The Punk magazine founder’s forthcoming book, Resident Punk, includes a backstage view of the band’s final gig and the tensions that marked its end.
The Punk magazine founder’s forthcoming book, Resident Punk, includes a backstage view of the band’s final gig and the tensions that marked its end.
Stranded and out of favor, John Lydon found a route back through a hip-hop lifeline and a producer willing to rebuild his sound. The resulting single, rooted in apartheid and interrogation manuals, reset his trajectory.