Never mind the success — John Lydon can’t hide his bitterness over Sex Pistols’ resurgence

In a recent interview, former Sex Pistols leader John Lydon talks about his old bandmates and friends Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and Steve Jones. However, one might wonder which party is having the most difficulty moving on, considering that he seems to be forced to discuss the three of them, as well as their new partnership with former Gallows frontman Frank Carter, in every interview he is currently doing to promote Public Image Ltd’s upcoming European tour. The music press, internet media, and broadsheet newspapers have all praised the shows that Carter, Jones, Matlock, and Cook have been playing, but Lydon doesn’t seem to share the same sentiment in an interview with LouderThanWar last week.

It’s not their fault that they’re talentless and can’t fucking move on. I’ve been shocked how awful it is. It just seems like they’ve rented a puppet and there it is. It is truly karaoke I think with really mediocre results.

He wouldn’t reunite with them for nothing at all.

Never, not after what I consider their dirty deeds, let them wallow in Walt Disney woke expectations. They’ve killed the content, or done their best to, and turned the whole thing into a rubbish childishness, and that’s unacceptable. Sorry, I’m not going to give a helping hand to this any longer, as far as I am concerned, I am the Pistols, and they’re not.

According to The Independent, Lydon also stated that the band’s current Frank Carter-led version is “woke” and “a clown’s circus.”

He continued.

They had to get Billy Idol last year and now Mr Carter, to come in and listen to them (his lyrics) for them, that’s a clown’s circus at work.