John Lydon: Man A Warrior, part 2
Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 11 March 1978
CYNICS AMONG the SOUNDS readership may have been wondering why/how our Johnny Rotten underwent such a speedy transformation into this new-fangled character called Johnny Cool, as revealed exclusively in last week's ish.
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