Rotten Johnny
Just couldn't resist posting this from the August edition of Uncut. I tried to hold myself back, but really it's too delightful. You'd give your pinkie to be attacked by Rotten wouldn't you?
Where Ben Marshall (nee Stud), the interviewer erred was to say that Simon was suggesting the Pistols were more "important". I don't think that he ever said that, more that they were more "innovative" than The Pistols. I believe for a while Lydon said as much as himself before shutting the whole episode down to concentrate on "TEH BIG MESSAGE". You only have 15 minutes in the spotlight after all. Would the nature TV programmers John works for these days want an experimental musician presenting for them or the anarchic firebrand of Celebrity Big Brother fame? It's quite like the way Macca has in recent years airbrushed his avant-garde past from the official history.
What was I doing reading Uncut? Er, my van broke down (the gear-stick snapped off) and I was stranded for 5 hours in North London waiting to be towed away. Actually it's OK. They had a rock lore pamphlet with this issue which was quite entertaining.