Johnny Rotten's Still My Hero
A tribute to the Sex Pistols and name-checking David Icke!
singersongwriter
celtic
acoustic rock
welsh
bgt
Story behind the song
The Jubilee 2002 was the inspiration and also David Icke's reptile conspiracy theory. It was recorded in Alex Cable's Raven studios in Camberley, where I was backed by a new girl group called The Somethings. We had met at a gig I was playing at the West End Centre, Aldershot and they became my fans. I inspired them to put a band together and they said they would love to support me. I said we could go one better and they could back me on a recording. I live over 100 miles away from them so it was difficult to rehearse and we only had one in one of the girl's houses. So it was very much a rushed job and very in the DIY spirit of punk rock!
Lyrics
The Queen's a reptile
David Icke said so
So maybe the Pistols got it right
Maybe they were fighting the good fight
It's the year 2 on twenty twenty zero
Johnny Rotten's still my hero.
That she's not human is something Johnny said
Diana called the family lizards
And that's something that I read
It's the year...etc
The Pistols got to number 1
But from the charts they were deleted
So much for freedom and democracy
But punk won't be defeated
It's the year 2 on twenty twenty zero
Johnny Rotten's still my hero
We're the Somethings and we've got it all planned
We don't care if we get banned!