Johnny Rotten Called Out Rock’s Biggest Stars. Then His Own Bandmates Took Him to Court.

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Johnny Rotten Called Out Rock’s Biggest Stars. Then His Own Bandmates Took Him to Court.

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For decades, John Lydon had a question for rock’s most admired performers: were they telling the truth, or playing a part? As Johnny Rotten, he turned that suspicion into a public identity. He wore a shirt declaring his hatred of Pink Floyd, challenged musicians whose fans considered them untouchable, and argued that punk should never become a museum piece.

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Then a television series about the Sex Pistols brought the question back to his own doorstep. Former bandmates wanted the group’s music in a dramatization of their past. Lydon objected. The dispute went to court, and the man who had spent a career policing rock’s authenticity found himself fighting over who could tell

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