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Nom légal
Lydon, John Joseph
Autres noms
Rotten, Johnny
Date de naissance
1956-01-31
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
London, England, UK
Lieux de résidence
Los Angeles, California, USA
Études
St. William of York School (Islington, North London, England, UK)
Professions
musician
lyricist
Relations
Forster, Nora (spouse)
Sex Pistols (band)
Courte biographie
Lead vocalist of the punk rock group Sex Pistols and Post Punk group Public Image Limited (PIL).

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Going from anti-establishment figurehead to a cynical, paranoid bootlicker. WTF happened to Johnny Rotten?
 
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Rob_Whaley | Sep 8, 2022 |
Intelligent without being intellectual and always entertaining. And what about that whine? Lydon via Andrew Perry more or less chronologically recounts his life from a wee lad to the present time. A born raconteur, Lydon relates the saga of his life in the Sex Pistols and beyond and everything in-between. Full of laughs there are also decidedly more serious and tender moments than you would expect and Johnny comes off as a fairly serious person, not one for sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll but he's seen it, just not participated. He's refreshingly self-deprecating while at the same time you can see his actual pride in the things he has done. As you would expect he lives life to the fullest and has no time for fools.

Not as many sneers as you might expect.

All you english teachers stay away from this, Mr. Lydon has his own way of speaking and writing and it ain't textbook correct. It's more like listening to someone verbatim that knows how to speak but doesn't know proper grammar.

Still, blind acceptance is the sign,
Of stupid fools who stand in line, like...
… (plus d'informations)
 
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Gumbywan | 5 autres critiques | Jun 24, 2022 |
Mr. Lydon proves he is the funniest man in music and probably the worst friend you could possibly have, as no one escapes his savage wit. Chatty and somewhat rambling it is still an essential read from an essential person in an essential era.
 
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Gumbywan | 12 autres critiques | Jun 24, 2022 |
What an excellent telling of the entire life of the Sex Pistols, warts and all. I learned many things from this book that I didn't already know. Lydon is a master story teller, and I look forward to reading more excellent stories from him.
 
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Archivist13 | 12 autres critiques | Mar 24, 2022 |

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Membres
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Popularité
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Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
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ISBN
39
Langues
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Favoris
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