John Lydon says he’ll never rejoin “woke” Sex Pistols after “dirty deeds”

nme.com:

John Lydon has hit out at the Sex Pistols’ reunion again, saying he will never rejoin the band.Earlier this year, the former Pistols frontman criticised the reunion with Frank Carter branding it “karaoke” to NME.Now, in a new interview with PA (via The Independent), when asked if he would reunite with the band, Lydon said: “Never, not after what I consider their dirty deeds, let them wallow in Walt Disney woke expectations.

They’ve killed the content, or done their best to, and turned the whole thing into a rubbish, childishness, and that’s unacceptable.”He added: “Sorry, I’m not going to give a helping hand to this any longer, as far as I am concerned, I am the Pistols, and they’re not.”The singer-songwriter previously fought a high-profile court battle against guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook in a bid to stop their songs being used in a 2022 Disney+ series of their story, Pistol, which was directed by Danny Boyle.

Lydon eventually lost the case.On the Sex Pistols’ current line-up, he added: “They had to get Billy Idol last year and now Mr Carter, to come in and listen to them (his lyrics) for them, that’s a clown’s circus at work.”He made similar comments to NME, earlier this year when asked whether he had had a chance to see footage of the band performing live. “No, but Mr Carter has to follow in Billy Idol’s footsteps, doesn’t he?,” he said at the time.