outside.