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One and Only Punk Rocker Johnny Rotten EP098

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Friday Night Opening Weekend at Tribeca Film Festival 2017 was a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience under Special Screenings The Public Image is Rotten combining performance and after the film screening conversation with John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, original frontman for the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols.

After their break up in the late 70s, he emerged as the lead singer of Public Image Ltd (PiL), continuing in an unconventional sight and sound style and structure. There are no copy bands of the Sex Pistols or PiL and there’s a reason why– each performance is unique and unto itself.

From the beginning, punk rock became the voice for artists breaking free from a mainstream format and the record companies’ stranglehold on their creative artistry and earnings. As Lydon recalls the many ups and downs of a live music performer’s lifestyle– from fellow band members comings and goings to the vastly changed music business landscape– his pondering becomes a poetic musing on survival and continuing performances as one artist with a decidedly different Bohemian lifestyle.

Tabbert Filler, former bassist for the band MaxSinger Z makes his directorial debut taking the audience on a remarkable free-from ride through the personal and professional POVs of Lydon and his bandmates. I love the hair.

 

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