His bad teeth gave him the nickname "Johnny Rotten", which he would adopt when he became a member of Sex Pistols in 1976.Īs legend would tell it he was made lead singer of a new rock group by manager Malcolm McLaren after he saw Lydon walking around in a Pink Floyd T-shirt with the words "I Hate" written above them. Meningitis also gave him his trademark Thousand-Yard Stare. School became very difficult for him and at age 15 he was expelled. As a result he had lost most of his memory and had to learn to talk again. At age seven he was struck with spinal meningitis and spent many months in coma in the hospital. Lydon came from a poor working class background in North London. Together with Sid Vicious, he is the most famous punk musician in the world. John Joseph Lydon (born Januin London, England), better known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of punk rock band the Sex Pistols from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s and the lead singer of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd., which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009.
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