John Lydon threatens to take newspapers to court

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Bloc Party, John Lydon, Sex Pistols: Johnny Rotten: racism charges "lies"
Published 7/29/2008 at Prefix
... The attack was certainly tasteless and spiteful. But was it racist? And when was Lydon ever not tasteless and spiteful? It also should be noted that Okereke has a long history of playing the race card. Something tells me that if The Fall had released Hex Enduction Hour today, Mark E. Smith would be branded a racist rather than a punk hero for his opening line, "Where are all the obligatory niggers?/ Hey there fuck face, hey there, fuck face." [ NME ]

Follow-Up: John Lydon Denies Racism Reports
Published 7/29/2008 by Jason Tate at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... In a follow-up to a previous story, Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon appeared on UK television last night to strongly deny recent reports calling him racist. ...