Rotten

No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

By: John Lyden

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Paperback | 31 July 2003

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352 Pages

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23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5

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In Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, John Lydon (aka Rotten) looks back at himself, the Pistols and the ‘no future’ disaffection of their time. More than just a music book, Rotten is a history of punk: angry, witty, poignant and crackling with energy. Malcolm McClaren, Sid Vicious, Chrissie Hynde, Billy Idol, the Britain of the late ’70s, the Pistols’ creation and collapse – all are here, as one of punk’s foremost protagonists brings us perhaps the best book ever written about youth culture.

About the Author

John Lydon is a hero to millions, across every continent and several generations. Without parallel, he changed the game in popular music, not once but twice, first wreaking political chaos upon starchy mid-'70s Britain with The Sex Pistols, then shapeshifting with Public Image Ltd (PiL) as a free experimentalist. 'Rock' simply wasn't big enough to contain such an immense, shapeshifting character, as he scored global hits with the likes of Afrika Bambaataa and Leftfield, and then diversified into television, where the erstwhile Johnny Rotten ended up presenting his own nature series.

Industry Reviews

"Invaluable... sheds welcome light on that short period of great music and spasmodic cultural change." --San Fransisco Chronicle "Alive at the core... Lydon's quite the humorist... (Full of) cut marks of wit and ego." --The New Yorker "A wrathful Irish poet... Lydon proves to have a keen wit and rare insight." --The Washington Post Book World "A pavement philosopher whose Dickensian roots blossom with Joycean color." --Rolling Stone

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