‘Rebel Dread‘ follows Don Letts‘ remarkable career from DJ at London punk club The Roxy to documentary and music video director, member of Big Audio Dynamite and beyond...
“The timing for endorsing any Sex Pistols requests for commercial gain in connection with ‘God Save The Queen’ in particular is tasteless and disrespectful to the Queen and her family at this moment in time,“ reads a statement on Lydon's website.
Members of the band who rhymed "God save The Queen" with "she ain't no human being" in 1977 have mellowed in the 45 years since with their reactions to Queen Elizabeth II's death.
While the Bunnymen have had to drop off this weekend's very '80s Cruel World festival, the lineup still boast Bauhaus, Blondie, The Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Violent Femmes, and lots more.
Though Lydon lost the court battle to keep Sex Pistols songs out of Danny Boyle's upcoming band biopic miniseries, he's still sniping about it. Steve Jones & Paul Cook aren't staying silent either: “His claims to be the only band member of consequence are hard to take.“
Last week, John Lydon lost his court battle to stop Sex Pistols songs from being used in Danny Boyle's upcoming FX miniseries about the band. “I fear that the whole project might be extremely negative,“ Lydon said.
John Lydon has lost his court battle against his former Sex Pistols bandmates (Steve Jones and Paul Cook); he was trying to block Sex Pistols songs from being used in Danny Boyle's upcoming band biopic miniseries...
John Lydon is being sued by former Sex Pistols bandmates Steve Jones and Paul Cook for the right to use the band's songs in Danny Boyle's upcoming biopic miniseries about the iconic UK punk band.