45 years ago, in one of the most controversial songs in rock history, Johh Lydon equated the British monarchy with a fascist regime. God Save the Queena subversive firebrand of the Sex Pistols, was then banned from the airwaves of the BBC.
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But the day after the death of the sovereign, the one nicknamed Johnny Rotten paid tribute to him against all odds, in a laconic tweet published Friday morning: “Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II. Send her victorious “, can we read there.
Against all odds? Nuances. Mr. Pourri has often repeated in interviews that despite his intractable anti-monarchist convictions, he harbors no personal animosity towards representatives of British royalty.
Described as a free-thinker by some, and a provocateur by others, John Lydon is not on his first astonishing outing, he who has often professed his admiration for Donald Trump as well as the hives that the proverbial ideology gives him. woke.
He hit the headlines last May with the release of Danny Boyle’s series inspired by the history of his group, Pistolwhich he notably described, with the delicacy that we know him, as “disrespectful shit”.