# John Lydon

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| Ime po rođenju | John Joseph Lydon |
| Drugo ime | Johnny Rotten |
| Datum rođenja | 31. januara 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. |

**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.

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

## Izvori

## Vanjske veze

* 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