They call him Johnny Rotten for a reason folks, and it's not because he's all sweet and cuddly. Far from it actually, as he recently took the opportunity to bite the hand that feeds him at a UK Guitar Hero III launch event ... in a manner of speaking. During the event, Rotten went on record saying that he received the offer to be featured in Guitar Hero III, took it home and played it, and "loved" it. The intriguing part is why he loved it: "it weren't teaching you how to be a rock star, it was teaching you how not to be a rock star." He elaborated that the game taught gamers, "how not to be an asshole in your life, and how not to seek fame and fortune, because the whole f*cking thing's a joke." He then expressed his disappointment that Virgin records was unable to recover the Sex Pistols' master recordings, requiring the group to spend their advance payment to re-record the tracks. Rotten spent the rest of the event rambling back and forth about England, soccer, politics, and even his theological beliefs. It really was a bizarre moment in gaming history, one that the UK Official Xbox Magazine blessedly caught on video (taking care to censor Rotten's rotten language while they were at it). Watch the whole thing if you so desire (warning: it's long). If nothing else, you can amuse yourself with the swear counter placed at the bottom by the cheeky folks at OXM.
[Via Xboxic. Thanks, Jonah Falcon]
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11-30-2007 @ 3:28PM
Viridium said...
Lydon's a tool.
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11-30-2007 @ 3:38PM
RudyHuxtable said...
Sometimes you have to wonder how hard up these companies must be that they ask known pains-in-the-ass to come and promote their product. I mean, I know they're not about to get Metallica, but some of the other bands, even those included as bonus tracks, have followings and need the publicity more than Lydon does. And the 'Pistols are so 1980 anyway.
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11-30-2007 @ 3:39PM
Casey R Williams said...
He's a tool for NOT shilling the product?! How does that work again?
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11-30-2007 @ 3:45PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
that guy is always like that on camera. im surprised he behaved himself.
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11-30-2007 @ 3:54PM
akatsuki said...
Well, a game like GHIII which is really not even pretending to be a guitar hero, but a wannabe cover band would sort of be antithetical to being original in any way, wouldn't it? Hard to rock out when you are a slave to the fret buttons...
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11-30-2007 @ 4:57PM
Nick said...
This guy is bloody creepy.
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11-30-2007 @ 8:20PM
ZeroCorpse said...
Well what the f*** did they expect? He's Johnny f***ing Rotten. John Lydon is not the kind of guy who will massage some corporation's balls while singing them a lovely ballad. He'll sh** on them in public if he gets the chance, and THAT is what you pay for when you hire the lead singer of the motherf***ing Sex Pistols.
If you want lame, watered-down, pseudo punk, then hire Green Day.
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12-02-2007 @ 10:17AM
Ian said...
John Lydon yammering on about being working class when he's a Tory voter through and through with a lot in the bank ("I'm finding more working class values in the Conservative Party")... Yes, sure he *was* at one point but he isn't anymore...
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