Johnny Rotten Criticizes Gloating Over Thatcher's Death
No fan of Maggie, but he has some class
Former Sex Pistol John Lydon says those now celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death are 'loathsome'.
Lydon, famously known as Johnny Rotten when he was the singer in Punk icons The Sex Pistols back in the 1970s as Maggie was rising to power, added: 'I'm not going to dance on her grave.'
He said: 'I was her enemy in her life but I will not be her enemy in her death.'
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Wow. He also called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a "piss stain." Johnny Rotten has his priorities straight.
Rotten has always been a sort of 'mind your own business' libertarian. He's equally contemptuous of both the Right and Left.