Jah Wobble

I agree Doug

Reggae was a big part of the punk package

Thanks to Lydon, The Clash and The Ruts, amongst others, I got into it big time

The likes of Misty in Roots, Aswad, Blackbeard, and Steel Pulse were as vital as the early punks

That Capital Radio prog A Punk and his Music inspired me to get into Dr Alimantado, Fred Locks and others - whatever Lydon might have turned into he was an inspiration in those early years

Magical times - I loved the punky reggae party

Taht's what makes it so depressing that a few years later more reductive bands were releasing reactionary tosh like "I Hate Reggae"

I can separate the first album which is a punk classic imho. same Ian Stuart singing on it, just because he made his views overt on later releases he obviously thought the same back when the first album was made, but sure I can still enjoy listening to the early stuff. The later stuff (must admit I have only heard a few tracks years ago) didn't strike me as very good and of course if you are using Nazi lyrics that becomes part of the "art" whereas I am talking about separating stuff that has no relevance from the "artist". If Gary Glitter was singing about fucking kids then no, I wouldn't be able to separate but his other stuff, sure, there's some great glam, foot stompers  that are still the same songs, they don't suddenly become different or worse because we learn something about the "artist".
   Should we not listen to Led Zep because of Jimmy Page? Bowie because he had Lori Maddox supposedly when she was 14?   Shall we decide to "wokenise" all our rock stars and decide if they pass a morality test that allows us to listen to them?
   If we find a video of Rod Stewart pinching a blondes bum in 1972 do we immediately burn his record like the old ladies with the Beatles or the Pistols?   We have to beware lest we become what we most hated in our youth. They hated the Beatles and the Pistols because they didn't pass the religious or moral tests set them, I refuse to judge "legacy" based on anything but the "art" they create.

You may have a point there Doug. I never really listened to what Lydon said when he first appeared. I was bowled over by his attitude and his simmering anger. I was only 14 and easily impressed. I still think he was quite something back then.

Totally agree about separating art and the artist. As you suggest, only a zealot wants or needs to "wokenise" rock stars and decide if they pass a morality test.

Which book ?

Memoirs of a geezer ?

Great read . Read it twice .

No islamaphobic comments in that one .

Has he written another one then ?

Def not a racist .

So hating the 'call to prayer'isn't a racist, islamophobic statement?

If that isn't an Islamaphobic statement, I don't know what is.

Also threatening to vote BNP then bottling it.

You should maybe read it a third time!

So you concede that's a racist statement after claiming it wasn't?🤣

The fact that he has mixed race children is irrelevant as it's clear that he hates muslims and supported the BNP(but bottled it when it came to voting for them)

So most people hate the call to prayer? You have evidence of this or are you just speaking for yourself?

If being anti racist makes you hardline then I"m hardline, what does that make you👍

There doesn't seem to be many takers for your odd comparisons is there?

Seems a bit desperate to me👍

Are you for real. Someone who was in a famous punk band who readily admits his hostility to muslims in his own book and you're going on about some nonsense about paranoia.

Ridiculous.