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John Lydon
London, England, UK
John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the lat…
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John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late-1970s British punk band the Sex Pistols, which lasted from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009. Lydon's outspoken persona, rebellious image and fashion style led to his being asked to become the singer of the Sex Pistols by their manager, Malcolm McLaren. With the Sex Pistols, he penned singles including "Anarchy in the U.K.," "God Save the Queen", "Pretty Vacant" and "Holidays in the Sun", the content of which precipitated what one commentator described as the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain. The band scandalised much of the media, and Lydon was seen as a figurehead of the burgeoning punk movement. Because of their controversial lyrics and disrepute at the time, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music. [source: Wikipedia]
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2026
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly
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2022
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
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2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored
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2022
Rebel Dread
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2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
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2019
Punk
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2019
The Masked Singer
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2018
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV show Meat Sweats (voice)
- 2018
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2018
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
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- 2017
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2017
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
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2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
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2017
Song to Song
Movie John Lydon
- 2016
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2016
Night Flight: Born Again
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2014
Lennon or McCartney
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2014
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
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2014
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On
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2014
Super Duper Alice Cooper
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2013
Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas '77 with the Sex Pistols
Movie John Lydon
- 2013
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2013
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
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2012
Beware of Mr. Baker
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- 2012
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2012
There Is a PiL in Heaven
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2012
Punk Britannia at the BBC
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2012
Punk Britannia
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2011
Sons of Norway
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2011
Sex Pistols: The Whole Story
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2010
Conan
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2009
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
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2009
Sex Pistols: Agents of Anarchy
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2009
Joy Division
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2008
Sex Pistols: There'll Always Be an England
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2007
The Sex Pistols: In their own words
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2007
Punk's Not Dead
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2007
Seven Ages of Rock
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2006
The One Show
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2006
1976: Summer of... Heat
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