John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) has dominated out any reunion with the Intercourse Pistols, saying his former bandmates at the moment are wallowing “in Walt Disney woke expectations.”
Basic band members Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, and Paul Prepare dinner are at the moment touring with Frank Carter as their singer, beneath the moniker Intercourse Pistols That includes Frank Carter. The band just lately booked a North American tour for the autumn (get tickets right here).
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Lydon beforehand lambasted the present incarnation of the Pistols, in addition to Technology Intercourse (the supergroup that includes Jones and Prepare dinner alongside Technology X’s Billy Idol and Tony James that toured in 2023), calling it nothing greater than “karaoke.” In a brand new interview with PA Media (by way of The Unbiased), Lydon was requested if he’d ever reunite together with his legendary punk band.
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“By no means, not after what I take into account their soiled deeds, allow them to wallow in Walt Disney woke expectations,” responded Lydon. “They’ve killed the content material, or accomplished their greatest to, and turned the entire thing right into a garbage, childishness, and that’s unacceptable.”
The singer added, “Sorry, I’m not going to present a serving to hand to this any longer, so far as I’m involved, I’m the Pistols, they usually’re not.”
Lydon then referenced the tune “Public Picture” from his band Public Picture Ltd., notably the lyrics, “You by no means listened to a phrase that I stated/ You solely seen me from the garments that I put on/ Or did the curiosity go a lot deeper?/ It will need to have been to the colour of my hair.”
“Pay attention, the opening line in ‘Public Picture’ actually critically utilized to the outdated Pistols again then, and nonetheless does,” defined Lydon. “They needed to get Billy Idol [in 2023] and now Mr. Carter, to come back in and hearken to [my lyrics] for them, that’s a clown’s circus at work.”
Whereas Intercourse Pistols are touring with Frank Carter, Lydon is touring extensively with Public Picture Ltd. this yr, with dates scheduled from late Could by means of late August. Tickets can be found right here.