Sex Pistol Not A Fan Of Green Day

(RockAAA) John Lydon has dubbed Green Day ‘coat-hangers’ insisting they haven’t done enough to earn the punk tag. The former Sex Pistols singer blasted the band in an interview with the LA Times this week although he was more generous with his praise for pop princess Lady Gaga. Speaking to the LA Times he said:

“Many of the punk bands are cop-outs and imitators and have made it easy for the likes of Green Peace – Green Day, who I hate. I really … I can’t stand them.

“To me, they’re like coat hangers, and haven’t earned the right, they haven’t earned the wings, to be wearing the mantle of punk. They haven’t had to go through the violence, and the hate, and the animosity that us chaps way back when had to put up with.

“We had to fight for every single footstep.”

But the punk legend, who turns 55 next week, heaped praise on Lady Gaga for the way she ‘manipulates’ the music industry. He added:

“I don’t think I’ve done anything good if it ends up with Green Day on Broadway. But I have done something good that Lady Gaga is so quite as mentally insane as she is.

“There’s someone out there – yeah, ultimately just shock, but the lyrics are so good. They really are.

“And so every now and again, as corrupt as the music industry is, there is one in there that can manipulate it properly. She’s one. So applause to her.”