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From the legendary frontman of the Sex Pistols, comes the complete, unvarnished story of his life in his own words.
John Lydon is an icon—one of the most recognizable and influential cultural figures of the last forty years. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols-the world’s most notorious band. The Pistols shot to fame in the mid-1970s with songs such as “Anarchy in the UK” and “God Save the Queen.” So incendiary was their impact at the time that in their native England, the Houses of Parliament questioned whether they violated the Traitors and Treasons Act, a crime that carries the death penalty to this day. The Pistols would inspire the formation of numerous other groundbreaking groups and Lydon would become the unlikely champion of a generation clamoring for change.
Following on the heels of the Pistols, Lydon formed Public Image Ltd (PiL), expressing an equally urgent impulse in his character: the constant need to reinvent himself, to keep moving. From their beginnings in 1978 PiL set the groundbreaking template for a band that continues to challenge and thrive to this day, while also recording one of the eighties most powerful anthems, “Rise.” Lydon also found time for making innovative dance records with the likes of Afrika Bambaataa and Leftfield. By the nineties he’d broadened his reach into other media while always maintaining his trademark invective and wit, most memorably hosting Rotten TV on VH1.
John Lydon remains a captivating and dynamic figure to this day—both as a musician, and, thanks to his outspoken, controversial, and from-the-hip opinions, as a cultural commentator. In Anger is an Energy, he looks back on a life full of incident, from his beginnings as a sickly child of immigrant Irish parents growing up in post-war London to his present status as a vibrant, alternative hero.
The book includes 70 black-and-white and color photos, many which are rare or never-before-seen.
- Sales Rank: #326021 in Books
- Published on: 2016-02-23
- Released on: 2016-02-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.28" w x 5.31" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 544 pages
Review
“Lydon is an unabashed grammatical scofflaw who can deploy an earthy colloquialism with the best of them. Anger Is an Energy is packed with this brand of vivid storytelling.” (San Francisco Gate)
“Establishes that there’s much more to the person than the public persona.” (Paste)
“A hilarious and at times touching account.” (Rolling Stone)
“Vintage Johnny Rotten.” (Daily News)
“A dishy chronicle.” (Details)
“Lydon is at his best when writing about his family - his parents were working-class Irish immigrants - and . . . quite moving in his account of Vicious.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Features plenty of morbidly fascinating tidbits from one of England’s least likely national treasures.” (RollingStone.com)
“One of the most important figures in punk history.” (Gothamist)
“A companion to Lydon’s 1994 memoir, Rotten. His life is rich enough to warrant another . . . and he’s a gifted enough writer to make it a fun read.” (Billboard)
“It is clear that, though fond of zingers and political put-downs, Lydon is also a serious and thoughtful artist, bookish and unafraid of hard work, and thus serving as a model citizen in a more ideal republic than ours . . . A lucid, literate pleasure.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Coarse, plain-speaking and mischievous, pitched somewhere between Dennis the Menace and Diogenes the Cynic.” (Financial Times)
“Ridiculously entertaining . . . His tales of a near-Dickensian life in Sixties working-class London suggest how an inchoate rebel found his purpose in punk.” (Telegraph)
“Fascinating . . . both elegant and blunt.” (The Guardian)
“Fills in the gaps that his previous autobiography, ROTTEN left wide open, notably his pre-Sex Pistols days, while also going over old ground with a fully-toothed rake . . . fascinating.” (Irish Times)
“John Joseph Lydon’s new autobiography isn’t just about his incarnation as Johnny Rotten, but his upbringing, youth and, later, Public Image Limited and further intrigues. His passion and his intellect remain an inspiration.” (NME)
“A ripe, breathless romp through an extraordinary life . . . But this is a serious book too, about how poverty and illness can create pain that can be turned into something positive, presenting a man keen to fill out the nihilistic cartoon that has persisted in pop culture.” (The Observer)
“An accurate reflection of the man it seeks to portray: unique, uncompromising, and . . . fascinating.” (Mail on Sunday)
“The book is most fascinating about his childhood. I was gripped.” (The Times (London))
“Rollicking [and] rambunctious.” (Irish Examiner)
“Both thoughtful and irascible . . . Throughout, Lydon’s skills as a storyteller are in evidence. [He] brings a humour to his recollections and is at pains not to take himself, or the music business, too seriously.” (Irish Independent)
“A great autobiography, if you enjoyed Rotten, then you’ll enjoy this too . . . Lydon is always engaging, challenging and entertaining.” (The Register (UK))
From the Back Cover
From the legendary front man of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd comes the complete, unvarnished story of his life in his own words
“Vintage Johnny Rotten.”—Daily News (New York)
“Packed with . . . vivid storytelling.”—San Francisco Gate
“A dishy chronicle.”—Details
“Ridiculously entertaining.”—The Telegraph (UK; four stars)
“A ripe, breathless romp through an extraordinary life.”—The Observer (UK)
“A companion to Lydon’s 1994 memoir, Rotten. His life is rich enough to warrant another . . . and he’s a gifted enough writer to make it a fun read.”—Billboard
“Establishes that there’s much more to the person than the public persona.”—Paste
“Lydon is at his best when writing about his family . . . and . . . [is] quite moving
in his account of Vicious.”—Los Angeles Times
“His passion and his intellect remain an inspiration.”—NME
“Unique, uncompromising, and . . . fascinating.”—Mail on Sunday (UK)
“A lucid, literate pleasure.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
About the Author
John Lydon changed the game in popular music, first wreaking political chaos upon starchy mid-’70s Britain with the Sex Pistols, then shape-shifting with Public Image Ltd as a free experimentalist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Totally recommend
By Chandira
LOVE this book. John Lydon's childhood is archetypally Shamanic, if you know your Joseph Campbell Hero's Journey. A lot of dismemberment and trauma, and close encounters with self-reinvention. He also confesses to having his own psychic gifts, which I find truly fascinating. You can read this autobiography on quite a few levels, he's obviously a very complex personality, and a very original thinker. He has gone out, used his traumas, and brought us back some real gems. He even says that he has opened a door into something, wanting us to walk through also, more safely now, because he's done some of the hard work for us. If that's not Rock N Roll Shamanism, I don't know what is.
Very entertaining read, and I could not put it down.
He writes very candidly and openly about his own life, but you also get a good rock history thrown in for good measure.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
A very funny autobiography from a great performer.
By Charles
IMO John Lydon is one of a very few genuine people in the cesspool known as the music business. The fact that he has succeeded almost 40 years and stayed authentic throughout is a great subject for a book. His universally fine sense of humor shines throughout this book as it has throughout his career. It's a great read.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Fascinating account of a mad, mad world
By Natia
I stumbled across the previous work by John Lydon - `No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs' - because I got interested in the punk scene of 70-80s. This period in music is what I have totally skipped during my teens. Now I grew to like some of the bands from end of 70s-start of 80s and I read some stuff on them. Then Billy Idol mentions Sex Pistols a lot (no surprise), I read about them and discover Johnny Rotten has a biography. That was nice. After reading the book I got so hooked up I could not wait for the announced "Part II". Eventually, out it came and of course, I grabbed it.
Well, where should I start? I totally love `Anger is an Energy', much more than `No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs'. It is less aggressive and very positive in a way. However, if you are hunting after juicy details and scandals, this book is obviously not for you. Mr. Lydon is quite decent in these regards and does not mention many names or private stuff. This book is more about emotions, ideas and trends in a man's life, memories and deeds re-thought and re-analyzed.
Now I don't think that everything in this book is 100 % accurate and it should be regarded as gospel of any sort. No, it could not possibly be so - a guy is talking about his life, it should be subjective and biased. The ghost writer - Andrew Perry - is Lydon's fan all right, so I don't think he interrupted or opposed Mr. Lydon's speech much.
Yet `Anger is an Energy' is full of amazing vibe. I generally enjoy an interesting plot and whatever else, Lydon definitely had / has an eventful life. He talks of himself and unveils his story in a very appealing, humorous and acid way - even if the described story is quite grim.
The main character - with bits and tats from real Mr. Lydon, I hope - is hilarious. He really has a rough start, but his relentless energy, audacity and people around him are such great fun. His life is actually very rich - with events, people, ideas, music, pain, gain, evil and good luck, death of the loved ones and near-death experience. The variety and differences are rather colorful. And these colors are not much smudged by drug haze which is a great thing for a reader.
"We were often portrayed as speed-crazed maniacs onstage, but that was far from the reality. The other three weren't `up there' at all. Regardless of Steve joining AA years later, he's never been big on anything, barely a pinch of salt by equivalent. And me, I stopped. I wasn't going to become too infected with drug pleasures, because I really wanted to conquer the opportunity. Also, you can't be singing on any kind of upper, forget it, ain't gonna work, with your heartbeat racing..."
The guy there is not lucky at all. Everything he touches turns out to be a problem or at least an issue. Yet his sentiments are quite understandable and his ideas reflect some individuality. He is not preaching any ideology or offer universal pill of happiness, but in the end this book is a praise to being what you are and doing what you - and only you - think is right, no, what you feel is right for you. Then everything is easy:
"When we went back to the shop and I sang to Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" and various other records off the jukebox, I really wanted it. I was up for it. I instantly had the mannerisms, the characterizations of the words. That I could do, I just couldn't sing. A minor thing..."
And yes, I am quite biased, because I really, really loved this guy, main character - and I don't care if he is a fiction or reality. He has charisma and bravery - in very nontraditional and somehow uncomfortable way. He takes the risk to be beaten up just because of weird clothes and color of his hair. Now, that is a strange cause to die for.
"So, there I was in mid-Hackney at 3 a.m., and I had to run the gang gauntlet to get back to Finsbury Park. That was a death walk, a serious death walk, particularly how I was dressing and how I was. I gave a toss for no one. I knew it was coming. Even local Arsenal boys, they'd still have a reason to row with me, just because of my attitude and I - don't - back - down."
It is hard to resist such approach to life and some funny quirks of character put out with utmost style and force. However, if you do not like lunatics, you obviously will never like the book. It is a story of a crazy human being, very determined, straightforward, stubborn, witty and maddeningly irritating. All his friends and people who matter in his life are also quite lunatic. Even his enemies and people who harm him - they are far away from being normal. The book is full of mad, mad world and uncompromising ideas, violence, twisted but powerful energy while at the same time offering positive and optimistic approach to all of these. I was literally roaring with laughter while reading through Mountjoy prison experience:
"On my arrival, the warders decided to make an example of me. They stripped me, threw me into the yard and hosed me down. But you know, you can strip me, cover me in flea powder and laugh at the size of my penis, it doesn't matter. It - does - no - matter. Over the years I've noticed that when these institutions get hold of you, the one thing they're trying to embarrass you about is your nakedness, and your penis. Let me tell you, Johnny's got a perfect penis to laugh at, and he don't care. That's not ever going to be a problem."
Admittedly, after reading Lydon's biographies, I tried to listen to his music. I still don't like it - just a couple of songs from Sex Pistols and 4-5 from PiL, but whether I am influenced by his books or not, after listening to his bands, I actually understood why he is considered influential by some.
What I did not like about the book - well, the detailed description of bands and songs the main character is listening to. I love music as well, but reading about music is not very captivating for me. Sometimes it was hard for me to understand the language - well, English is my third language, so all the manipulations, somewhat unconventional wording and slang, which I could not possibly look up in a dictionary - these were a challenge for me. In a way these add up to the flavor of the book, but it was hard for me to unveil the idea behind some paragraphs - and it took some time and consideration.
I suppose some will find Lydon's words offensive - even when describing his friends (Sid Vicious, for example) or discussing some of the popular groups, but I don't mind his subjective opinions (although I am a fan of the majority of the music bands he so passionately criticizes, like Rolling Stones, Nirvana, to name a few). He also seems contradicting himself a lot, although I attribute the discrepancies to his sense of humor and irresistible urge to disturb the audience. Eventually, he forces the reader to take everything with a grain of salt and have a good laugh. I think Lydon sums that all up very well:
"I'm not deliberately out to antagonize an audience or spite them or anything like that, but if they adopt the attitude of `This isn't what we expected', then yippee, I'm gonna wallow in that, because you shouldn't sit back and expect anything at all. You can make the choice to like it or not like it, but if you're going to hate it because it doesn't sound like the previous album, you're not a John Lydon follower at all. You don't understand me. I don't follow myself so please - don't - follow - me."
All in all, the book turned out to be one of my favorites. I have not enjoyed reading literature for quite a while, so thank you, Mr. Lydon, I had quite a time. I will definitely recommend this book to anybody - either interested in music or not, it is captivating and rich, much better than most of modern fiction.
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