John Lydon: I Cry Alone
Jack Barron, NME, 10 October 1987
DAY-GLO PINK mini-dreads erupt from his scalp like antennae made of candyfloss. Iceberg blue eyes stare from cigarette ash skin. A smirk. A belch of indignation. And HEEEEEEEEEEERRRR-RRRRRRRRREEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEE'SSSSSSSS JOHNNY!
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