John Lydon

John Joseph Lydon (31. januar 1956 -), također poznat pod bivšim umjetničkim pseudonimom Johnny Rotten, je engleski muzičar i kompozitor, najpoznatiji kao bivši pjevač i tekstopisac punk rock grupe Sex Pistols 1970-ih, te post-punk grupe Public Image Ltd. 1980-ih i 1990-ih.

John Lydon
Lični podaci
Ime po rođenju	John Joseph Lydon
Drugo ime	Johnny Rotten
Datum rođenja	31. 1. 1956. (1956-01-31), London, Engleska, UK
Zanimanje	muzičar, kompozitor
Muzički rad
Žanr	Punk rock Post-punk Alternative rock
vokali, violionofon, saksofon, gitara, bas gitara, violina, sintesajzer, klavijature, udaraljke
Povezani izvođači	Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.

Lydon je postao kontroverzna ličnost u medijima 1970-ih kao vođa punk pokreta, te po svojim stavovima protiv muzičkog establišmenta, religije i kršćanstva te klasnog sistema i britanske monarhije.

Diskografiija

Sex Pistols

Studijski albumi

• Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Virgin, 1977) Platinum

Kompilacije i live albumi

• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Virgin, 1979)
• Some Product: Carri On Sex Pistols (Virgin, 1979)
• Kiss This (Virgin, 1992)
• Never Mind the Bollocks / Spunk (aka This is Crap) (Virgin, 1996)
• Filthy Lucre Live (Virgin, 1996)
• The Filth and the Fury (Virgin, 2000)
• Jubilee (Virgin, 2002)
• Sex Pistols Box Set (Virgin, 2002)

Singlice

• "Anarchy in the UK" - 1976 #38
• "God Save the Queen" - 1977 #1
• "Pretty Vacant" - 1977 #6
• "Holidays in the Sun" - 1977 #8
• "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" - 1980 #21
• "Anarchy in the UK" (re-issue) - 1992 #33
• "Pretty Vacant" (live) - 1996 # 18
• "God Save the Queen" (re-issue) - 2002 # 15

Public Image Ltd.

Studijski albumi

• First Issue (Virgin, 1978)
• Metal Box (a.k.a. Second Edition) (Virgin, 1979)
• Flowers of Romance (Virgin, 1981)
• Commercial Zone (PiL Records, 1983)
• This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (Virgin, 1984)
• Album (Virgin, 1986)
• Happy? (Virgin, 1987)
• 9 (Virgin, 1989)
• That What Is Not (Virgin, 1992)

Kompilacije i live albumi

• Paris in the Spring (Paris au Printemps) (Virgin, 1980)
• Live in Tokyo (Virgin, 1983)
• The Greatest Hits, So Far (Virgin, 1990)

Singlice

• "Public Image" - 1978 #9
• "Death Disco" - 1979 #20
• "Memories" - 1979 #60
• "Flowers of Romance" - 1981 #24
• "This Is Not a Love Song" - 1983 #5
• "Bad Life" - 1984 #71
• "Rise" - 1986 #11
• "Home" - 1986 #75
• "Seattle" - 1987 #47
• "The Body" - 1987 #100
• "Disappointed" - 1989 #38
• "Don't Ask Me" - 1990 #22
• "Cruel" - 1992 #49

Time Zone

Single

• "World Destruction" - 1984

Solo

Studijski albumi

• Psycho's Path (Virgin, 1997)

Kompilacije

• The Best of British £1 Notes (Lydon, PiL & Sex Pistols) (Virgin/EMI, 2005)

Singlice

• "Open Up" (with Leftfield) – 1993 – #11 UK
• "Sun" – 1997 – #42 UK

Eksterni linkovi

John Lydon na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• John Lydon — official website
• John Lydon discography on Discogs
• Johnny Rotten on Judge Judy
• RottenTube
• Psycho's Path Micro-Site
• The Best of British £1 Notes Micro-Site Arhivirano 2011-07-13 na Wayback Machine-u
• Johnny Rotten on The Hour
• interview with John Lydon at SuicideGirls
• Lawsuit against Lydon
• John Lydon fronts UK butter campaign Arhivirano 2012-02-24 na Wayback Machine-u