John Lydon praises the Manics

[Dancing Kirby]

This could easily be hidden away in the random mentions thread, but I think this historic fanboy moment for the band deserves to be highlighted.

The ex-Mr Rotten said: “It rained for three days so it’s amazing anything worked at all. The Manics were really helpful and supportive. We go back years. They’re great blokes."

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/...ting-ing-blow/

PS. Article is unlikely to feature so prominently on a Sting forum.

[allisvanity]

Ah the Wire will be happy with that, it'll be on Twitter later

[franny]

Nice one Lydon, you've redeemed yourself.

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by franny

Nice one Lydon, you've redeemed yourself.

He is a long way off redeeming himself!

[franny]

He's taken the first step, next he needs to say he likes the Manics more than butter.

[Ermintrude the Cow]

I will always love John Lydon, butter adverts or no butter adverts he's a fucking legend.

[MDWill]

Originally Posted by Ermintrude the Cow

I will always love John Lydon, butter adverts or no butter adverts he's a fucking legend.

HA HA HA did he really do butter ads? That's awesome. Like the Iggy Pop insurance posters.

[MarilynRoxie]

Originally Posted by MDWill

HA HA HA did he really do butter ads? That's awesome. Like the Iggy Pop insurance posters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSE-Iy_tFY

[Anaconda Vice]

Originally Posted by Ermintrude the Cow

I will always love John Lydon, butter adverts or no butter adverts he's a fucking legend.

The butter adverts financed the most recent PiL tours. I thank him for doing that, because I saw PiL in Cardiff the other week, and they were awesome.

And yes, the butter adverts also wound-up those self-appointed "Punk police" types. That NEVER gets old.

Originally Posted by PaulTMA

Plus he beat up Kele from Bloc Party, which means he should be canonised as a saint.

I don't know the exact circumstances of why or how that happened, but if he was just beaten up on the grounds that he's a twat (which he is), then agreed. I just don't like him.

[PaulTMA]

The butter adverts were fantastic, they wound up all the correct people.

Plus he beat up Kele from Bloc Party, which means he should be canonised as a saint.

[Mr.Selfdestruct]

Originally Posted by PaulTMA

The butter adverts were fantastic, they wound up all the correct people.

Yeah, I did hear one or two ''Radio Personalities'' moaning about on air, without actually giving a reason on why they were so put out about it?

It's not as if he was advertising for BP.

[Mokey76]

He didn't though, his bodyguards did. Unprovoked. But if you think that's a good thing, then each to their own?

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by Mokey76

He didn't though, his bodyguards did. Unprovoked. But if you think that's a good thing, then each to their own?

Especially when there were allegations of racist language used by Rotten. What a saint eh?

[Lone Architect]

I'm amazed he said something positive, fullstop. The Kele thing was pretty damn awful (although I've heard so many mixed reports as to who made the racial slurs, was it Lydon, his bouncers or both?) and put him down in my opinion, but otherwise I find him a fascinating character. The fact he's so rarely positive makes it more interesting when he is.

[fromdespairtowhere]

It's not about Welsh rock, it's about great butter!