# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lydon
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:33:16.227Z

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description: "He turned a sneer into the sound of a generation collapsing. As Johnny Rotten, he made the Sex Pistols the most scandalous band Britain had ever produced—then walked away and built something stranger."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 31 January 1956, John Lydon was plucked off the street by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1975 for his outspoken personality and rebellious look, becoming Johnny Rotten, the Sex Pistols' lead vocalist. He co-wrote "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen", and "Holidays in the Sun"—songs that triggered what one observer called "the last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain. When the Pistols imploded in 1978, Lydon founded Public Image Ltd, a far more experimental project NME later deemed "arguably the first post-rock group", releasing eight albums and singles like "Public Image" and "Rise" before a 1993 hiatus. He's since hosted television in three countries, appeared on I'm a Celebrity, shilled for British butter, published two autobiographies, and released solo work including 1997's Psycho's Path. Q magazine noted he's "somehow assumed the status of national treasure"—a phrase that would've been unthinkable when he was burning effigies of the Queen.