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JOHNNY ROTTEN Is Being Sued By SEX PISTOLS Over Song Rights

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July 16, 2021September 21, 2022
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The SEX PISTOLS are suing Johnny Rotten, who’s real name is John Lydon, over the rights to use the band’s music in the upcoming Danny Boyle produced miniseries about the band.

Lydon has been very vocal about his disdain for the upcoming SEX PISTOLS limited series, calling it “disrespectful,” and has insisted that he wasn’t approached to take part in the production.

“Pistol” is a six-episode series about SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones. It is based on Jones’s 2018 memoir “Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol” and it is being helmed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, who serves as executive producer and director.

According to the Associated Press, Edmund Cullen, the lawyer that represents Jones and drummer Paul Cook, told a judge at the High Court in London on Thursday that his clients have a “brittle and fractious” relationship with Lydon, but that the musicians had made an agreement in 1988 that song usage would be on a “majority rules basis” and that they also had the support of bassist Glen Matlock and the estate of the late Sid Vicious.

Lydon’s lawyer, Mark Cunningham, said in written arguments that Jones’s memoir portrayed him “in a hostile and unflattering light,” referring to Lydon at one point as an “annoying little brat with the great bone structure who’s always asking for more.”

“Pistol” was created by Craig Pearce and written by Pearce and Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Jones, Boyle and Pearce serve as executive producers alongside Gail Lyon, Anita Camarata, Tracey Seaward, Paul Lee, Hope Hartman and Wiip. The series is produced by FX Productions.

“Pistol” stars Toby Wallace (“Babyteeth”, “Acute Misfortune”) as Steve Jones, Anson Boon (“Crawl”, “1917”, “Blackbird”) as John Lydon, Louis Partridge (“Enola Holmes”, “Medici”) as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook, Fabien Frankel (“The Serpent”, “NYPD Blue”) as Glen Matlock, Dylan Llewellyn (“Derry Girls”) as Wally Nightingale, Sydney Chandler (“Don’t Worry Darling”) as Chrissie Hynde, Emma Appleton (“The Witcher”, “Traitors”) as Nancy Spungen, and Maisie Williams (“Game Of Thrones”) as punk icon Jordan.