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I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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I Read The News Today... For June 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 7, 2011 4:24 pm
The Jimmy Swift Band have broken up. But don't cry! Vocalist Craig Mercer and keyboardist Aaron Collier are still making music as Scientists Of Sound and are touring in support of their new Wealth & Hellness album. M83's next album is going to be a double LP. It's going to be about dreams. Makes sense, since I fall asleep while listening to...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 24, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 3:49 pm
Alexisonfire hate screamo. They hate it so much they want to knife it. Oh, you guys. Why are you furthering emo's reputation for stereotypical self-hatred? But hey, maybe you can borrow this guy's (alleged) sword? —Dose The Dears and City And Colour are among the acts that will play next year's South By Southwest Music Festival. We hope you...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 20, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 20, 2010 1:32 pm
The complete lineup for this year's M For Montreal is now up on the festival's website. Now you can plot out where to fit poutine into your schedule. Two new unreleased Weezer tracks have made their way online. Check 'em out here and here. Laura Marling (if you're outside the U.K., you're likely going, "Who?" right now) has topped NME's Cool List...
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I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2010 3:41 pm
Oh, look! U2 have earned more money than anyone else so far this year. Whodathunk? —Forbes See, John Lydon can't even get along with his own bandmates. —NME Jerry Lee Lewis' new album is called Mean Old Man and will feature collaborations from Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and other really old dudes from your dad...
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John Lydon Predicted Battle Of Seattle, Rap-Rock

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By CHARTattack Staff April 22, 2010 11:47 am
Nostradamus, Anthony Carr and Uri Geller are some well known psychics and "seers," both living and dead. You might as well add John Lydon to that list. Why? Well, Lydon says he predicted the "Battle Of Seattle," or the protests about the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in November 1999, in Public Image Ltd.'s...
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Nardwuar Vs. John Lydon

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By CHARTattack Staff April 21, 2010 10:02 am
Nardwuar: Who are you? John Lydon: [Laughs] I'm John Lydon. I'm half a century young and looking good at it. And John, PiL (Public Image Ltd.) are back on the road. Who's in PiL these days? Bruce Smith on drums, Lu Edmonds on various sorted of instruments from the Middle East, including a guitar for those who like western twangs, and Scott (...
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John Lydon Reunites Public Image Ltd., Disses Liam Gallagher

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 8, 2009 11:45 am
John Lydon — who's perhaps better known as Johnny Rotten — has reunited Public Image Ltd., his post-Sex Pistols band, and has spoken out about Oasis' recent split. Public Image Ltd. will play a series of shows in December to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 1979's Metal Box. Lydon, Damned guitarist Lu Edmonds, bassist Scott Firth and ex-Slits...
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Okereke-Lydon Feud Continues

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 14, 2008 11:59 am
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has spoken out about an alleged incident between him and John Lydon in July. Okereke said he was backstage at the Summercase Festival in Barcelona, Spain and approached Lydon, who's probably better known as Johnny Rotten, to ask about the possibility of a reunion for Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd...
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Now See Here!: John Lydon Hearts Country Life

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 2, 2008 12:08 pm
Not content to just make money from Sex Pistols reunion tours, John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten) has done an advert for Country Life butter. You can see it here:   Anarchy, my butt.
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Is John Lydon Racist?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 21, 2008 8:57 am
John Lydon, who's perhaps better known as Johnny Rotten, has been called many unpleasant things, but now Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is accusing Lydon of an unprovoked racist attack on him. But Lydon says Okereke caused the incident and is just jealous of his success. Okereke says he was socializing backstage at the Summercase Festival in...
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Johnny Rotten Makes Duffy Cry At Mojo Awards

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 18, 2008 3:30 pm
Some rockers just don't like people touching them, as The Fall's Mark E. Smith and John Lydon demonstrated at Monday's Mojo magazine Honours List Awards. Former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten) was hanging out backstage when young Welsh star Duffy approached him to introduce herself. MTV U.K. reports the two were...
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John Lydon Sued For Assault And Battery

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 5, 2008 4:00 pm
It seems nearly impossible for John Lydon to piss anyone else off, but he has a former reality television executive hopping mad over an incident last year in which he allegedly punched her in the face. Roxane Davis is suing the man probably known better as Johnny Rotten for assault and battery. She claims he punched her in the face last January...
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John Lydon: Iconoclastic Talent Contest Judge

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) April 5, 2007 5:00 pm
John Lydon is currently garnering attention for his contribution to Bodog Music's Battle Of The Bands reality television series, in which more than 7,000 hopeful acts will be pared down to one who will win a $1-million recording contract. But the former Sex Pistols/Public Image Limited frontman, who's probably best known to the world as Johnny...
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Johnny Rotten, Billy Duffy And Bif Naked Announce Bodog Battle Of The Bands

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) March 12, 2007 5:00 pm
No longer just the end product of a Bovine Sex Club patron's crude fantasies, this past Friday former Sex Pistols/PIL frontman John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon, The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy and singer Bif Naked shared the stage of Healey's in Toronto to announce that a rocker talent search will come to Canada for a 10-date tour in May that...
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