You'd think people would know by now to stay the hell out of the way of Johnny Rotten, the irritable punk pioneer who once sang "Belsen was a gas, I heard the other day, in the open graves where the Jews all lay." But it turns out one woman, Roxane Davis, missed out on the protracted temper tantrum that has been Rotten's past 30 years, and she's alleging she was forced to pay a hefty price for her ignorance.
Davis, an employee of a television show on which Rotten worked, is accusing the ex-Sex Pistol of punching her in the face and calling her – among other things – a "fat fucking cunt." Her transgression? Booking Rotten in a room at the Ritz-Carlton that didn't share a door with his assistant, Rambo.
Davis is now doing the least punk thing someone who's been wronged can do: filing a lawsuit.
Yes, that's right, punk is dead.
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Johnny seems a little too full of himself. Joe Strummer would never have behaved like that.
The man has no social filters, doesn't sugarcoat anything, is always honest about he feels, and doesn't give a shit what anyone else thinks about it. He simply says all the things most people wish they had the guts to say. I think more people should be like this. The world would be a much more interesting place.
Although… I'm not so sure Katie Price (a.k.a., Jordan) shares my sentiments.
As far as I'm concerned, Punk died with Joey, Johnny and Dee-Dee.
bb&b, did you see him on Richard & Judy? He was like "Oh, Katie, I wish her all the best." It was bizarre.
bb&b, i'm right there with you on that.