* John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, singer with the Sex Pistols

) McLaren's partner, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, credits Johnny Rotten as the first British punk to rip his shirt, and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious as the first to use safety pins.

Another Sex habitué, Johnny Rotten, auditioned for and won the job.

* January 31 – Johnny Rotten, British punk musician and TV personality

It is widely accepted that John Lydon, Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, derived his singing style from Toasting, particularly on songs like " No Feelings ".

Rock music examples include Deuce, Davey Havok, Slash, Sting, Darby Crash, Marilyn Manson, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Zakk Wylde, Nikki Sixx, Spider One, Count Grishnackh, Necrobutcher, Blasphemer, Nivek Ogre, Rob Zombie, Dimebag Darrell, Trey Azagthoth and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein as well as every member of Avenged Sevenfold ( M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, and the late The Rev ).

* John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the Sex Pistols lived in Benwell Road.

The film holds an approval rating of 55 % at Rotten Tomatoes based on 135 reviews ( 74 positive, 61 negative ), where the consensus is: " With elements that seem borrowed from movies like Goodfellas and Boogie Nights, Blow is pretty much been-there-done-that despite another excellent performance from Johnny Depp.

Public Image Ltd ( PiL ) are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon ( aka Johnny Rotten ), guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes.

His appearance and attitude impressed McLaren and Lydon, now dubbed " Johnny Rotten ", was brought in to audition as a new frontman.

Manager Malcolm McLaren once claimed " if Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then Vicious is the attitude.

Interviewed by television journalist Bill Grundy, Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten used the word " shit ".

Punk rock singer Johnny Rotten, prolific metal musician Kristoffer Rygg and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree have all stated their admiration of the band.

Johnny Rotten:

Later she recalled the circumstances: " Franc Roddam, the director, was thinking of casting Johnny Rotten ( Lydon ) in the lead role, and I went along and helped him audition by improvising with him and being a friend to him.

Shellac also played a Halloween show as The Sex Pistols, featuring former Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid singer David Yow as Johnny Rotten.

When singer Johnny Rotten uttered shit, Grundy asked him to repeat it.

When lead singer Johnny Rotten did not show interest in her, she pursued bassist Sid Vicious and they soon moved in together.

A few years earlier, Vicious and Johnny Rotten ( Andrew Schofield ) meet Spungen, a groupie who has come to London to bed The Sex Pistols.

* Andrew Schofield as Johnny Rotten

He turned down the Sex Pistols for a Peel session when, drawing on his schoolteacher's experience, he said Johnny Rotten " didn't look like the kind of boy you would trust to give out the scissors ".

This is disputed by a number of artists from the first wave of British punks, most notably Johnny Rotten, who insists that safety pins were originally incorporated for more practical reasons, for example, to remedy " the arse of your pants falling out ".

As band members Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious had left the band by this time, the story of the group is told from the viewpoint of their manager, Malcolm McLaren.

* 2007 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist ( b. 1931 )

* 1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer ( The Drifters ) ( b. 1934 )

* 1988 – Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer ( b. 1911 )

* 2003 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer ( b. 1938 )

* 2001 – Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1940 )

* 2009 – Johnny Palermo, American actor ( b. 1982 )

With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. ( September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006 ), Wendy Anne Weissmuller ( b. June 1, 1942 ), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller ( July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962 ).

* 2012 – Johnny Tapia, American boxer ( b. 1967 )

* 1993 – Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer ( b. 1945 )

* 2010 – Johnny Maestro, American singer ( Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge ) ( b. 1939 )

* 1996 – Johnny Sauer, American football player, coach, and broadcaster ( b. 1925 )

* 2010 – Johnny Alf, Brazilian singer and composer ( b. 1929 )

* 2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer ( b. 1939 )

* 1960 – Johnny Horton, American country music singer ( b. 1925 )

** Johnny Burke, American lyricist ( b. 1908 )

* January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, Austrian-born swimmer and actor ( b. 1904 )

* April 16 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-American gangster ( b. 1882 )

** Johnny Adams, American musician ( b. 1932 )

* January 11 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer ( b. 1862 )

* July 6 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor ( b. 1906 )

* June 25 – Johnny Mercer, American songwriter ( b. 1909 )

** Johnny Horton, American country singer ( b. 1925 )

* April 23 – Johnny Thunders, American musician ( b. 1952 )