Lydon even admitted over the years that the entire Sex Pistols thing was a huge, fake money grab. The dumbass that died in that band (Sid? I think) was the only one who “lived” up the image… until the day he croaked from an OD.
I think Lydon had some hopes for the Pistols, especially in the States. But Malcolm McLaren was a coked-up trashbag and thought it would be hilarious to have them play country bars in the South instead of clubs like CBGB's in New York (which was the natural fit for them). McLaren wanted the press and the notoriety that would follow from having them play in totally the wrong venues and it backfired in a big way, causing Lydon to quit.
(They were all coked-up or junked-up at that point. I just mention McLaren in that sense because he was supposed to be managing them, making good deals for them).
Maybe he wasn’t in a position to have Jimmy Savile arrested. He was Charles’s best buddy, and the queen knighted him. Johnny Lyndon called Savile out on the BBC, iirc. Meanwhile Savile was raping corpses in the hospital morgue, and sick little children in their hospital beds.
Johnny Rotten too.
Lydon even admitted over the years that the entire Sex Pistols thing was a huge, fake money grab. The dumbass that died in that band (Sid? I think) was the only one who “lived” up the image… until the day he croaked from an OD.
Lydon was never shy about his disdain for socialists either.
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
I think Lydon had some hopes for the Pistols, especially in the States. But Malcolm McLaren was a coked-up trashbag and thought it would be hilarious to have them play country bars in the South instead of clubs like CBGB's in New York (which was the natural fit for them). McLaren wanted the press and the notoriety that would follow from having them play in totally the wrong venues and it backfired in a big way, causing Lydon to quit.
(They were all coked-up or junked-up at that point. I just mention McLaren in that sense because he was supposed to be managing them, making good deals for them).
Called out elite pedos in the 1970s, iirc
He never changed his story. Good to know.
so he knew but did nothing about it?
Maybe he wasn’t in a position to have Jimmy Savile arrested. He was Charles’s best buddy, and the queen knighted him. Johnny Lyndon called Savile out on the BBC, iirc. Meanwhile Savile was raping corpses in the hospital morgue, and sick little children in their hospital beds.