John Lydon turned down offer from Gorillaz
The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, had many different collaborators from all across the wide spectrum of music. Everyone from Snoop Dogg and Mos Def to Lou Reed and two members of the Clash. But one collaboration that Damon Albarn hoped to have never saw the light of day.
John Lydon a.k.a Johnny Rotten a.k.a the guy that sold Country Life butter in the UK recently told the Daily Mail (via Gigwise) that Albarn reached out to see if he wanted to be a part of the album but he turned him down. “I really don’t want to be dabbling in other people’s gene pools,” he said.
He added that with all the people he’s worked with over the years, its never been “for any deliberate financial motivation. If I did it wouldn’t be a business phone call followed by a management agreement and then for an album manufactured and marketed as to what the current popular trends were.”
Lydon’s band, Public Image LTD., are planning to play in Israel next despite many artists boycotting the country due to clashes with Palestinians. Gotta love that “Anarchy in the UK” spirit.
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July 14th, 2010 at 6:46 am
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July 14th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
The essence of “Punk” is about social relevance in “the now”, not just breaking stuff and sounding-off pointlessly. Albarn creates great music. But maybe this isn’t about the music. Which is a shame, really, because Rotten could’ve been part of a really interesting collaboration.
July 15th, 2010 at 3:32 am
It may well have been interesting, but the allegations of the race attack on Bloc Party’s Kele a couple years back has forever changed my opinion on Lydon… in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Gorillaz’ collaborateurs being largely of ethnic diversity was a deciding factor for him. I’m not pointing fingers, just saying it wouldn’t surprise me!