LYDON BLASTS HALL OF FAME OFFICIALS FOR CHARGING HIM FOR A TABLE

Last updated: Saturday, March 11, 2006

LYDON BLASTS HALL OF FAME OFFICIALS FOR CHARGING HIM FOR A TABLE

LATEST: SEX PISTOLS star JOHN LYDON has further explained his decision to boycott the punk group's induction to the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame on Monday (13MAR06), insisting he balked at the ideaof having to pay to be told he was famous.

In a statement released at the end of last month (FEB06), angry Lydon - aka JOHNNY ROTTEN - claimed he had been charged $25,000 (GBP14,700) for a table at the induction ceremony.

In the hand-written press release, the GOD SAVE THE QUEEN singer called the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame and Museum "a p**s stain," stating, "We're not coming and we're not your monkey."

Speaking on former Pistols bandmate STEVE JONES' Los Angeles radio show on Friday (10MAR06), Lydon raged, "They're selfappointed sods.

"I don't mind getting something for nothing but I don't wanna pay for it. I don't mind being paid to be famous but I'm not paying them to tell me I'm famous."

The punk rock icon reveals it's isn't the first time he's been opposed to the officials behind the Hall of Fame and Museum.

He recalls, "Years ago when I was doing ROTTEN TV for VH-1 we were gonna shoot an episode there at the museum and they wouldn't let us."

Then, Lydon discovered the museum claimed to have handwritten Pistols songs he had penned and signed as part of a tribute to the punk group.

He says, "It was phoney but they said they had irrefutable proof these were for real. It seems my word isn't good enough but my words are.

"They were selling you a load of old cack... They were never interested in the truth."

| Saturday, March 11, 2006

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