John Lydon: Apocalypse New
Carol Clerk, Melody Maker, 24 May 1986
SOMEBODY told me John Lydon liked a drink. And this was indeed a large crumb of comfort. Suddenly, it was possible to establish some common interest. Suddenly there was a sense of relief that business could be taken care of in the mutual territory and relatively congenial environment of the hotel bar. There was, additionally, something attractive about a little Dutch courage.
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