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Old punk slams the new
Lydon singled out US neo-punksters Green Day for special attention, saying "I can't stand them".
In an interview with the LA Times, the artist formerly known as Johnny Rotten - who turns 55 next week - was particularly peeved at the news that Green Day intend to take their musical American Idiot to Broadway.
"To me, they’re like coat hangers, and haven’t earned the right, they haven’t earned the wings, to be wearing the mantle of punk." He says.
Source: Ultimate Guitar 
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John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by the former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer-songwriter and television presenter, 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. He is the lead singer of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd, which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993,...
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I totally agree. Whilst I like Green Day any resemblance to the sex pistols is non existent. Pistols were one of a one off Punk group in 1977 and so individual that they killed themselves. Green Day are good but not unique and do not deserve any comparison. Lydon is right as usual.
Onya John
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