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Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten hates on Guitar Hero III at launch party, goes insane

10:13 AM on 11.28.2007, Dale North 70 comments

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The Official Xbox 360 Magazine was kind enough to send over this hilarious clip from a video of a UK Guitar Hero III launch party gone terribly wrong.

Johnny Rotten, singer for the Sex Pistols, was paid to help promote the game at Activision's launch party event, but he started off by bashing the game instead. "It's rubbish, I hate the whole thing."

The surly rocker continues to insult the product he's paid to promote by saying "What I like is it weren't teaching you how to be a rock star, it was teaching you how not to be a rock star..."

Sadly, that's about all he said about Guitar Hero III, and the rest of the time on stage was spent ranting about everything but the music game. He finally rounds things out as the worst celebrity guest promoter ever by shouting "I AM ENGLAND" into a crowd of game journos that had to be looking at their watches and heading toward the door by then. 

Kudos to OXM's for the inclusion of a "swear counter" in the video, which hits nearly one-hundred by the end of the clip. 


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atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 11/28/2007 10:21
Johnny Rotten is a fucking idiot. Flame me as much as you want. He is not England. If was was so 'England' he'd still be fucking living here.
Swifty64's Avatar
Swifty64 at 11/28/2007 10:28
I agree with atheistium, he is a fucking idiot
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Pedro Blandino at 11/28/2007 10:35
greatest line ever said.
"I AM ENGLAND"
lowercaseluke's Avatar
lowercaseluke at 11/28/2007 10:45
Spit on them Lydon, you know you want to.
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covah at 11/28/2007 10:49
hahahah

meanwhile in the bonus video in the game he practically sucks the game's dick.
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galagabug at 11/28/2007 10:50
what did you expect? i was shocked as shit that he even put his music in the game let alone re-recoreded.

i think lydon's lost his edge. i think he needed the check, and took it with a smile. this is either publicity, douchebaggery, or a desperate attempt to still come off as punk after clearly selling out.
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GrayFox at 11/28/2007 10:52
DryvBy:

You think 'mary jane' caused that?
GrayFox's Avatar
GrayFox at 11/28/2007 10:55
DryvBy:

You think 'mary jane' caused that?
GrayFox's Avatar
GrayFox at 11/28/2007 10:58
Goddammit.
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TheExit at 11/28/2007 10:59
Doesn't he say he took it home, and loved it, and the kids loved it? Or did I miss something. I didn't here him say its rubbish, unless thats in the full vid.
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Variable Gear at 11/28/2007 11:03
I'm with atheistium and Swifty64 Johnny Rotten is a fucking idiot.

Not only that, he is a washed-up fucking idiot.

Also, he is a country.

I think...
Robert's Avatar
Robert at 11/28/2007 11:07
Crap, I didn't even watch the video but now that crappy song is going to be stuck in my head...
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bloodylip at 11/28/2007 11:07
I agree with Variable Gear in agreeing with atheistium and Swifty64. Johnny Rotten is an idiot and the Sex Pistols sucked.
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Tubatic at 11/28/2007 11:12
This article is like saying water is still wet.

Its Johnny bloody Rotten (pardon my english). It'd have been shocking if he *didn't* do something like that.
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Y0j1mb0 at 11/28/2007 11:18
Personally I thought it was HILARIOUS..would of loved to see the camera pan to the Rep that introduced him. THAT would of being funnier. As for selling out well of course he did..he's just making it more obvious then any other artist out there, that's all.
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Poopface Morty at 11/28/2007 11:22
Too bad for Rotten that the Sex Pistols are horrible. Maybe that's the source of his shitty attitude.
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moominsean at 11/28/2007 11:27
lydon is great. he's always been an asshole, and never had a good word to say about anything, ever. that's his schtick. he's a punk and a poseur at the same time...he hasn't even been relevant for 25+ years, but he's like the paris hilton of punk. he does nothing, yet still manages to get press. good stuff.
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Mauer at 11/28/2007 11:28
Sex Pistols blow ass.
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wardrox at 11/28/2007 11:29
Did you know he is a Property Developer now.
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Wobachuki at 11/28/2007 11:38
the only thing that was ever punk rock about the sex pistols was their collection of STDs and bad teeth.
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Aerox at 11/28/2007 11:41
What a dick.
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rubadub at 11/28/2007 11:43
He got paid to do what he does best, irritate people. Besides, everyone knows that England belongs to Cock Sparrer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owqaIxKHbk

Sex Pistols were always shit.
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neveranything at 11/28/2007 11:50
This is John Lydon, what'd you expect? The man's always carried a chip on his shoulder about something. No surprises here.
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king3vbo at 11/28/2007 11:51
Johnny Rotten says something controversial and hateful?? What else is new? HE FUCKING JOHNNY ROTTEN. That's what he does
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JLanphear at 11/28/2007 12:14
Gonna agree with atheistum and everyone else. Johnny Rotten is fuckin stupid. The Sex Pistols suck anyways, a lot more than Guitar Hero. He's just jealous.
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Phist at 11/28/2007 12:14
Now that's punk.

I actually like the Pistols, they changed music whether you like it or not. But yes, Johnny Rotten is notorious for being douchey. The complete opposite of Joe Strummer if you will.
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PaulMorel at 11/28/2007 12:22
Headlines = Grabbed
Rock Star Stereotypes = Reinforced

Promotional stunt = Success
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Sharpless at 11/28/2007 12:34
LOL, I love Johnny Rotten. He's such a nitwit. If the folks who hired him for the event weren't expecting this, then they're even bigger idiots than Johnny is.
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Simmons 2pt0 at 11/28/2007 12:49
Shoulda hired Danzig.
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Semantic Poetry at 11/28/2007 12:52
Seriously, hands up, who saw this coming?
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akathatoneguy at 11/28/2007 12:56
Now THAT'S rock and roll! Give me drunken, curse-ridden ramblings and accusations any day over whining about being "broken" while you cut yourself and mope around the stage. Was that insane? Yes. Ridiculous? Yes. Refreshing? ......yes.
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zardoz at 11/28/2007 13:13
I see the whole Punk thing is lost on some people. Johnny Rotten is infinitely preferable to the swarms of self pitying emo gimps that not only populate the music industry but strangely enough, videogame characters also.

Johnny Rotten is not an idiot, he is a clever guy who constantly takes the piss, that IS the point of Johnny Rotten, when things get too self congratulatory and pretentious, characters like Johnny Rotten are essential. People who think he's an idiot tend to take themselves and life too seriously.

I also happen to think that Guitar Hero is a slightly depressing concept
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vexed alex at 11/28/2007 13:34
"I also happen to think that Guitar Hero is a slightly depressing concept."

You're on a video game blog talking about how playing a game is depressing. Sex Pistols are fucking boring, dude. All of those kids who define punk as the Ramones and Sex Pistols can go somewhere else and dream about the "good old days".

Folk punk FTW!
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vexed alex at 11/28/2007 13:36
Also, Johny Rotten is another has been gone bad.
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Sharpless at 11/28/2007 13:37
How is Guitar Hero depressing? It's a fun game, and I know people who have been inspired to learn real guitar because of it.
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Justice at 11/28/2007 13:42
THIS IS ENGLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!
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Bans at 11/28/2007 13:52
Young man bitching about Authority = Punk rock

Old man bitching about Authority = Curmudgeon

The Clash > Ramones > Emo > My little pony > She'ra > Sex Pistols
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BahamutZero at 11/28/2007 14:10
Bans - one little fix:

Pudgy old man bitching about "authority" he had just received a check from =
fucking stupid

couldn't he just have died in his youth like johnny rotten?
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bloodylip at 11/28/2007 14:12
@Bahamut: I was thinking the same thinking about him dying young.
@Bans: Don't forget.. Dead Kennedys > *
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Corporal Clegg at 11/28/2007 14:37
I've always thought the American punk scene, with bands like Black Flag and The Circle Jerks, were better than their English counterparts anyway.
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necrozen at 11/28/2007 14:46
They mixed up the videos, this was actually Johnny Rottens toast speech as best man at his buddies wedding. Isn't it obvious?
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akathatoneguy at 11/28/2007 14:55
@ Bans/Bahamut-

That's what happens when rockers get old. It's not pretty. That's why they should accept the necessary ending for the path they've chosen and simply overdose/shoot themselves/be shot by someone else/get hit by a car at a young age. Christ, imagine if Kurt Cobain was 60 years old? Or what it'd be like if Jimi Hendrix was still around? It'd be depressing.
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Analog Pidgin at 11/28/2007 15:22
@ Bans/Bahamut -- He is Johnny Rotten...you mean if he'd died young like Sid Vicious? Wouldn't it be 20x more horrendous if he was lionized, instead of letting us see his long, pathetic deterioration and irrelevance?

For that matter, John Lydon did all his best work with PiL, but there wasn't much money in being a soft-spoken, dub fan with emotions and the like, so he went back to being 'Rotten.'
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ochimaru at 11/28/2007 15:32
Did any of you actually WATCH the video? He said "I fuckin LOVED IT, and so did the kids."



And the quote "What I like is it weren't teaching you how to be a rock star, it was teaching you how not to be a rock star, how not to be an asshole, and how not to seek fame and fortuen b/c the whole thing is a joke." That is not bashing Guitar Hero at all. It is PROMOTING Guitar Hero. It's a bash on Hollywood, Stars and the whole "Fame & Fortune" dream... and not on Guitar Hero. Fame & Fortune IS a joke.
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Samit Sarkar at 11/28/2007 16:18
I’m gonna quote Rick James here...

Cocaine’s a hell of a drug.
Bans's Avatar
Bans at 11/28/2007 16:34
@BrOnXbOmBr21

Rick James "Cocaine is powerful drug".
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Kalmah at 11/28/2007 17:05
Shoulda hired Anders Friden. :/
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/28/2007 17:56
I love me some Sex Pistols, but god, that is retarded as hell.
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