In a 2007 interview, 51-year old John Lydon — former punk rock poster boy Johnny Rotten — said this about second wave punk band Green Day:
“I think Green Day fucking stink. I think they’re the biggest load of fake nonsense I have ever seen. This lot really irk me. They’re everything that’s wrong.”
John Lydon, trying to stay relevant in a music world that has moved on from his snot-nosed antics.