[garyhope]

I doubt if John Lydon, AKA Johnny Rotten, was there. I don’t think he really cared all that much for McLaren. McLaren got more credit than he deserved for punk.

More should go to John Lydon.

[a fool in paradise]

John did send off a statement when Malcolm died. I think he’s gotten beyond some of their squabbles.

He just played Coachella in California with a reformed P.I.L.

Steve Jones’ statement was read but it doesn’t sound like he attended either.

Jones and Lydon live in LA.

[a fool in paradise]

Malcolm gave punk (at least British punk) a look. American punk already had a look by the time the Ramones played London on July 4, 1976.

Dee Dee Ramone hated the Ramones’ costume. He thought it made them look like slobs. And technically it did. In earlier years they'd been buying British mod/glam wear from Granny Takes A Trip in England.

Blondie and the Ramones’ manager both had ties to Warhol's factory people in the 1960s. It doesn't begin with one event or band but it was shaped by the participation and presence of a number of individuals.

After the Sex Pistols implosion, Malcolm manufactured the look of a number of subsequent British new wave/new romantic bands like Adam Ant (who apparently surfaced to go to this funeral, despite his breakdown last decade) and Bow Wow Wow.

John Lydon did steer the Sex Pistols away from being the pub rock band they might have become without his lyrics and presence.