Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
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and London Olympics, ref1
‘no future’ message of, ref1
release of, ref1
writing of, ref1
‘Gone Blue’, ref1
‘Grave Ride’, ref1, ref2
‘Happy?’, ref1
‘Hard Times’, ref1
‘Holiday In The Sun’, ref1
‘Under The House’, ref1
‘Human’, ref1
‘Hungry Like The Wolf ’, ref1, ref2
‘Kashmir’, ref1
‘Life’s A Gas’, ref1
‘Lollipop Opera’, ref1, ref2
‘Low Life’, ref1
‘Mandy’, ref1
‘Memories’, ref1
‘New York’, ref1
‘No Birds Do Sing’, ref1
‘No Feelings’, ref1
‘One Drop’, ref1
‘Open Up’, ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Order of Death, The’, ref1
‘Poptones’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Pretty Vacant’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and Guitar Hero 3, ref1
sleeve of, ref1
‘Problems’, ref1
‘Psychopath’, ref1
‘Public Image’, ref1, ref2, ref3
release of, ref1
‘Radio 4’, ref1
‘Religion’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Rise’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
hairdo reference in, ref1
‘Round’, ref1
‘Rules And Regulations’, ref1
‘Seattle’, ref1, ref2
‘Seventeen’, ref1
‘Smoke On The Water’, ref1
‘So Tough’, ref1
‘Solitaire’, ref1
‘Storm In A Teacup’, ref1
‘Submission’, ref1
‘Suit, The’, ref1
‘Sun’, ref1, ref2
‘Terra-Gate’, ref1
‘Theme’, ref1
‘Think Tank’, ref1
‘This Is Not A Love Song’, ref1, ref2, ref3
international success of, ref1
video for, ref1
‘Tie Me To The Length Of That’, ref1, ref2
‘Uptown Top Ranking’, ref1
‘USLS1’, ref1, ref2
‘Walk On The Wild Side’, ref1
‘Warrior’, ref1
‘Welcome To My World, ref2
‘Where Are You?’, ref1
‘Working Class Hero’, ref1
‘World Destruction’, ref1
South Africa, ref1
Southgate, Gareth, ref1
Spacey, Kevin, ref1
Spark, Muriel, ref1
Spedding, Chris, ref1, ref2
Spice Girls, ref1
Springfield, Rick, ref1
Spungen, Nancy, ref1, ref2, ref3
death of, ref1, ref2
Star Trek, ref1
Stardust, Alvin, ref1, ref2
Stars on Sunday, ref1, ref2
Status Quo, ref1, ref2, ref3
Stefani, Gwen, ref1
Steptoe and Son, ref1
Stevens, Jimmy, ref1
Stevens, Joe, ref1
Stevens, John Rambo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
becomes JL’s full-time manager, ref1
bouncers attack, ref1
in 4” Be 2”, ref1
at Futurama gig, ref1
and Jesus Christ Superstar cancellation, ref1
and JL’s apes show, ref1, ref2
and JL’s bugs show, ref1
and JL’s hairstyle, ref1
and JL’s I’m a Celebrity . . . appearance, ref1
and JL’s Jesus Christ Superstar role, ref1
and JL’s sharks show, ref1
and returned Pistols’ security, ref1
Stevens, Laura, ref1
Stevenson, Nils, ref1
Stewart, Dave, ref1
Stewart, Jon, ref1
Stewart, Rod, ref1
Sting, ref1, ref2
Stivell, Alan, ref1
‘Storm In A Teacup’, ref1
Street-Porter, Janet, ref1
Strummer, Joe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and Lee, ref1
Styrene, Poly, ref1, ref2
‘Submission’, ref1
Sugarcubes, ref1
‘Suit, The’, ref1
Sumner, Bernard, ref1
‘Sun’, ref1, ref2
Sundance Film Festival, ref1
Sunday Mirror, ref1, ref2
Sunday Night at the London Palladium, ref1
Supercar, ref1
Sutch, Screaming Lord, ref1
Swan Lake, ref1
Swift, Taylor, ref1, ref2
T. Rex, ref1, ref2, ref3
Tagesspiegel, ref1
Tamla Motown, ref1, ref2
Television, ref1 ref2cc, ref3
‘Terra-Gate’, ref1
That What Is Not, ref1
media response to, ref1
‘Theme’, ref1
‘Think Tank’, ref1
‘This Is Not A Love Song’, ref1, ref2, ref3
international success of, ref1
video for, ref1
This Is PiL, ref1, ref2, ref3
This Is What You Want . . . This Is What You Get, ref1
cover for, ref1
Thomas, Chris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and Guitar Hero 3, ref1
Thorngren, Eric ‘ET’, ref1
Thorpe, Jeremy, ref1
Thunderbirds, ref1
Tiberi, John ‘Boogie’, ref1, ref2
‘Tie Me To The Length Of That’, ref1, ref2
Timberlake, Justin, ref1
Time, ref1
Time Zone, ref1
Today, ref1
Top of the Pops, ref1
Tosh, Peter, ref1
Tottenham Hotspur FC (Spurs), ref1, ref2, ref3
Tottenham riots, ref1
Townshend, Pete, ref1, ref2
and Quadrophenia, ref1
Tracy, Spencer, ref1
Traitors and Treason Act, ref1, ref2
Trilling, Roger, ref1, ref2, ref3
Tube, The, ref1
Tulipan, Bob, ref1, ref2
Turner, Ted, ref1
Turner, Tina, ref1
Ulano, Sam, ref1
‘Under The House’, ref1
Up, Ari, ref1, ref2, ref3
death of, ref1
Upstairs, Downstairs, ref1
‘Uptown Top Ranking’, ref1
‘USLS1’, ref1, ref2
Uref1, ref2, ref3
Vai, Steve, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Vance, Tommy, ref1
Venables, Terry, ref1
Vertigo label, ref1
VHref1, ref2
Vicious, Sid, ref1, ref2
band members’ animosity towards, ref1
Bowie aped by, ref1
death of, ref1, ref2
and drugs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
drugs sold by, ref1
in fight with PC, ref1
GM replaced by, ref1
hepatitis suffered by, ref1
High Times interview of, ref1
inadequacy feelings of, ref1
JL drawn by, ref1
JL meets, ref1
JL names as such, ref1
and JL’s drunken stupor, ref1
JL’s flat share with, ref1
JL’s Pistols membership shocks, ref1
Kent beaten up by, ref1
Lemmy teaches, ref1
memorial plaque for, discussed, ref1
money stolen from, ref1
in onstage competition with JL, ref1
PC and SJ resent, ref1
Pistols improved by, ref1
and SEX, ref1, ref2
sexuality of, ref1
and Spungen death, ref1
Spungen meets, ref1
squat set up by, ref1, ref2
‘street smart�
� lacked by, ref1
wit used as survival technique by, ref1
see also Sex Pistols
Virgin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
EMI buys, ref1
‘God Save The Queen’ released by, ref1
lack of support from, ref1
and Never Mind the Bollocks, ref1
PiL signed by, ref1
PiL’s album held back by, ref1
PiL’s deteriorating relationship with, ref1
and PiL’s Japan stint, ref1
and Psycho’s Path, ref1
and ‘This Is Not A Love Song’, ref1
Volcanoes National Park, ref1
Wailers, ref1
Wakeman, Rick, ref1
‘Walk On The Wild Side’, ref1
Walken, Christopher, ref1
Walker, Jim, ref1, ref2, ref3
JW’s rows with, ref1
‘lifestyle issues’ of, ref1
PiL quit by, ref1
Wardle, John, seeWobble, Jah
Warhol, Andy, ref1
Warner Bros, ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Warrior’, ref1
Warwick, Dionne, ref1
Watts, Ron, ref1
Weberman, A. J., ref1
‘Welcome To My World, ref1
Wellington-Lloyd, Helen, ref1
Wenger, Arsène, ref1
West Ham FC, ref1, ref2
Westwood, Vivienne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
bondage suit created by, ref1
and Hynde, ref1
and Logan party, ref1
and MM, ref1
pub row concerning, ref1
S&M line of, ref1
T-shirt designs of, ref1, ref2
‘Where Are You?’, ref1
White, Larry, ref1, ref2
Whittaker, Roger, ref1
Who, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and Quadrophenia, ref1
Who Killed Bambi?, ref1
Who Sell Out, The, albums, ref1
Wilde, Oscar, ref1
Williams, Kenneth, ref1
Williams, Michelle, ref1
Williams, Robert, ref1
Williams, Robin, ref1
Williams, Tony, ref1, ref2
Wilson, Tony, ref1
Wilton (step-grandson), ref1
Winbush, Nelson, ref1
Wincraft studio, ref1
Winwood, Steve, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wisdom, Norman, ref1, ref2, ref3
Wishbone Ash, ref1, ref2
Wobble, Jah, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
and Clark’s wigs, ref1
friction between KL and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
KL reunites with, ref1
pig’s head thrown at, ref1
PiL quit by, ref1
and PiL reactivation, ref1
PiL’s backing tracks taken by, ref1
PiL’s suits secured by, ref1
Pistols resented by, ref1
security man kicked by, ref1
solo album of, ref1
Walker’s rows with, ref1
see also Public Image Limited
Woods, James, ref1
Word, The, ref1
‘Working Class Hero’, ref1
‘World Destruction’, ref1
X Factor, The, ref1
X-Ray Spex, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Yamashta, Stomu, ref1
Yardbirds, ref1
Yates, Jess, ref1
Yes, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Young, Debbie ‘Dobbins’, ref1
Young, Neil, ref1, ref2, ref3
Young, Paul ‘Youngie’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
carpentry of, ref1
in 4” Be 2”, ref1
song about, ref1
Zukie, Tapper, ref1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. My family circa 1966: at the back, Jimmy, Bobby, me, and in front, Mum and Dad holding baby Martin. That’s in the old flat in Benwell Road. I know it by the couch, it was one of them vinyl things, intensely uncomfortable.
2. Aged 3 or 4, at the fair on Hampstead Heath. I’m the happiest ever to be in that sky-blue Austin Healey.
3. In my little tartan waistcoat, in front of Dad’s car. I think this was on one of our family seaside jaunts to Southend or Canvey Island. We’d always spend hours in a lay-by, repairing bits of the car.
4. With Mum in Highbury Fields, wearing my Mum’s handbag: ‘Hold that while I fix your belt.’
5. Progression! Early school days, aged 6 or 7, pre-meningitis, working out a jigsaw.
6. At 11 or 12, I had to wear glasses after meningitis.
7. Circa 1972, aged 16, 17 in my Roundhouse phase.
8. With John Gray in Finsbury Park playpark, just prior to the Sex Pistols, when I was working at the play centres, looking after problem kids. John’s wearing a Vivienne Westwood top, made of black shiny latex. If you’ve got it, flaunt it!
9. Underage drinking - Lydon’s fave! That’s my brother Jimmy (left) with John Stevens (pre-Rambo). As two families, we were very close. Rambo would take my place on family caravan holidays.
10. First picture of the Sex Pistols, in the back yard of a pub we were rehearsing above in Chiswick, in August-September 1975. (l-r) me, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, Paul Cook. Thank God I had the sense to bring John Gray along, and he had the sense to bring a camera - something that didn’t occur to Malcolm!
11. Forced fun doing photos for Malcolm in Carnaby Street, April 1976. I’ve always been at odds, even in my own band.
12. Live at the Soho strip club, El Paradise, London, 4 April 1976. There I am, wearing my favourite stripper’s outfit.
13. Fiddling about in row boats on the Serpentine because we had nothing better to do, circa April 1976. Nobody knew how to row a boat except me, and I wouldn’t.
14. There’s not many people that can hang out with their mum, but my mum was up for a giggle. I’d just bought her a blow-up man-doll.
15. Nora, me, John Gray and Paul Young on our way to Hampton Court in May 1977, wearing A&M promo shirts for ‘God Save The Queen’.
16. Live at Dunstable Queens Hall, 21 October 1976. There I am, cleaning the floor. I always left the stage cleaner than when I went on.
17. With ‘Chaos’ armband, Halmstad, Sweden, 15 July 1977. The jacket’s from an old demob suit, with a pair of leather pants. It was always mix and match with me, I was never coiffeured by Vivienne Westwood.
18. Les Deux Magots cafe, Paris, 4 September 1976. I think that’s Nora’s beret. It’s a ladies cap, worn in a jaunty beret way. That caused some friction with the band, who thought I was being dangerous.
19. At Heathrow Airport, September 1976. It was fun going through customs with them upside down Nazi badges and crucifixes. I’m hardly supporting these regimes, am I? It’s one of Vivienne’s original bondage jackets, before she thought, ‘Ooh, I could mass produce them…’
20. At Wessex Studios during the Never Mind The Bollocks sessions, 26 April 1977.
21. It wasn’t me, ossifer! Stopped by Police, Westbourne Grove, 23 May 1977.
22. Sex Pistols live at Stokvishal, Arnhem, Holland, 8 December 1977. The display on the wall was all about the battle there in the Second World War.
23. Outside Malborough Street Magistrates Court, March 11th 1977 after receiving that stupid fine for amphetamine possession. I was really angry with Malcolm for turning up without the money. That’s his lawyer Steve Fisher at the back. Between them, they couldn’t raise 40 quid.
24. Onstage during the evening show at our legendary Christmas Day ’77 gig at Huddersfield Ivanhoes. I actually remember making that face!
25. With Sid Vicious on the tour bus, on the catastrophic Sex Pistols American tour, 8 January 1978. We always did talk, even then.
26. (l-r) Steve Jones, Sid Vicious, me, Paul Cook up against a wall, as we were often photographed, in Dryden Chambers, off Oxford Street, London 14 April 1977. It was for a German mag
azine called Ohr. When everyone was accepting the punk clichés, I thought, ‘Well, fuck that’ and went off into Teddy Boy world.
27. On Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, with U-Roy, February 1978. There’s some smoke tapering out of my mouth. I can’t imagine what that is.
28. With underpants, Gunter Grove roof, 1978. Some kind of bandit, that is!
29. In the hatch onto the roof at Gunter Grove. That was a very dangerous roof for us to be drunk on; it was five storeys up. I had bigger plans than being squashed like a baked bean.
30. The first line-up of Public Image Ltd, aka PiL, in the living room in Honeyfield, May 1978. (l-r) Jah Wobble, Jim Walker, me, Keith Levene. On the wall above my brother Martin who’s also in the picture, you can see rosettes from the Arsenal vs Ipswich FA Cup Final. Look at the idea of nothing matching - the wallpaper, the carpet, the couch…
31. With Ari Up, Gunter Grove, 1978. She was all of about thirteen there, before she went too heavily into pretending to be Jamaican. We were friendlier than some people would think.
32. With John Stevens, at Trinity College, Dublin, 3 October 1980. That’s the support band playing in the background!
33. In raincoat and silly glasses, Gunter Grove, 1978.
34. At Gunter Grove, 1979. I always liked a proper sound system.
35. A nice one of me and Keith, rehearsing circa Metal Box, back when we used to get on.
36. At Gunter Grove in 1980, after the release of Second Edition, wearing a fantastic coat made by Kenny MacDonald. I also had one in white which made me look like a polar bear.
37. An astounding picture of Wobble and Keith sitting next to each other on the couch at Gunter Grove, with me on the right. I can’t remember those two even in the same room without a glare and a frown and gnashing of teeth.
38. Arriving at High Court in London in a Kenny MacDonald suit and sheepskin for the Sex Pistols case in 1979. The man with the glasses and fuzzy hair is Joe Stevens, the photographer who helped me out after the break-up in San Francisco.
39. Gunter Grove roof, circa 1980-81. (l-r) Bobby Lydon, me, Martin Lydon, Paul Young.
40. PiL out driving in Toronto, Canada, 16 October 1982. (l-r) Me, Keith, Martin Atkins, Pete Jones.