Photo by Ryan Muir, Metromix New York.
Posted on 05/20/2010 8:13:57 AM PDT by kristinn
Punk singer John Lydon, better known by his Sex Pistols moniker Johnny Rotten, urged fans at a Public Image Ltd., concert in Brooklyn last night to spit on Sarah Palin and what he called "Tea Party chimpanzees."
The group was playing the finale of their first U.S. tour in almost twenty years at the Music Hall of Williamsburg when Lydon was spat on by a fan reliving the early days of punk when spitting on the band was (briefly) considered a sign of support.
According to Spinner, Lydon became angry when a lunger landed on his cheek. A few songs after threatening the spitter he was going to "lacerate your ****ing face" if he spat on him again, Lydon urged his audience to spit on their enemies.
"You only spit on your enemies, and I have never been your enemy. Save it for Sarah Palin and the Tea Party chimpanzees."
Lydon appeared on the Fox News Channel's Red Eye (video here) in April to promote PiL's tour.
Lydon has fronted two of the most influential, groundbreaking bands in modern music. Sadly his politics are caught in the well-trod ground of hate-filled, violence provoking, mindless liberalism.
Photo by Ryan Muir, Metromix New York.
The tolerant left
why would anyone care about what he thinks?
What a PIG!!!!!!!!
This is going to swing the next election for sure. /sarc
Give Johnny Rotten a pass.
Four decades of heavy drug usage tends to cloud normal thinking processes.
Spitting on someone is considered an assault. He is encouraging commission of an unlawful act.
I guess he’s kicked that heroin addiction - unless he’s ingesting it with bacon grease.
He’s too old to spit, he just dribbles. Punk Rock and Brooklyn seems like a perfect balance
I’d say Lydon was a washed-up scumbag but that wouldn’t apply since he’s a “never was”.
That guy and his “music” stink.
I never liked them anyway and this just ads to the reasons.
“HEY, its Punk Rock. You don't gotta be good, you just gotta be a PUNK!”
RnR PING
Playing to the audience.
I am an anti-christ
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want but
I know how to get it
I wanna destroy the passer by
Where is the civility?
STOP THE LEFT WING VIOLENCE!!!
Come down south and try you faggot.
LLS
NEVER TRUST A HIPPIE
“Shut up and sing.”
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