Mass Live: “They’ve killed the content, or done their best to, and turned the whole thing into a rubbish, childishness, and that’s unacceptable,” Lydon told the news outlet. “Sorry, I’m not going to give a helping hand to this any longer, as far as I am concerned, I am the Pistols, and they’re not.”
C Lydon (whose stage name is Johnny Rotten) has publicly clashed with his former bandmates repeatedly over the years, including a high-profile court battle against the rest of the band in a bid to stop Sex Pistols songs being used in a Disney+ series of their story, called “Pistol.”
Lydon has also reportedly dismissed Sex Pistols for replacing him with singer Frank Carter — an English musician known for his work with punk bands like Gallows, Pure Love and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. Carter has fronted multiple U.K. shows for Sex Pistols up until last month.
Lydon was initially “insulted” by the group performing without him, but now finds the situation “hilarious,” according to The Independent. He last performed with Sex Pistols in 2008.
“The last thing he wants to do is have anything to do with us right now,” Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones told The Associated Press while referring to the lawsuit.
“Good luck to him,” bassist Glen Matlock told the news outlet. “I wish he thinks, maybe, ‘good luck’ to us. Probably doesn’t. But over the years, John (has had) all our phone numbers, and I can’t see many missed calls from him.”
Lydon is preparing for his own tour with Public Image Limited (Pil), The Independent reported. ydon (whose stage name is Johnny Rotten) has publicly clashed with his former bandmates repeatedly over the years, including a high-profile court battle against the rest of the band in a bid to stop Sex Pistols songs being used in a Disney+ series of their story, called “Pistol.”
Lydon has also reportedly dismissed Sex Pistols for replacing him with singer Frank Carter — an English musician known for his work with punk bands like Gallows, Pure Love and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. Carter has fronted multiple U.K. shows for Sex Pistols up until last month.
Lydon was initially “insulted” by the group performing without him, but now finds the situation “hilarious,” according to The Independent. He last performed with Sex Pistols in 2008.
“The last thing he wants to do is have anything to do with us right now,” Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones told The Associated Press while referring to the lawsuit.
