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Johnny Rotten

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List

    ​What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

    See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 5. Animal Collective I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2012

    Punk Rock Museum Opens Today: Our Exclusive Preview

    See all our pictures from the Punk Rock Museum Opening. L.A. scenester icon Taquila Mockingbird made a heartfelt promise three decades ago to keep "keep punk alive," and she's been doing it pretty much everyday of her life since. It fuels her very existence. But this weekend, the writer/singer/arti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    "She Gets a Free Abortion": The Five Dopiest Political Punk Songs

    See also: *The Top Five L.A. Punk Albums of 2011 *Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings The Iowa caucuses are being held today, which means that Republican primary season is about to kick into high gear. Spoiler alert: The candidates all suck. But you knew tha ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Eva: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    See also: *The Top Five L.A. Punk Albums of 2011 *Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings The Iowa caucuses are being held today, which means that Republican primary season is about to kick into high gear. Spoiler alert: The candidates all suck. But you knew tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Alkaline Trio at the Troubadour 7/21/11

    Ian Joulain​Review by Ian Joulain WHO: Alkaline Trio WHERE: Troubadour WHEN: 7/21/11 Better than... a kick in the teeth. At 10:06 P.M. the house lights went down,but the hooting and hollering had been fairly consistent for the last 10 minutes. As the smoke slowly rose to the ceiling the sta ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 14, 2011

    Tabloid Review

    Ian Joulain​Review by Ian Joulain WHO: Alkaline Trio WHERE: Troubadour WHEN: 7/21/11 Better than... a kick in the teeth. At 10:06 P.M. the house lights went down,but the hooting and hollering had been fairly consistent for the last 10 minutes. As the smoke slowly rose to the ceiling the sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Mexican Viagra?: Hilarious Video of Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten Driving Around L.A. with L.A. Times Music Editor

    Lydon & Roberts: Coming soon to a comedy club near you!​ Our friends and colleagues at the L.A. Times are slowly dipping their toes into this "new media" thing and they somehow convinced John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols and P.I.L.) to drive around L.A. with music editor Rand ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    Lydon & Roberts: Coming soon to a comedy club near you!​ Our friends and colleagues at the L.A. Times are slowly dipping their toes into this "new media" thing and they somehow convinced John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols and P.I.L.) to drive around L.A. with music editor Rand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    20 Musicians We Will Miss: 2010, the Year in R.I.P.

    20 Musicians We Will Miss R.I.P.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    R.I.P. Ari Up of the Slits, Dead at 48

    The Slit's Ari Up was 48 years old.​Terrible news. Reggae-punk icon Ari Up has died, according to John Lydon. The Slits singer, born Ariane Forster, was 48 years old. Lydon, who is married to Forster's mother Nora, announced the following on his website: John and Nora have asked us to let ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Wanna Smell like Sid Vicious?: The Incredibly Strange World of Sex Pistols Merchandising (Yes--They've Just Put Out a Perfume)

    I wannna beeeeee perfume-ayaaaaaa!​Eau de Rotten? No, just "Sex Pistols -- The Fragrance," ready to be issued in the US by Paris-based perfume brand Etat Libre d'Orange. There's gonna be a "Never Mind the Bollocks" soap as well. No, really. We've been reading Billboard's fascinating article ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2010

    Nightranger: Bringing Sounds to the Sea

    I wannna beeeeee perfume-ayaaaaaa!​Eau de Rotten? No, just "Sex Pistols -- The Fragrance," ready to be issued in the US by Paris-based perfume brand Etat Libre d'Orange. There's gonna be a "Never Mind the Bollocks" soap as well. No, really. We've been reading Billboard's fascinating article ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    Day 1: Volcano, Disorganization Can't Stop the Music

    We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    Day 1: John Lydon, Antidotes, and PiLs

    Even now and then, John Lydon likes to keep his admirers on edge. While fans thronged to Main Stage rival Jay-Z's camp (not like you could hope for a sight of Shawn Carter himself), and Jay greeted his crowd cordially by thanking them for the wait, Public Image Limited's small but devoted fanbase la ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2010

    Destination Coachella

    L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Anger is an Energy Drink: Public Image Ltd. at Club Nokia

    It's not that Club Nokia is an awful venue. It has its uses--an intimate Usher show, for example, or a Level 42 reunion (coming soon, for reals), or any act who has ever been on a Michael Mann soundtrack (Phil Collins with a surprise appearance by Ian Hammer would be a golden moment at Club Nokia). ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    Music Picks: Liz Pappademas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mad Professor, Bill Frisell

    Also, Taylor Swift, Los Tres, Saint Motel, David Allan Coe and others

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Johnny Rotten on Malcolm McLaren: "He was always entertaining"

    "For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you." -- John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten (through his publicist), pays homage to his discoverer Malcolm McLaren, who died today. Roberto Parada​ Most peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    BREAKING: PiL Opening 2010 US Tour in LA

    Butterface: UK Dairy Spokesperson (and PiL Frontman) John Lydon​Public Image LTD (PiL), the post-punk art-rock project John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) created as a much smarter but less catchy followup to the gamechanging Sex Pistols, will now begin its upcoming US tour not at Coachella, as had ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Johnny Rotten Settles Suit Alleging He Punched a Woman in the Face

    ​Former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten and a woman who sued him over alleged abuses, including a punch in the nose, have agreed to settle. Lawyers for Roxane Davis filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 28 stating that the case was resolved, although no terms were divulged. D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    The Cookie Monster: Lady Gaga Sugar Cookies

    When I was a teenager, my sister and I would decorate gingerbread men to resemble Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten and hang them on the Christmas tree. Check out this image--and 2 dozen more--from ohnotheydidnt via The Huffington Post (and Bon Appetit), proving that whether it be The Sex Pistols or Lad ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 22, 2009

    In the Land Where Theater Is Hip

    Two Polish productions coming to UCLA

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Stage Raw: Comedies About the End of the World

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsCOMEDIES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD​Poland's Theatre ZAR rehearsing Gospels of Childhood at the Barbican in London, where they performed last month. That piece is the first third of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Five Psychedelic Furs Songs That Aren't "Pretty in Pink"

    It's another day stuck in the midst of gridlock and you're flipping radio stations because you either don't have an iPod or forgot your iPod and you're sick of every CD strewn across the front seat of the car. You stumble upon a song and think, "Hey, I remember this. Hey, I like this." But then you ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 9, 2009

    HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY AUCTIONS

    Let the bidding begin

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25

    Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25 By Randall Roberts Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Fuck you Johnny Rotten for wasting most of your No Future -- the first two PiL albums excepted -- making mediocre music and stealing album titles from Flipper. Fuck you Steve Jones for waxing your ches ... More >>

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Rock Picks: Meshell Ndegeocello, the Sex Pistols, Weird Al Yankovic

    For the week of Oct. 18 - 25

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    The Great Rap Swindle

    Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitation.”) He was also the first to admit the whole 50 Cent beef was a stunt to sell records. (And by the way, why did so many new records come out on ... More >>

  • Music

    August 2, 2007

    Rock Picks: The Slits, Squiddo, Electrocute

    For the week of August 2 - 9

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Underground Flier

    Tequila Mockingbird

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Sex and the City

    Tequila Mockingbird

  • LA Life

    December 29, 2005

    Beyond Bubbly

    The Style Councils New Years Eve party mixes

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Class Honors

    HONOR ROLL

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    Forever Then

    HONOR ROLL

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Amalgamated Cure

    HONOR ROLL

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    The Kids Arent Alright . . . Theyre Amazing

    Why what was old and lost and a bit odd is young and new and exciting again

  • Music

    September 18, 2003

    Unaborted

    Love and crap from the Sex Pistols

  • Art+Books

    September 11, 2003

    The Sound and the Fury

    Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Letters

    Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism

  • Music

    October 10, 2002

    San Francisco and/or Bust

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Stage

    October 10, 2002

    Tex Mechs Meet

    Zed for conduct

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    Broken Circles

    Zed for conduct

  • Art+Books

    August 22, 2002

    God Save the King

    August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

  • Music

    August 22, 2002

    Bedazzled

    August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    A Dossier of Desperate Measures

    Godspeed offshoots light the fuse.

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Music of the Heart and Other Organs

    You cant dance to everything

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    Come as You Are

    Hyped to Death: DIYs cutout classics

  • Music

    April 20, 2000

    Bollocks

    Hyped to Death: DIYs cutout classics

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    Glam Flock

    Return of the sweet art of pre-Spice, post-Glitter rock & roll

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