Talk:John Lydon

I've reversed the redirect that previously took us from John Lydon to Johnny Rotten, as Lydon used the name 'Rotten' only whilst a member of the Sex Pistols, which was for about 4 years. He declared the persona of 'Johnny Rotten' dead when he left the Pistols, and went on to form PiL, and from then on used the name Lydon. He's had a 24 year career since then as Lydon, so to me it seems more appropriate that Rotten should redirect to lydon rather than vice versa. quercus robur 09:42, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I disagree... regardless of the length of time he was in the Sex Pistols, most people would still remember him for that, and the policy is that whatever the 'most commonly used name by the public' is for a person, that should be its title. However, with redirects I don't think it matters much. --plattopus (talk) 16:10, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

--- Whats the policy on including profanity? I forget. GWO 16:00, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Include where necessary, redact when prurient. What you have is fine, I think. If someone were to add the "fuck" incident (which was on Parkinson, I think) then I think that should be spelled out, unstared (as it's something of a famous moment, because of the word). Opinions vary. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:17, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Is this consistent with current situation of spelling-out the f-word butstarring-out the c-word? Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 19:27, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

There's far too much stuff I think on I'm A Celebrity I think. Maybe we could have more on the journalism and (serious) TV work instead? Andrew

May also want to mention something about the Rotten TV series on VH1 ("I want my rotten TV!"). Was extremely short-lived, but still... 11:11, Mar 13 2006

Photos

I think there's a bit too many photographs on this page... — mæstro ^t/c, 07:33, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could also argue that there's extremely little on PiL, and because it's one sentence it's contained in the Sex Pistols section, even though PiL lasted about five longer than the Pistols. I guess it doesn't matter since not a lot of interesting stuff happened with the band other than the albums they put out, whilst the short amount of time with the Pistols was much more eventful. I'll let you decide. Sly

Glad we have the obscure Danish variation on his world-famous assumed name right in the first sentence where the crowds will be expecting it. Brodo 06:46, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Anarchist?!

Is there any info on Lydon's politics? I seriously doubt he is an anarchist. The Ungovernable Force 03:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After a web search, he claims to be an anarchist in an interview with the Guardian[1].

He returns to a favourite subject - class. How would he define himself politically? "Asexual...I don't know...individual." He says he has learnt over the years how to make life better for himself, and he'd love to help do the same for society as a whole. It's a big ambition, I say, how would you set about it?

"You've got to stop interfering with individual space," he says. "You've got to stop telling people what is good or bad for them. If you wanna be a raging drug addict, go forth young man, I'm not stopping you, but I'm not paying for it. Right! Get the poncing off the system attitude removed, and then realise what freedom is. Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense."

It sounds like a form of anarchy? "It is, but it's a proper kind. It's not just knock it all down with no set of rules. Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed."

So yes, he is an anarchist. Probably an individualist anarchist. There we go. And he has, in plenty of other interviews, not confirmed that he is an anarchist, but not contradicted anyone who called him such. --Switch 08:26, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But is he an antichrist? MrBlondNYC 13:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arsenal fan

Could someone include on his page that he is an Arsenal fan? arsenalwwerulz 15:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attack on Green Day

Shouldn't we mention that he attacked green day, and criticised them for not being punk. 82.35.196.55 16:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]