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John Lydon preps release of scrapbook with nursery rhymes

by Ciaran Thompson

A new limited edition scrapbook containing “unseen and personal” photos of John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) throughout his musical career is set to come out soon, according to NME. The book, priced at a mere £379 (roughly $542), is called Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook and each of the images within are accompanied by handwritten commentary from Lydon.

“This is my book. It is a scrapbook. It has pictures and writings and x-rays. It has people in it. People that have had an effect on my life, but not all the people, because there are too many to ever catalogue,” Lydon said. “I would like to thank everyone I ever met and anyone I don’t remember. In fact, I would like to thank anyone.”

Only 750 copies will be pressed and each will contain a 12-inch vinyl with live recordings of Public Image Ltd. songs. Apparently some spoken word pieces and nursery rhymes, yes nursery rhymes, written by Lydon will be included as well. Whether or not he’ll include photos of his memorable appearance on Judge Judy (below), we’ll just have to wait and see.