John Lydon,also known as Johnny Rotten,hasn’t heard from any of his former bandmates in the Sex Pistols and,in a new interview,he appears to be the only person on Earth surprised by that fact. “I expected some kind of connection when [my wife] Nora died [in 2023] but nothing,” he recently told The Times.
Lydon’s revelation comes after years of quarreling with guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock, and drummer Paul Cook. Jones and Cook sued Lydon in 2021 for use of the Pistols’ music in Danny Boyle’s Pistol miniseries, based off of Jones’ memoirs. Lydon lost the lawsuit, and the musicians claimed a “majority rule agreement” allowed them to overrule Lydon’s veto. The three former Sex Pistols have since reunited the band without Lydon, hiring Frank Carter as vocalist for recent tours.
When the Times asked if Lydon would consider reuniting with his former bandmates, he gave a one-word response: “No.”
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