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Language Is an Energy in John Lydon's 'Anger Is an Energy'

Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon spills his guts with sloppy but delightful syntax and riddle-like onomatopoeias.

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Public Image Ltd.: 9 September 2012 - Brooklyn, NY

Tuna fish burps from the bridge-and-tunnel set and endless, self-indulgent jams make it hard to love John Lydon's post-punk roadshow in performance.

Public Image Limited: This Is PiL

This is what you want, this is what you get.

Sex Pistols: Pun(k)s, Pranks, and Provocations

At a time when factions of the punk movement were trying to establish a collective identity, Johnny Rotten maintained an outsider stance while ripping into the darlings of the hip punk set with the same ferocity he applied to the living dinosaurs of establishment rock.

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