John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten – has let it be known that he’s game for a Sex Pistols reunion and co-writing new material with the band.
Lydon and fellow original members Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock haven’t spent any studio time together as the Sex Pistols since 1977′s Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols.
Yesterday marked the passing of musician, svengali and impresario Malcolm McLaren, most famous for managing both the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols, as well as being a gifted musician (and wily self-promoter) in his own right. You can read the details of his death to due to cancer here.
Further, if you’re interested in measuring the impact McLaren had on the music world, and the musician’s who populate it, Pitchfork scoured the internet for their quotes and responses, some of which we’ve gathered here, from former Sex Piston John Lydon to No Age to (God knows why) Diddy.
John Lydon:
Malcolm McLaren, mostly known for managing the Sex Pistols during the peak of their fame over in the UK, has died of mesothelioma at the age of 64 today (April 8, 2010) , according to the New York Times. He passed away at a hospital in Switzerland and his body will be flown back to London to be buried at Highgate Cemetery.
As an inventive self-promoter and manager, this was the man who claimed he invented punk and most likely the man whom people think of when they hear the term, “music impresario.”
Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock said in an interview with The Quietus that there is a possibility the band will record a new album in 2009.
“The Sex Pistols? We’ve done our bit this year…we’ll meet again in the New Year and see what we want to do,” he explained.
