John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) admits that he’s “pissed off” about his former Intercourse Pistols bandmates touring with singer Frank Carter, equating the performances to “karaoke.”
Intercourse Pistols That includes Frank Carter began enjoying exhibits in August of final yr, performing the band’s lone studio album, By no means Thoughts the Bollocks, in its entirety.
The revamped model of the legendary UK punk act options Carter (Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, ex-Gallows) alongside unique Intercourse Pistols members Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock, and Paul Prepare dinner. They’ve quite a lot of exhibits scheduled for 2025 in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (choose up tickets right here).
In a brand new function with The I Paper, Lydon commented on his former bandmates touring with carter, saying, “Once I first heard that the Intercourse Pistols had been touring this yr with out me, it pissed me off. It irritated me. I simply thought, ‘They’re completely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the purpose and the aim of all of it.’ I didn’t write these phrases frivolously. They’re attempting to trivialize the entire present to get away with karaoke however in the long run I feel you’ll see who has the worth and who doesn’t. I’ve by no means offered my soul to make a greenback. It’s the Catholic in me – that guilt I don’t wish to journey.”
In one other current interview with Traditional Album Evaluation (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Lydon declared, “I wrote the fucking songs, didn’t I? I gave them the picture. I used to be the frontman. I’m the voice, what made the entire world sing. And now you’re going out, as they did the yr earlier than with Billy Idol. It’s simply karaoke, actually.”
Lydon can be referring to Technology Intercourse, a supergroup that included Billy Idol and his Technology X bandmate Tony James alongside Intercourse Pistols’ Jones and Prepare dinner.
In the meantime, Lydon can be busy fronting his different well-known band, Public Picture Ltd., on an intensive tour of the UK and Europe working from late Could by way of late August (tickets accessible right here). PiL are additionally lastly releasing the long-shelved US model of their debut album, First Situation, on Report Retailer Day (April twelfth).
Watch John Lydon’s interview with Traditional Album Evaluation under.