Johnny Rotten’s Birthday – January 31st, 1956
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1/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
Johnny Rotten’s Birthday – January 31st, 1956
Conversation Starters
- Happy Birthday to John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols! Your favorite Sex Pistols song is…?
- John Lydon celebrates his 57thbirthday. He is known for being one of the most popular punk rock singers ever. Do you know his stage name? Answer at noon!
Fast Facts
- Born January 31, 1956 as John Joseph Lydon in London
- Was invited to audition as singer for Sex Pistols when he was seen wearing an “I hate Pink Floyd” t-shirt
- He and the Sex Pistols debuted at St. Martins College of Art in 1965
- He was given the name Johnny Rotten because of his decaying teeth
- Rotten provided the bands punk image by singing about anarchy, fascism, abortion, violence and apathy
- He penned the songs “Anarchy in the UK,” “Holidays in the Sun” & “God Save the Queen”, the final of which so controversial that Rotten was attacked and stabbed by a royalist. The song was also banned by the BBC
- Rotten left the band in 1978 during a U.S. tour
- He formed Public Image Ltd. Late 1978
- His first solo album was called Public Image (1978), and was not released in the U.S.; Public Image Ltd. has gone on to release eight more studio albums
- He wrote an autobiography entitled Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs in 1993
- In 1996 the Sex Pistols reunited to celebrate their 20th anniversary
- In 2000 hosted his own TV program called Rotten TV on VH1, though it only last three episodes
Personal
- He is the oldest of three boys
- Married to Nora “Mrs. Rotten” Lydon; a publishing heiress from Germany
- He is the Stepfather to Ari Up of The Slits
Discography (Studio Albums)
- Sex Pistols
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
- Public Image Ltd. (PiL)
- Public Image (1978)
- Metal Box (1979)
- Flowers of Romance (1981)
- This Is What You Want…This Is What You Get (1984)
- Album (1986)
- Happy? (1987)
- 9 (1989)
- That What Is Not (1992)
- This Is PiL (2012)
RIAA
- Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols – Platinum (1992)
Awards/Rankings
- U.K. Top 10 songs
- “Public Image” #9
- “This Is Not a Love Song” #5
- Billboard Top 200
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols #106
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