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John Lydon (I)
John Joseph Lydon, more popularly known by his former stage name, Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He is best known as the frontman of the British punk band The Sex Pistols, one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music. The band originally lasted from 1975 to 1978, but had various revivals during the ...
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Soundtrack (105 credits)
2016
Mr. Robot
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- eps2.7_init_5.fve
(2016)
... (writer: "The Order of Death" - uncredited)
2016
Ochéntame... otra vez
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Soy rebelde
(2016)
... (writer: "God Save the Queen")
2016
Molly
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2016)
... (writer: "God Save The Queen (No Future)")
2015
TFI Friday
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 19th Anniversary Special
(2015)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant" - uncredited)
2015
Pop Gold
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Hellraisers
(2015)
... (writer: "Anarchy In The UK (Live)")
2014
Gotham
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lovecraft
(2014)
... (writer: "New York" - uncredited)
2014
Music Nation
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Glasgow: The Outsiders
(2014)
... (writer: "Satellite")
2014
Constantine
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Devil's Vinyl
(2014)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the UK" - uncredited)
2014
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Idols
(2014)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy in the UK", "Public Image" - uncredited)
2014
My Mad Fat Diary
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Not I
(2014)
... (writer: "Open Up" - uncredited)
2013
Ànima
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.30
(2013)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the UK")
2013
When Albums Ruled the World
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy in the UK")
2012
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tubthumping by Chumbawumba
(2012)
... (writer: "EMI")
2012
London Calling
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fuck Art Let's Dance
(2012)
... (writer: "Holiday In The Sun", "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy in the U.K." - uncredited)
2012
There Is a PiL in Heaven
(Video) (writer: "Deeper Water", "This Is Not a Love Song", "Albatross", "Reggie Song", "Disappointed", "Warrior", "Religion", "U.S.L.S. 1", "Bags", "Chant", "Out of the Woods", "One Drop", "Rise", "Open Up")
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- New Wave of British Heavy Metal
(2011)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant")
2011
Sønner av Norge
(lyrics: "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Pretty Vacant", "Liar") / (music: "God Save the Queen", "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Pretty Vacant", "Liar")
2007-2010
Por Toda Minha Vida
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- RPM
(2010)
... (writer: "God Save the Queen")
- Renato Russo
(2007)
... (writer: "Feelings (No Feelings)", "Nookie (Anarch in the U.K.)")
2010
John Lydon: A Culture Show Special
(TV Movie) (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Public Image", "Rise", "Open Up")
2010
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.76
(2010)
... (writer: "Bags")
Welcome to the 80's
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)
- Rap, Breakdance und Graffiti
(2009)
... (performer: "World Destruction")
- Postpunk und Neue Deutsche Welle
(2009)
... (writer: "Anarchy In The U.K.", "God Save The Queen", "Anarchie pour l'U.K." - uncredited)
2009
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.22
(2009)
... (writer: "God Save the Queen")
2009
SuperNews!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- We've Been Tea-Bagged!
(2009)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.")
2009
Queens of British Pop
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2009)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K." - uncredited)
2008
Legends
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Roy Orbison: The 'Big O' in Britain
(2008)
... (writer: "God Save the Queen")
2008
There'll Always Be an England
(Video) (writer: "Pretty Vacant", "Seventeen", "No Feelings", "New York", "Did You No Wrong", "Liar", "Submission", "Problems", "God Save the Queen", "EMI", "Anarchy in the UK", "Holidays in the Sun", "Bodies")
Punklandia
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2008) (writer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Vaatteet on mun aatteet
(2008)
... (lyrics: "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Pretty Vacant") / (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Pretty Vacant")
2007
South Park
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Guitar Queer-o
(2007)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant")
2007
Tony Wilson: A Tribute
(TV Short documentary) (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K. (Live on So It Goes)" - uncredited)
2005
Punk: Attitude
(Documentary) (writer: "God Save The Queen", "Anarchy In The UK" - as Rotten) / (writer: "Public Image", "Religion", "I Wanna Be Me", "Ana Lisa" - as Lydon)
2002
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- For All Debts Public and Private
(2002)
... (writer: "World Destruction")
2001
Q Awards 2001
(TV Special) (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen", "Pretty Vacant")
2001
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pure Pop
(2001)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant" - uncredited)
2001
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
(Documentary) (writer: "God Save the Queen")
2000
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Missionary: Impossible
(2000)
... (writer: "No Feelings")
2000
The Filth and the Fury
(Documentary) (writer: "God Save The Queen" (Symphony), "Submission", "Seventeen", "Anarchy In The UK", "Pretty Vacant", "Did You No Wrong", "Liar", "EMI", "No Feelings", "I Wanna Be Me", "God Save The Queen", "Problems", "Holidays In The Sun", "Bodies" - as Lydon)
2000
Aleph, lectures contades
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Oscar Wilde
(2000)
... (writer: "God Save The Queen" - as Lydon)
1999
Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium
(Video) (writer: "Holidays in the Sun" - as Rotten)
1999
That '70s Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Punk Chick
(1999)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.")
1998
Rock Family Trees
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Banshees and Other Creatures
(1998)
... (writer: "Public Image", "Anarchy in the UK", "Round")
1998
Omnibus
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Alan McGee: The Man Who Discovered Oasis
(1998)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.")
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1977 - 1996) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1978)
- Episode dated 4 April 1996
(1996)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant")
- Episode dated 26 October 1978
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Public Image")
- Episode dated 19 October 1978
(1978)
... (writer: "Public Image")
- Episode dated 14 July 1977
(1977)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant")
1992
Hasta luego cocodrilo
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- El vídeo mató a la estrella de la radio
(1992)
... (writer: "God Save the Queen")
1991
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fugitive Alien
(1991)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K.")
1990
Request Video
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 March 1990
(1990)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the UK")
1986
Sid and Nancy
(writer: "God Save The Queen", "Anarchy In The UK", "No Feelings", "Holidays In The Sun", "Pretty Vacant", "Problems" - as Rotten)
1986
Pål Pressli Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Anarki i TV
(1986)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the UK", "Pretty Vacant")
1986
Miami Vice
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Little Miss Dangerous
(1986)
... (writer: "The Order of Death" - uncredited)
1983
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
(Video documentary) (writer: "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy In The UK" - uncredited)
1980
D.O.A.
(Documentary) (writer: - as (Lydon) / (writer: "Holidays In The Sun", "Bodies", "Anarchy In The U.K.", "Pretty Vacant", "New York", "E.M.I.", "Liar", "God Save The Queen", "I Wanna Be Me" - as Rotten)
1976
The London Weekend Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Punk Rock
(1976)
... (writer: "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy in the UK")
1976
So It Goes
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1976)
... (writer: "Anarchy in the U.K. (Live)")
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TV commercial series for "Country Life" British butter (2008- ).Publicity Listings:
2 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 7 Interviews | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 5 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Public Image Limited | Public Image Ltd. | Johnny Lydon | the Sex Pistols | Johnny Rotten | The Sex PistolsHeight:
5' 8" (1.73 m)
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You can't all be fabulously out-there experimenters - you need someone who is a good structuralist to build these ideas into a solid foundation. You need a rock to build your church on. See more »Trivia:
The whole "Johnny Rotten" persona was indicated as a stage act in "The Filth & the Fury," the considerably more flattering of two documentaries on the Sex Pistols. Johnny Lydon was said to be a sickly, quiet, bookish type before he joined the group and the documentary showed that many aspects of his stage persona were inspired directly by Laurence Olivier's performance in the film "Richard III": ... See more »Trademark:
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