John Lydon claims Pink Floyd slogan T-shirt 'not true'

18/02/2010

At the height of his fame as Sex Pistols front man Jonny Rotten, John Lydon was famous for courting controversy.

One of his notable acts of defiance against others in the music industry was to wear a T-shirt sporting the slogan "I hate Pink Floyd".

But now the bad boy of punk has told the Guardian that it's not true and he actually likes the band's music.

"You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd," he said.

He admitted that he loves Dark Side of the Moon and was even tempted to play a gig with the rockers when asked a few years ago.

Although he said he'd rather just have "played around" in the studio with them than gone on stage in front of 20,000 people.

But he pointed out that he's changed since his days in punk rock and many of his fans who still wear Sex Pistols T-shirts have probably changed a bit too.

Jonny Rotten only appeared on one of the band's albums though - their first entitled Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols, which was released in 1977.

Posted by Nick Menzies