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Post by bluetornados on Jan 31, 2022 23:35:16 GMT
John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten is 66 today (31st Jan 2022).
John Lydon Net Worth: John Lydon is an English singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $500 thousand.
John Joseph Lydon was born in Holloway, London, England in January 1956. Lydon is better known as Johnny Rotten and was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols. Rotten fronted the punk rock band from 1978 until 1978 and then for reunions in the 1990s and 2000s.
The band's only studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in 1977 and hit #1 on the UK charts. Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody".
The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 but refused to attend the ceremony.
From 1978 to 1993 Rotten was the lead singer of the band Public Image Ltd. The band has released nine studio albums and their 1989 single "Disappointed" hit #1 on the US Alternative chart.
Lydon has turned down an MBE for his contributions to music. He was named one of the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002.
His autobiography Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs was published in 1993. He has hosted television shows in the US, UK, and Belgium.
Lydon's only solo studio album Psycho's Path was released in 1997. He is married to Nora Foster.
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John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten is 66 today (31st Jan 2022). John Lydon Net Worth: John Lydon is an English singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $500 thousand. John Joseph Lydon was born in Holloway, London, England in January 1956. Lydon is better known as Johnny Rotten and was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols. Rotten fronted the punk rock band from 1978 until 1978 and then for reunions in the 1990s and 2000s. The band's only studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in 1977 and hit #1 on the UK charts. Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody". The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 but refused to attend the ceremony. From 1978 to 1993 Rotten was the lead singer of the band Public Image Ltd. The band has released nine studio albums and their 1989 single "Disappointed" hit #1 on the US Alternative chart. Lydon has turned down an MBE for his contributions to music. He was named one of the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002. His autobiography Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs was published in 1993. He has hosted television shows in the US, UK, and Belgium. Lydon's only solo studio album Psycho's Path was released in 1997. He is married to Nora Foster. Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody". I don't think so. I'll concede "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K". Add to that "Pretty Vacant", and the job is done. "C'mon Everybody" is a poor copy of an Eddie Cochrane classic and was released after the band imploded and Sid Vicious had died. Fun fact: Top chart position of Anarchy in the UK was only 38. Could have sworn that was top 10. But it was a frightening 43 years ago. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 1, 2022 16:30:06 GMT
John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten is 66 today (31st Jan 2022). John Lydon Net Worth: John Lydon is an English singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $500 thousand. John Joseph Lydon was born in Holloway, London, England in January 1956. Lydon is better known as Johnny Rotten and was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols. Rotten fronted the punk rock band from 1978 until 1978 and then for reunions in the 1990s and 2000s. The band's only studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in 1977 and hit #1 on the UK charts. Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody". The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 but refused to attend the ceremony. From 1978 to 1993 Rotten was the lead singer of the band Public Image Ltd. The band has released nine studio albums and their 1989 single "Disappointed" hit #1 on the US Alternative chart. Lydon has turned down an MBE for his contributions to music. He was named one of the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002. His autobiography Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs was published in 1993. He has hosted television shows in the US, UK, and Belgium. Lydon's only solo studio album Psycho's Path was released in 1997. He is married to Nora Foster. Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody". I don't think so. I'll concede "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K". Add to that "Pretty Vacant", and the job is done. "C'mon Everybody" is a poor copy of an Eddie Cochrane classic and was released after the band imploded and Sid Vicious had died. Fun fact: Top chart position of Anarchy in the UK was only 38. Could have sworn that was top 10. But it was a frightening 43 years ago. Totally agree about "C'mon Everybody", a poor write up to copy and paste, your fun fact of "Anarchy in the UK" was in fact a number 38 single. They had in fact 7 top 8 singles, "God Save the Queen" reached No. 1 on the NME charts in the United Kingdom, and made it to No. 2 on the official UK Singles Chart as used by the BBC. This led to accusations by some that the charts had been "fixed" to prevent the song from reaching No. 1. On Piers Morgan Live in 2015, in response to the song's backlash from those who loved the Queen, Lydon stated: "I never said I didn't either, I just don't like the institution". Johnny only sang on the first 4 single releases in the UK charts. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 1, 2022 22:21:27 GMT
Their most popular songs include "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K. and "C'mon Everybody". I don't think so. I'll concede "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K". Add to that "Pretty Vacant", and the job is done. "C'mon Everybody" is a poor copy of an Eddie Cochrane classic and was released after the band imploded and Sid Vicious had died. Fun fact: Top chart position of Anarchy in the UK was only 38. Could have sworn that was top 10. But it was a frightening 43 years ago. Totally agree about "C'mon Everybody", a poor write up to copy and paste, your fun fact of "Anarchy in the UK" was in fact a number 38 single. They had in fact 7 top 8 singles, "God Save the Queen" reached No. 1 on the NME charts in the United Kingdom, and made it to No. 2 on the official UK Singles Chart as used by the BBC. This led to accusations by some that the charts had been "fixed" to prevent the song from reaching No. 1. On Piers Morgan Live in 2015, in response to the song's backlash from those who loved the Queen, Lydon stated: "I never said I didn't either, I just don't like the institution". Johnny only sang on the first 4 single releases in the UK charts. C'mon Everybody was Sidney singing and not what you would think of the Pistols.Agreed,nothing special. The Pistols 45s were Anarchy,Pretty Vacant,Holidat8in the Sun and God Save the Queen. B side to Holiday being Satellite, maybe my favourite. Pistols recorded one album and it was sensationally good.Great songs,a nutter screaming,brilliant Steve Jones big guitar sound ,etc. As a fan i always thought it shame one or two more albums were'nt recorded,but it was'nt to be. As for John,I've read his book and liked it.I like him, imperfections and all. He records PIL stuff in a studio up in the Cotswolds. Edit. Anarchy in the UK was I think number 1 in the John Peel Festive 50 chart a few times. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 1, 2022 22:53:42 GMT
Totally agree about "C'mon Everybody", a poor write up to copy and paste, your fun fact of "Anarchy in the UK" was in fact a number 38 single. They had in fact 7 top 8 singles, "God Save the Queen" reached No. 1 on the NME charts in the United Kingdom, and made it to No. 2 on the official UK Singles Chart as used by the BBC. This led to accusations by some that the charts had been "fixed" to prevent the song from reaching No. 1. On Piers Morgan Live in 2015, in response to the song's backlash from those who loved the Queen, Lydon stated: "I never said I didn't either, I just don't like the institution". Johnny only sang on the first 4 single releases in the UK charts. C'mon Everybody was Sidney singing and not what you would think of the Pistols.Agreed,nothing special. The Pistols 45s were Anarchy,Pretty Vacant,Holidat8in the Sun and God Save the Queen. B side to Holiday being Satellite, maybe my favourite. Pistols recorded one album and it was sensationally good.Great songs,a nutter screaming,brilliant Steve Jones big guitar sound ,etc. As a fan i always thought it shame one or two more albums were'nt recorded,but it was'nt to be. As for John,I've read his book and liked it.I like him, imperfections and all. He records PIL stuff in a studio up in the Cotswolds. Edit. Anarchy in the UK was I think number 1 in the John Peel Festive 50 chart a few times. Good to hear from a fellow fan, i was just a bit to young when they 1st come on the scene, but i have bought, played & read everything to death since, in the last 20 years. Went to see them at the IOW Festival in 2008, other headliners were The Police and The Kaiser Chiefs, along with The Kooks, Iggy, Stranglers & Ian Brown, a no brainer. Steve Jones is so underrated as a guitarist and the same for the brilliant Drummer Paul Cook, Johnny is Johnny, they broke the mould into a 1000 pieces with him. My favourite Pistols track is Pretty Vacant. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 2, 2022 8:21:14 GMT
C'mon Everybody was Sidney singing and not what you would think of the Pistols.Agreed,nothing special. The Pistols 45s were Anarchy,Pretty Vacant,Holidat8in the Sun and God Save the Queen. B side to Holiday being Satellite, maybe my favourite. Pistols recorded one album and it was sensationally good.Great songs,a nutter screaming,brilliant Steve Jones big guitar sound ,etc. As a fan i always thought it shame one or two more albums were'nt recorded,but it was'nt to be. As for John,I've read his book and liked it.I like him, imperfections and all. He records PIL stuff in a studio up in the Cotswolds. Edit. Anarchy in the UK was I think number 1 in the John Peel Festive 50 chart a few times. Good to hear from a fellow fan, i was just a bit to young when they 1st come on the scene, but i have bought, played & read everything to death since, in the last 20 years. Went to see them at the IOW Festival in 2008, other headliners were The Police and The Kaiser Chiefs, along with The Kooks, Iggy, Stranglers & Ian Brown, a no brainer. Steve Jones is so underrated as a guitarist and the same for the brilliant Drummer Paul Cook, Johnny is Johnny, they broke the mould into a 1000 pieces with him. My favourite Pistols track is Pretty Vacant. Not forgetting Glen ay BT. He came up with many of the riffs. I thought the video of Pretty Vacant,done for TOTP,excellent. I think I first heard the LP in 78.Thats the year,not the rpm of the vinyl 🙂 Played it once and thought that's interesting. Twice and thought, I like. 3rd time ,loved it.Got it/something. Literally changed my life. The album is arguably the best 'rock' LP ever. I only saw the Pistols once ,at Brixton,I can't remember the year,2004?That's a guess. Loved it.Like seeing old friends,although I've never met them. Shame how they've fallen out,but John and Steve hav'nt got on for years. A life changing band. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 2, 2022 11:33:57 GMT
Good to hear from a fellow fan, i was just a bit to young when they 1st come on the scene, but i have bought, played & read everything to death since, in the last 20 years. Went to see them at the IOW Festival in 2008, other headliners were The Police and The Kaiser Chiefs, along with The Kooks, Iggy, Stranglers & Ian Brown, a no brainer. Steve Jones is so underrated as a guitarist and the same for the brilliant Drummer Paul Cook, Johnny is Johnny, they broke the mould into a 1000 pieces with him. My favourite Pistols track is Pretty Vacant. Not forgetting Glen ay BT. He came up with many of the riffs. I thought the video of Pretty Vacant,done for TOTP,excellent. I think I first heard the LP in 78.Thats the year,not the rpm of the vinyl 🙂 Played it once and thought that's interesting. Twice and thought, I like. 3rd time ,loved it.Got it/something. Literally changed my life. The album is arguably the best 'rock' LP ever. I only saw the Pistols once ,at Brixton,I can't remember the year,2004?That's a guess. Loved it.Like seeing old friends,although I've never met them. Shame how they've fallen out,but John and Steve hav'nt got on for years. A life changing band. Yes, Of course Glen Matlock who was too good and with Johhny hating his liking of The Beatles and The Faces had to leave. The group were firstly QT Jones and the Sex Pistols, frontmen considered were Midge Ure, Sylvain Sylvain & Richard Hell, then along came Johnny and his short green hair. I think you may mean the Brixton Academy on the 10th November 2007, they were opening their gigs with "There'll Always Be an England", leading into Pretty Vacant. There'll Always Be an England the dvd by the pistols is a mix of the 5 gigs at Brixton, a great dvd with superb extras, Johnny takes us on a tour bus around London. What i like about John is his honesty, he always credited ALL of the band members with the creation of their songs, a shame Gary Kemp could not do similar. Correct a mundo - they were truely a life changing band. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 2, 2022 20:24:33 GMT
Not forgetting Glen ay BT. He came up with many of the riffs. I thought the video of Pretty Vacant,done for TOTP,excellent. I think I first heard the LP in 78.Thats the year,not the rpm of the vinyl 🙂 Played it once and thought that's interesting. Twice and thought, I like. 3rd time ,loved it.Got it/something. Literally changed my life. The album is arguably the best 'rock' LP ever. I only saw the Pistols once ,at Brixton,I can't remember the year,2004?That's a guess. Loved it.Like seeing old friends,although I've never met them. Shame how they've fallen out,but John and Steve hav'nt got on for years. A life changing band. Yes, Of course Glen Matlock who was too good and with Johhny hating his liking of The Beatles and The Faces had to leave. The group were firstly QT Jones and the Sex Pistols, frontmen considered were Midge Ure, Sylvain Sylvain & Richard Hell, then along came Johnny and his short green hair. I think you may mean the Brixton Academy on the 10th November 2007, they were opening their gigs with "There'll Always Be an England", leading into Pretty Vacant. There'll Always Be an England the dvd by the pistols is a mix of the 5 gigs at Brixton, a great dvd with superb extras, Johnny takes us on a tour bus around London. What i like about John is his honesty, he always credited ALL of the band members with the creation of their songs, a shame Gary Kemp could not do similar. Correct a mundo - they were truely a life changing band. That's the one BT,"There'll Always Be An England",Brixton Academy,2007 was it,thanks. I flew over fron Basel,met some pals for the gig. Next day Rovers at Orient. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 2, 2022 21:44:31 GMT
Yes, Of course Glen Matlock who was too good and with Johhny hating his liking of The Beatles and The Faces had to leave. The group were firstly QT Jones and the Sex Pistols, frontmen considered were Midge Ure, Sylvain Sylvain & Richard Hell, then along came Johnny and his short green hair. I think you may mean the Brixton Academy on the 10th November 2007, they were opening their gigs with "There'll Always Be an England", leading into Pretty Vacant. There'll Always Be an England the dvd by the pistols is a mix of the 5 gigs at Brixton, a great dvd with superb extras, Johnny takes us on a tour bus around London. What i like about John is his honesty, he always credited ALL of the band members with the creation of their songs, a shame Gary Kemp could not do similar. Correct a mundo - they were truely a life changing band. That's the one BT,"There'll Always Be An England",Brixton Academy,2007 was it,thanks. I flew over fron Basel,met some pals for the gig. Next day Rovers at Orient. It must have been Friday the 9th of November for the gig and Saturday the 10th for a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup 1st round v Orient (3-3 in the replay, won 6-5 on pens) |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 3, 2022 6:58:03 GMT
That's the one BT,"There'll Always Be An England",Brixton Academy,2007 was it,thanks. I flew over fron Basel,met some pals for the gig. Next day Rovers at Orient. It must have been Friday the 9th of November for the gig and Saturday the 10th for a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup 1st round v Orient (3-3 in the replay, won 6-5 on pens) Yep,football was the next day,so not the first of the Brixton gigs.Good because they get better after a gig or two. Fair play,yes,I think it was a Cup game and I think a Memorial Service was held at Brisbane Road. |
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Post by alftupper on Feb 10, 2022 7:52:21 GMT
Good to hear from a fellow fan, i was just a bit to young when they 1st come on the scene, but i have bought, played & read everything to death since, in the last 20 years. Went to see them at the IOW Festival in 2008, other headliners were The Police and The Kaiser Chiefs, along with The Kooks, Iggy, Stranglers & Ian Brown, a no brainer. Steve Jones is so underrated as a guitarist and the same for the brilliant Drummer Paul Cook, Johnny is Johnny, they broke the mould into a 1000 pieces with him. My favourite Pistols track is Pretty Vacant. Not forgetting Glen ay BT. He came up with many of the riffs. I thought the video of Pretty Vacant,done for TOTP,excellent. I think I first heard the LP in 78.Thats the year,not the rpm of the vinyl 🙂 Played it once and thought that's interesting. Twice and thought, I like. 3rd time ,loved it.Got it/something. Literally changed my life. The album is arguably the best 'rock' LP ever. I only saw the Pistols once ,at Brixton,I can't remember the year,2004?That's a guess. Loved it.Like seeing old friends,although I've never met them. Shame how they've fallen out,but John and Steve hav'nt got on for years. A life changing band. Saw them at the "Filthy Lucre" reunion at Finsbury Park 1996. Best gig, I`ve been to. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 10, 2022 7:56:06 GMT
Not forgetting Glen ay BT. He came up with many of the riffs. I thought the video of Pretty Vacant,done for TOTP,excellent. I think I first heard the LP in 78.Thats the year,not the rpm of the vinyl 🙂 Played it once and thought that's interesting. Twice and thought, I like. 3rd time ,loved it.Got it/something. Literally changed my life. The album is arguably the best 'rock' LP ever. I only saw the Pistols once ,at Brixton,I can't remember the year,2004?That's a guess. Loved it.Like seeing old friends,although I've never met them. Shame how they've fallen out,but John and Steve hav'nt got on for years. A life changing band. Saw them at the "Filthy Lucre" reunion at Finsbury Park 1996. Best gig, I`ve been to. That band got so much stick but they were brilliant. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 10, 2022 8:39:28 GMT
Saw them at the "Filthy Lucre" reunion at Finsbury Park 1996. Best gig, I`ve been to. That band got so much stick but they were brilliant. When you are a pioneer in anything but especially music there is always resistance, the Pistols and a few others were the frontrunners of the movement that became Punk. A lot of Punk was dreadful but bands like, The Pistols, Clash, Stranglers, UK Subs, X-Ray Spex, Damned, Sham 69, Undertones, Ramones & others wrote some great tunes. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 10, 2022 21:37:25 GMT
That band got so much stick but they were brilliant. When you are a pioneer in anything but especially music there is always resistance, the Pistols and a few others were the frontrunners of the movement that became Punk. A lot of Punk was dreadful but bands like, The Pistols, Clash, Stranglers, UK Subs, X-Ray Spex, Damned, Sham 69, Undertones, Ramones & others wrote some great tunes. Yep BlueT,there were so many brilliant bands from the 77 to say 79 time.I rate all the ones you've mentioned. |
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Post by alftupper on Feb 11, 2022 8:13:08 GMT
When you are a pioneer in anything but especially music there is always resistance, the Pistols and a few others were the frontrunners of the movement that became Punk. A lot of Punk was dreadful but bands like, The Pistols, Clash, Stranglers, UK Subs, X-Ray Spex, Damned, Sham 69, Undertones, Ramones & others wrote some great tunes. Yep BlueT,there were so many brilliant bands from the 77 to say 79 time.I rate all the ones you've mentioned. Not sure about the Undertones. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 11, 2022 8:19:50 GMT
Yep BlueT,there were so many brilliant bands from the 77 to say 79 time.I rate all the ones you've mentioned. Not sure about the Undertones. Teenage Kicks. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 11, 2022 11:36:13 GMT
Not sure about the Undertones. Teenage Kicks. Teenage Kicks was the most perfect song ever written, said John Peel, he even had it played at his funeral & parts of the lyrics were put on his headstone. Jimmy Jimmy, My Perfect Cousin, Wednesday Week and Here comes the Summer were all good high energy songs. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 11, 2022 22:54:24 GMT
Teenage Kicks was the most perfect song ever written, said John Peel, he even had it played at his funeral & parts of the lyrics were put on his headstone. Jimmy Jimmy, My Perfect Cousin, Wednesday Week and Here comes the Summer were all good high energy songs. "I Got Your Number" to be added. Super songs from the two brothers in the band.I think. Do you remember That Petrol Emotion.Their Big Decision song Undertones people. |
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 11, 2022 23:57:36 GMT
Teenage Kicks was the most perfect song ever written, said John Peel, he even had it played at his funeral & parts of the lyrics were put on his headstone. Jimmy Jimmy, My Perfect Cousin, Wednesday Week and Here comes the Summer were all good high energy songs. "I Got Your Number" to be added. Super songs from the two brothers in the band.I think. Do you remember That Petrol Emotion.Their Big Decision song Undertones people. No, never heard of That Petrol Emotion, will have to look them up on you tube. |
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Post by baselswh on Feb 14, 2022 13:13:26 GMT
"I Got Your Number" to be added. Super songs from the two brothers in the band.I think. Do you remember That Petrol Emotion.Their Big Decision song Undertones people. No, never heard of That Petrol Emotion, will have to look them up on you tube. Damian and John O'Neill from the Undertones in TPE. I can't say I heard much more than the song mentioned BT. |
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