Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has launched a vicious attack on Coldplay, comparing the group to “men in anoraks.”
In an interview with the Sun newspaper, Lydon said that he felt sorry for the “poor bastards” that have to watch the band.
“They are utterly humourless. I met them a few years ago, said hello and realised they were just men in anoraks,” Lydon said.
“They looked like a gang of little poncy masturbators.
Although he said that the band's songs have "a couple of quite nice tones here and there", Lydon criticised the people who buy them, calling them "slightly inadequate, half-baked people.”
Lydon's comments came backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival, where the Sex Pistols headlined on Saturday (June 17th).
The singer also spoke about the possibility of the a new album from The Sex Pistols, which would be only their second studio LP.
“There could be a new record. That would be nice,” he said. But I won’t do anything in a patronising way.
“The music, the subject and the attitude all have to be right at the same time. Everything has to be from the heart.”
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- Does anyone really listen to this tossbag anymore?? It’s just quite sad seeing an old man spout his ignorant rants all over the place. His comments on stage at Isle of Wight fest were so pathetic it’’s a shame that rags like the NME still portray him as a hero.

- John Lydon accept yourself as an oldman, who’s glory time is over.

- Coldplay are easy bait really, massive bands that play accessible music are always in the line of fire.. and given that Lydon\'s legacy is one album of anti-music that\'s easier to play than Jingle Bells I wasn\'t expecting much.

- I had sex with all your mothers and sisters

- I thought he was stating the obvious, obviously sometimes the obvious does need stating - we need you Johnny!

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