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John Lydon claimed his sex pistols When his wife, Nora Foster, died, band members failed to contact him.
Johnny Rotten, the punk band’s former frontman, died of Alzheimer’s in April 2023 after his wife of nearly 50 years and became her full-time caregiver two years after her diagnosis.
However, despite expected messages from guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glenn Matlock and drummer Paul Cook, Lydon claims he has received no news of any kind from the musicians, who are currently performing in Lydon’s place with Frank Carter.
“I expected there would be some connection after Nora died, but there was nothing,” he said in a new interview. the times.
independent The Sex Pistols have been contacted for comment.
Lydon and Forster were married in 1979. the times Two months after Foster’s death, Lydon said coping with the loss was “much more difficult than he imagined.”
“I thought I could handle this, but if anything, it’s worse,” he said. “I like to sleep with Nora’s ashes in the cupboard next to my bed because I will never see her again.”
Lydon reflected on how he and Foster handled their relationship (despite his public persona): “I see relationships falling apart around me, especially when it comes to fame, and I can’t help but think people are being too flippant about their life partners.
“Nora and I argue a lot, but they’re so shocking that they make life worth living, and we’re always honest and open about everything.”
Elsewhere in the new interview, Leyden, who left the Sex Pistols in 1979, slammed the 2022 biographical TV show Oops, which is titled pistoldirected by Danny Boyle.
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Boyle did not consult Lydon about the project, having previously said he did not expect the punk musician to like the project, a sentiment that left the musician feeling the director was “disrupting” the spirit of the loud music genre.
“What kind of ambition is that?” he said. “It sounds like an act of malice rather than any character understanding.
Leyden continued: “Part of me wants it to be good, but it could also be about the Partridge Family. I don’t like having anything to do with it because no one is asking me to contribute.”
After leaving the Sex Pistols in 1979, Lydon formed Public Image Ltd and occasionally reunited with the band during the 1990s and 2000s.