The 50+ year old punk rocker apparently caused a bit of a “racial scrap” at the Summercase Festival in Barcelona on Saturday. Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke was attacked by the punker’s entourage and suffered “facial cuts and bruises”, provoked by simply asking Lydon if he’d ever consider getting kinda whack, post-punk outfit P.I.L. back together.
Okereke was defended by some dudes from Kaiser Chiefs and some other dudes from that wimpy indie band Foals, who were hyped WAY too hard on Pitchfork last year.
I read Johnny Rotten’s biography when I was 12 years old. It’s subtitled “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” - this totally sounds like something he would do. And here I thought he’d gone soft on us.
The story just gets more and more ridiculous as it unfolds - in the end it just reminds me of that stupid Hipsters in Space video.
A fucking joke.
Want details? Dig the story on NME.com and Drowned in Sound.
Want funny? Dig this:
Oops. I meant this:
One Comment
well, what do expect from a guy who’s an ANTICHRISTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and he’s an ANARCHISRTAAAA!!!
and I agree with you on FOALS, i forgot to write about them on me blog!
and yeah I dig fantastic weapon!