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Former Sex Pistol Steve Jones confirmed on Friday that he, Paul Cook and their manager previously considered enforcing a 1988 band agreement when John Lydon blocked the use of their track ‘God Save The Queen’ on the Netflix series ‘The Crown’. But on that occasion there simply wasn’t time.

LONDON -- Former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones said Friday that he dislikes former bandmate John Lydon and hasn’t spoken to him since 2008 but denied that a TV series about the band would make the singer once known as Johnny Rotten look bad.The punk icons’ fractious relationship is at the heart of a legal dispute over the use of the band's songs in the Danny Boyle-directed series “Pistol.”Jones and drummer Peter Cook are suing Lydon at Britain’s High Court for the right to license the band’s

A legal squabble between members of the Sex Pistols reached the High Court in London yesterday. Officially it’s a dispute over whether or not John Lydon can block the licensing of the band’s music for a new TV series based on the memoir of his former bandmate Steve Jones.

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Danny Boyle’s much-anticipated FX Sex Pistols biopic Pistol has run into the moshpit of a band at war, as it has emerged that John Lydon (better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten) wants to block use of the band’s music in the series.

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon is being sued by two former bandmates after refusing to license the group’s music for inclusion in Danny Boyle’s biopic series, Pistols.Guitarist Steve Jones – whose 2016 memoir, Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol, serves as the basis for the show – and drummer Paul Cook are legally challenging Lydon’s veto, with their lawyer Edmund Cullen appearing in the High Court yesterday (July 15).As per The Associated Press, Cullen said a band agreement made in 1998 stated

Two former members of the Sex Pistols are suing singer Johnny Rotten for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series about the anarchic punk rock icons. Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook want the songs to appear in "Pistol," a television series based on a memoir by Jones.

LONDON -- Two former members of the Sex Pistols are suing singer Johnny Rotten for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series about the anarchic punk icons.Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook want the songs to appear in “Pistol,” a television series based on a memoir by Jones.

John Lydon was reportedly snubbed from the forthcoming Sex Pistols series Pistol for being “too difficult to work with”.Jordan Mooney, the band’s former muse, has claimed that the notorious frontman was not included in the development of Danny Boyle’s biopic series over his attitude.“He would just be a saboteur and he wouldn’t bring much to the table,” Mooney said in an interview with The Sun. “John argues for the sake of arguing.

Sex Pistols singer John Lydon has hit out at “spoilt” snowflakes and woke culture – declaring it to be a “load of bollocks”.In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Lydon also claimed that universities were responsible for crafting a new generation with “shit for brains”.“These people aren’t really genuinely disenfranchised at all, they just view themselves as special.

John Lydon has called upcoming Sex Pistol’s TV drama ‘Pistol’ – directed by Danny Boyle – “the most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure”. Although the series has not aired yet and he has not seen any of it.

John Lydon has called Danny Boyle’s forthcoming Sex Pistols biopic series “disrespectful”, and claimed that production was green-lit without his consent.The former Sex Pistols frontman said in a new interview that he is seeking legal advice about taking the filmmakers to court, alleging that neither his consent nor participation was requested.In an interview with The Sunday Times, the singer reacted to recent publicity shots promoting the six-part series Pistol.

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Sex Pistols‘ original bassist Glen Matlock has said the band “could have made another two or three albums” after ‘Never Mind the Bollocks…’.The iconic punk outfit released their aforementioned sole studio album in 1977, before splitting up the following year after the departure of frontman Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon).Although bassist Sid Vicious died in 1979, the Pistols subsequently reunited on three occasions with Matlock involved (1996-2001, 2002-2003 and 2007-2008) but did not release any

The Sex Pistols are said to be “over once and for all” after reportedly becoming locked in a fresh lawsuit over royalties.According to The Sun, guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook have launched a lawsuit against former bandmates John Lydon and Glen Matlock for breach of contract, as the pair believe they are owed money.It is said that the former bandmates are now no longer on speaking terms and will only communicate through their lawyers.“The guys have always had a pretty fiery

Read more: John Lydon opens up on caring for wife with Alzheimer’sThe neurologist who diagnosed the singer, Gayatri Devi, told AARP that Bennet had “cognitive issues, but multiple other areas of his brain are still resilient and functioning well". “He is doing so many things, at 94, that many people without dementia cannot do.

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Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones called Pistol, it has been announced.Based on Jones’ 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the limited FX series has also lined-up a stellar cast, including Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams, who will play punk icon Jordan – aka Pamela Rooke – and Babyteeth‘s Toby Wallace as Jones.Anson Boon (1917) will play John Lydon, Louis Partridge (Enola Homes) will take on Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater stars as Paul Cook and Fabien Frankel (The Serpent) will play

Noel Gallagher has recalled a past run-in between his brother Liam and Sex Pistols‘ John Lydon.The High Flying Birds musician was speaking to the Daily Star when he claimed that Liam had a tendency to act like a “tough guy” when he had his security guard beside him during Oasis‘ earlier years.Gallagher then remembered one particular evening spent with Lydon in the US.“I was out with him one night in LA and he wouldn’t talk directly to Liam, he would say to me, ‘Ask your singer what kind of

Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten’s squirrel friends got a little too up, close and personal recently.

John Lydon apparently has a bit of a rodent problem. The Sex Pistols lead singer said as much in an interview with the U.K.'s Daily Star, explaining that he had discovered flea bites on his penis and inner thigh, which came about after he had acquired a few furry roommates in his Venice Beach, Calif., home.

John Lydon has said he suffered flea bites to the penis, a consequence of him befriending squirrels at his house in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.According to the Daily Star, the former Sex Pistols frontman has been bringing squirrels into his home, leading to a subsequent flea infestation.“I looked down there this morning at my willy and there’s a fucking flea bite on it.

told UK’s Daily Star. “And there’s another one on the inside of my leg.”Rotten, whose real name is John Lydon, said he became enamored with the furry critters and allowed them to stay in his Venice Beach home.

John Lydon has doubled down on his support for Donald Trump in a bizarre rant, hours after polls closed in the U.S. election.The Sex Pistols singer appeared on Good Morning Britain today (November 4) to voice his support for Trump, with the U.S.

John Lydon has said he’s voting for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election because he feels Joe Biden is “incapable” of leading America.Speaking in a new interview, the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd frontman discussed empathising with the US president because he too has been called a racist.Lydon, who previously backed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, said he supports Trump because of the economy.“I’d be daft as a brush not to,” he told The Observer.

Primal Scream have defended Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon after he faced a fresh backlash for wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ T-shirt in a recently resurfaced photograph.The Sex Pistols and PiL singer faced criticism on Twitter after a 2018 photo, in which he wore a t-shirt printed with the Donald Trump campaign slogan, was widely shared online.While the t-shirt prompted widespread and renewed disappointment from Sex Pistols fans, Primal Scream have now argued that many bands wouldn’t

John Lydon has opened up about becoming a full-time carer for his wife Nora Forster, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s.The musician has been married to Forster since 1979 and was the stepfather of her daughter, The Slits’ Ari Up, who died in 2010.The former Sex Pistols frontman initially shared that Forster had been suffering from dementia in 2019.

Former Sex Pistols frontman John ‘Johnny Rotten’ Lydon is caring for his wife full-time as she battles Alzheimer’s disease.

By Steve Marinucci

SEX PISTOLS legend John Lydon has spoken for the first time about the grief of losing his stepdaughter Ari Up, who founded punk band The Slits.