In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature. When representing the notorious punk rock band, Lydon (as he prefers ...

In Scottish writer Muriel Spark’s 1968 novel, The Public Image, actress Annabel Christopher is obsessed with her appearance. She pleases obsessed fans and paparazzi with a made-up persona, and ...

Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's the rotting corpse of Johnny Rotten, stinking to high heaven like some maggot brain from the Bryan Ferry School of Design. Rotten has dubbed his new band Public ...

John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, will host a virtual Q&A session on Facebook Sunday June 7th to mark the digital release of the 2018 documentary about Public Image Ltd., The Public Image Is ...

John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten) remains one of the most charismatic lead singers around. If he weren’t singing, I’m sure he could just as easily mesmerize a crowd with an evangelical church sermon ...

Having recently announced their UK and Ireland headline tour, Public Image Ltd (PiL) have added more dates for 2025. Lydon later said that he thought the group may not tour together again, comments ...

In the mid-1970s, the bloated and moribund music industry was given a much needed enema by The Sex Pistols. Anarchic and swearing, they spit upon Britain's cultural icons and reminded people that rock ...

Lydon, once the edgy heart of British punk, a mercurial, snidely uncomfortable presence, has graduated over the years into an eye-rolling pantomime dame and, of course, the butter ads and other ...