JOHNNY ROTTEN AND WIFE, NORA
Good for them
He’s done some good stuff with Public Image Ltd.
I always thought it was very touching, the way Johnny stuck by her side all those years. When he stepped off the stage, he was a one man woman, dedicated care for her and fulfill her every need. “In sickness & in health..for as long as you both shall live!..”That’s what we are all told marriage is supposed to be about anyway, but it is easy to forget in today’s world, where willfull committment has become something rare. That’s how my parents were.
The king is gone but he’s not forgotten
This is the story of a Johnny Rotten
It’s better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he’s not forgotten
the two “johnnys” of the 1970s punk - Johnny Rotten and Johnny Ramone were both conservatives, although Rotten (Lydon) seems to have (publicly at least) came to it later in life.
He supported Brexit and Nigel Farage. Said he knew Trump, he would probably be friends with him. Has talked about the importance of kids having a stable family life.
One quote I remember (paraphrase): “It was because of f*****g tw**s like me that people got fed up and voted for Reagan.”
Most people don't realize that the Sex Pistols were just an act. They were created for the purpose of shocking people, causing controversy and otherwise attracting attention to themselves in order to sell records. While they are credited with pioneering the punk movement, it was other bands like The Ramones and The Damned that got all that started.
Therefore they were a short-lived band. They flamed out pretty quickly and even in America, they had a hard time finding concert venues that would have them, as they were just so over-the-top outrageous.
One member of the band, Sid Vicious (John Ritchie), did get carried away and had a rather ugly end but that's not for this thread.
Public Image LTD, Johnny's later band, put out a lot of good records.
Quite a contrast to Sid Vicious who flamed out with Nancy and heroin.
Picture on the right is an actor in a recent stupid TV movie.
equally yolked...
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