John Lydon: …Heeere's Johnny!
Tom Hibbert, Q, July 1989
IN THE BAR OF the North London rehearsal studio complex, John Lydon, wearing a typically loud shirt, a pair of unorthodox dark spectacles and the kind of "colourful" straw hat Bob Hope might don for a round of pro-celeb golf, is treating all and sundry to his remarkable impression of an avant-garde lager lout.
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