John Lydon

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PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 2023, Eurovision, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image, Public Image Ltd.

The song is the sound of the heart looking skyward, watching vapor trails dissolve

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Electronic New Wave Pop Post-Punk Punk Rock 

LISTEN: Public Image Ltd. Share New Single “Hawaii”

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bruce Smith, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Nora Lydon, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth, single

The song, entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, was written for John Lydon’s wife Nora

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Pop Punk Television 

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Bay City Rollers

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bay City Rollers, David Bowie, Doctors of Madness, Dr. Feelgood, FX, Glen Matlock, Hawkwind, John Lydon, Malcolm McClaren, Paul Cook, Pistol, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Stuart "Woody" Wood, T.Rex

Stuart “Woody” Wood talks to us about the connection between the Rollers and the Sex Pistols

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New Wave Punk 

The Sex Pistols’ Secret Weapon Turns 65

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Cookie, Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Rich Kids, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols

Sid Vicious was their most famous bassist, but Glen Matlock was the one who could play

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 4: February 2020

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Chris Thile, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Goat Rodeo, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Keith Emerson, Lemmy, Ltd., Motörhead, Public Image, Sex Pistols, Yo-Yo Ma

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the fourth installment of his inquisitive column

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Electronic Pop Punk 

Tell It As It Is

October 23, 2018October 24, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments John Lydon, Public Image, Sex Pistols, Steve Vai

An exclusive chat with John Lydon

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Pop Punk 

Altered Image

September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Ltd., PiL, Public Image, Sex Pistols

A new documentary on John Lydon comes at a turbulent time for the iconic Sex Pistols/PiL singer

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