In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature. When representing the notorious punk rock band, Lydon (as he prefers ...

In Scottish writer Muriel Spark’s 1968 novel, The Public Image, actress Annabel Christopher is obsessed with her appearance. She pleases obsessed fans and paparazzi with a made-up persona, and ...

John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, will host a virtual Q&A session on Facebook Sunday June 7th to mark the digital release of the 2018 documentary about Public Image Ltd., The Public Image Is ...

Rock veteran John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, will host a virtual event on June 7 at 5 a.m. EST to celebrate the digital release of the 2018 documentary “The Public Image Is Rotten,” which ...

John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten) remains one of the most charismatic lead singers around. If he weren’t singing, I’m sure he could just as easily mesmerize a crowd with an evangelical church sermon ...

In the mid-1970s, the bloated and moribund music industry was given a much needed enema by The Sex Pistols. Anarchic and swearing, they spit upon Britain's cultural icons and reminded people that rock ...

When Dick Clark died a few months ago, one of the most widely-circulated videos posted in his honor was a clip of Public Image Ltd.’s 1980 appearance on American Bandstand. The group performed ...

Lydon, once the edgy heart of British punk, a mercurial, snidely uncomfortable presence, has graduated over the years into an eye-rolling pantomime dame and, of course, the butter ads and other ...

This is PiL is the sound of a man rediscovering what he’s good at whilst not quite getting where he wishes he could go. The support he gets from his band is formidable – world music/punk perennial Lu ...