North By Northeast Music and Film Festival & Industry Conference (NXNE)

John is asked to deliver the 'keynote speech' at the annual NXNE music industry conference in Canada. Never the type for rehearsed speeches, He improvises for over an hour giving an informal Q&A session about the evils of the record industry; and whatever else comes to mind... In his words, "a nice friendly talk with 600 people".

Perhaps the most unlikely person ever to be picked to speak about the music industry, or perhaps the most obvious...

"Here we are at this record company sponsored conference and my best advice is don't trust the record company..."

NXNE Transcript

The Q Awards "Inspiration Award"

San Diego 91X

Station relaunch spots.

John Lydon is pleased to lend his support to the relaunch of San Diego radio station 91X. Although John does not present a show for 91X, he has recorded various supportive voiceover's, spots and quotes which the station is using throughout their programming.

“I am pleased and pleasantly surprised that 91X – which used to be a stunningly good radio station – is now going to be a stunningly good radio station once again… I’ve had good bleedin’ memories with 91X and I’m telling you, it just might have a chance to be as good as it once was.”

"At last a good radio station, like it used to be. Rock on Baby…"

Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Baby

One hour Alice Cooper documentary narrated by John Lydon.

John Lydon is a huge Alice Cooper fan, as well as narrating this documentary for the BBC, he has also contributed sleevenotes to the Alice Cooper box set.

"I know the words to every Alice Cooper song. The fact is, if you can call what I have a musical career, it all started with me miming to I'm Eighteen on a jukebox... You can be influenced by people that excel, but you should never copy. And that's why I made sure that the Pistols had a different approach."

Rotten Radio

Weekly (4 hour) internet "talk-radio" show for eYada.com, broadcast from John's front room in LA; with the technology coming via the eYada studios in New York.

'Rotten Radio' was a "four hour free-for-all" where anybody could phone or e-mail to talk about whatever they wanted. The only aim of the show was free discussion. This wasn't a rock star playing his fave records: there
were far more important things to talk about…

The content would change from week to week – and with no censorship, or radio regulations – John was free to talk about anything he pleased: politics, social issues, football; music, technology, or even just cracking jokes: anything!

During the course of the show John also interviewed a variety of musicians, authors, activists and politicians; often giving an unrestricted platform to people who didn't normally get access to the mainstream media or music press.

The show culminated with John broadcasting live from the Democratic & Republican Party Conventions in the run up to the Presidential Election: "Rotten Politics!"

eYada Rotten Radio Press Release

Rotten Day

A daily 'diary' of rock n roll events, given the Rotten treatment...

"Johnny's version of history... It never sounded so good!"

Syndicated weekday 2 minute 'This Day in Rock n Roll' segment broadcast throughout the USA, voiced by John Lydon, and scripted by John Lydon & George Gimarc. Loosely based on Gimarc's 'Punk Diary' books.

"May 6th 1991 and REM release 'Shiny Happy People', this song is sad, so are you for buying it, and more shame on them. All round pathetic, how can you tolerate that pap and tell me that these people care…"

"Wednesday, April the 10th 1962, and tragedy strikes The Beatles as they begin their career. Original bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe dies in a hamburger, sorry in Hamburg. Well, that's one down and four to go!"

"May the 17th Friday, little short story for you, on this day in 1980 for no good reason known to mankind, some complete wally had the no sense to ask Public Image Ltd onto 'American Bandstand', absurd one would think, however this odd ensemble of completely wasted out of their brains drunkards turned up at the studio, the band absolutely failed to perform accurately, it did their careers no good, but Dick Clarke some eight years later actually had Public Image in the top eight of best performances of all time!"

"Birthdays... OJ Simpson you are 49 and should not be..."

See Multi-Media for Rotten Day soundclips