John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician, best known as lead vocalist for the punk rock groups The Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.
Discography[]
All chart positions are UK.
Sex Pistols
Studio albums
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Virgin, 1977) Platinum Compilations and live albums
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Virgin, 1979) Some Product: Carri On Sex Pistols (Virgin, 1979) Kiss This (Virgin, 1992) Never Mind the Bollocks / Spunk (aka This is Crap) (Virgin, 1996) Filthy Lucre Live (Virgin, 1996) The Filth and the Fury (Virgin, 2000) Jubilee (Virgin, 2002) Sex Pistols Box Set (Virgin, 2002) Singles
"Anarchy in the UK" - 1976 #38 "God Save the Queen" - 1977 #2 "Pretty Vacant" - 1977 #6 "Holidays in the Sun" - 1977 #8 "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" - 1980 #21 "Anarchy in the UK" (re-issue) - 1992 #33 "Pretty Vacant" (live) - 1996 # 18 "God Save the Queen" (re-issue) - 2002 # 15
Public Image Ltd. Studio albums
First Issue (Virgin, 1978) Metal Box (Virgin, 1979) Flowers of Romance (Virgin, 1981) Commercial Zone (non-official) (PiL Records, 1983) This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (Virgin, 1984) Album (Virgin, 1986) Happy? (Virgin, 1987) 9 (Virgin, 1989) That What Is Not (Virgin, 1992) Compilations and live albums
Second Edition EP (Virgin, 1980) Live in Paris au Printemps (Virgin, 1980) Live in Tokyo (Virgin, 1983) The Greatest Hits, So Far (Virgin, 2003) Singles
"Public Image" - 1978 #9 "Death Disco" - 1979 #20 "Memories" - 1979 #60 "Flowers of Romance" - 1981 #24 "This Is Not a Love Song" - 1983 #5 "Bad Life" - 1984 #71 "Rise" - 1986 #11 "Home" - 1986 #75 "Seattle" - 1987 #47 "The Body" - 1987 #100 "Disappointed" - 1989 #38 "Don't Ask Me" - 1990 #22 "Cruel" - 1992 #49
Time Zone Single
"World Destruction" - 1984
Solo Studio albums
Psycho's Path (Virgin, 1997)
Compilations The Best of British £1 Notes (Lydon, PiL & Sex Pistols) (Virgin/EMI, 2005)
Singles
"Open Up" (with Leftfield) – 1993 – #11 UK "Sun" – 1997 – #42 UK