Celebrity Name : Johnny Rotten

Celebrity Real Name : John lydon

Date of Birth : January 31, 1956

Birth Location : Holloway, London

Biography of John Lydon :
John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. He was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. With his sarcastic and provocative public persona, he participated in laying down a new template for rebellious youth and band frontmen. His musical innovations have also been influential. He is currently working on a new album with a reggae influence.

Early Life career :
John Lydon was born in Holloway in London, England, according to his autobiography, though this hasn’t been confirmed, as his birth certificate has been lost.
His parents were both Irish Catholic immigrants. He grew up on a council estate in Finsbury Park, North London with three younger brothers. At the age of seven, he contracted spinal meningitis, putting him in and out of comas for half a year and erasing most of his memory. The disease left him with a permanent curve in his spine and his trademark stare.
He is married to Nora Forster. They have no children together, but Lydon is “grandfather” to Forster’s daughter Ari Up’s children.

Sex Pistols :
Lydon was hanging around Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s clothes shop, SEX in 1975, after McLaren had returned from a brief stint of travelling with American proto-punk band The New York Dolls, and was working on promoting a new band formed by Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook. Lydon was wearing a Pink Floyd T-Shirt with the words ‘I Hate’ scrawled in felt-tip pen above their name when offered the job as the new band’s singer. He auditioned in the shop tunelessly singing Alice Cooper’s “Eighteen” to the accompaniment of the jukebox. He was reportedly given the stage name Johnny Rotten because of his unclean teeth, and provocative manner. During his time as the band’s lead singer he continuously clashed with his fellow band members and McLaren. [wikipedia]