![]() ![]() But the band couldn't deal with the "failure" of its success or a clash of wills more discordant than any tune or mood they could conjure. Some thought Rotten was the Antichrist, his fans all anarchists. Johnny Rotten's first recorded words were "I am an antiChrist/ I am an anarchist" and for a little more than two years, he and the Sex Pistols convinced an awful lot of people that was true. With bracing singles like "Anarchy in the U.K.," "God Save the Queen" and "Pretty Vacant," the wildly controversial Sex Pistols embodied a time when music, fashion and attitude figuratively, and sometimes literally, spat in the face of society. Lydon certainly did and for 15 years, he chose not to discuss his crucial role as lead singer, key songwriter and shamanistic antihero with the seminal British punk band. Lydon's last words as Rotten were spoken at the end of the Sex Pistols' final concert in January 1978 at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" This is the story of Johnny Rotten - according to John Lydon. ![]()
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