John Lydon

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John Lydon

Born January 31, 1956 · London, England, UK (age 70)

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 founde…

Known For

Song to SongSong to Song · 2017
Song to Song
★ 5.52017
MovieRomanceDrama
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
CopkillerCopkiller · 1983
Copkiller
★ 6.01983
MovieCrimeThriller
A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his victim refuses to break and in fact urges more punishment.
The IndependentThe Independent · 2000
The Independent
★ 5.52000
MovieComedy
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
Sons of NorwaySons of Norway · 2011
Sons of Norway
★ 6.62011
MovieDrama
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn.
Joy DivisionJoy Division · 2009
Joy Division
★ 7.62009
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
The Great Rock 'n' Roll SwindleThe Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle · 1980
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
★ 6.41980
MovieComedyDocumentary
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."
Public Image Ltd. : VideosPublic Image Ltd. : Videos · 1986
Public Image Ltd. : Videos
1986
MovieMusic
Public Image Ltd. promo VHS video compilation 1978-86. Includes Rise, Public Image, Death Disco, This is Not a Love Song, Bad Life, Home
The Clash: Westway To The WorldThe Clash: Westway To The World · 1999
The Clash: Westway To The World
★ 6.71999
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A 2000 documentary film about the British punk rock band The Clash. In 2003 it won the Grammy Awards for the best long form music video. Directed by Don Letts, the film combines old footage from the band's personal collection filmed in 1982 when The Clash went to New York with new interviews conducted for the film by Mal Peachey of members Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, and Joe Strummer and other people associated with the group.

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Sex Pistols: Live at BudokanSex Pistols: Live at Budokan · 1996
Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan
★ 6.51996
MovieMusic
Here’s the Sex Pistols – the original Sex Pistols, with Glen Matlock on bass – in an intense, non-stop onslaught of pure punk rock in a 1996 reunion tour, shot at the fabled Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. John Lydon returns as Johnny Rotten, with two-tone hair, red shorts, and no letup from the famous raw, shouted vocals with which he helped invent UK punk in the 1970’s. Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook blast out the music in the Pistols’ trademark fast, tight, loud style, reviving a host of Sex Pistols favourites. While the great punk-rock moment that the Sex Pistols created and owned in the mid-1970’s was brief and fleeting, this concert shows that punk rock – and the band that made it famous – will never die. A searing evening of wild music.

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The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The HeartThe Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The Heart · 2018
The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The Heart
2018
MovieMusic
A career boxset coming in the form of a 5CD/2DVD is released to coincide with the career-spanning documentary film about Public Image Ltd titled The Public Image Is Rotten. This box set ‘The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)’ features the PiL Singles Collection, B-sides, Rarities and Radio Sessions, 12” Mixes, Unreleased Mixes and Tracks + a Live concert from New York Ritz in July 1989. The DVD includes PiL promo videos + some live footage from the BBC’s Top Of The Pops and Old Grey Whistle Test. Just in case that wasn’t enough, we’ve also included two live concerts, the first Tallinn Rock Summer Festival in Estonia 1988 and the 2013’s Enmore Theatre in Australia.