Johnny Rotten opens the Reykjavik Punk Museum

Johnny Lydon, otherwise known as Johnny Rotten. mbl.is/Freyja Gylfa

Reykjavik has a new museum, the Iceland Punk Museum and, with a nod to anarchy it's actually located in the former public toilets in Bankastræti in the city centre. Who better to open a punk museum than the world's most famous punk - John Lydon- better known as Johnny Rotten from legendary UK punk band The Sex Pistols.
Lydon is a guest of the Iceland Airwaves festival and took part in the Airwords programme at Harpa where he read excerpts from his books.
The Icelandic Punk Museum offers a fascinating look at the history of punk in Iceland with photographs and objects related to the period around 1980. Iceland's music history is documented from early days to the punk and new wave revolution which in turn served to create some of Iceland's best known artists including Björk, The Sugarcubes and Sigur Rós.

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The Sex Pistols are widely considered to be one of the most influential acts in the history of rock music. Despite only releasing one album, Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, in its original incarnation (Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and Sid Vicious) back in 1975, the band is widely credited with starting the punk rock movement in the United Kingdom, helping to inspire countless punk and alternative rock acts that came after them. The band was a symbol of rebellion back in the 70s, and now it seems like one of the heirs of the legendary rock group is grabbing the torch and continuing their rebellious legacy in a big, and expensive way.

 

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