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My Life Uncensored
Dey Street Books
May 2015
On Sale: April 28, 2015
ISBN: 0062400215
EAN: 9780062400215
Kindle: B00OP1K7LC
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Non-Fiction Memoir
From the legendary frontman of the Sex Pistols, comes the
complete, unvarnished story of his life in his own
words. John Lydon is an icon—one of the most
recognizable and influential cultural figures of the last
forty years. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the
Sex Pistols-the world’s most notorious band. The Pistols
shot to fame in the mid-1970s with songs such as “Anarchy in
the UK” and “God Save the Queen.” So incendiary was their
impact at the time that in their native England, the Houses
of Parliament questioned whether they violated the Traitors
and Treasons Act, a crime that carries the death penalty to
this day. The Pistols would inspire the formation of
numerous other groundbreaking groups and Lydon would become
the unlikely champion of a generation clamoring for
change. Following on the heels of the Pistols, Lydon
formed Public Image Ltd (PiL), expressing an equally urgent
impulse in his character: the constant need to reinvent
himself, to keep moving. From their beginnings in 1978 PiL
set the groundbreaking template for a band that continues to
challenge and thrive to this day, while also recording one
of the eighties most powerful anthems, “Rise.” Lydon also
found time for making innovative dance records with the
likes of Afrika Bambaataa and Leftfield. By the nineties
he’d broadened his reach into other media while always
maintaining his trademark invective and wit, most memorably
hosting Rotten TV on VH1. John Lydon remains a
captivating and dynamic figure to this day—both as a
musician, and, thanks to his outspoken, controversial, and
from-the-hip opinions, as a cultural commentator. In
Anger is an Energy, he looks back on a life full of
incident, from his beginnings as a sickly child of immigrant
Irish parents growing up in post-war London to his present
status as a vibrant, alternative hero. The book
includes 70 black-and-white and color photos, many which are
rare or never-before-seen.
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