Johnny Rotten Autographs
John Joseph Lydon (/ˈlaɪdən/ LY-dən; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was active from 1975 to 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead vocalist of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009.
Lydon's outspoken personality, rebellious image and fashion style convinced Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren to invite Lydon to join the group as its lead vocalist. With the Sex Pistols, he co-wrote singles including "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen", and "Holidays in the Sun", the content of which precipitated what one commentator described as the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain. The band scandalised much of the media, and Lydon was seen as a figurehead of the burgeoning punk movement. Due to their controversial lyrics and disrepute at the time, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.
After the Sex Pistols disbanded in 1978, Lydon founded his own band, Public Image Ltd, which was far more experimental in nature and described in a 2005 review by NME as "arguably the first post-rock group". The band produced eight studio albums and a string of singles, including "Public Image", "Death Disco", and "Rise", before they went on hiatus in 1993, reforming in 2009. In subsequent years, Lydon has hosted television series in the UK, US, and Belgium, in 2004 appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in the UK, appeared in advertisements on UK television promoting Country Life, a brand of British butter, written two autobiographies, and produced solo musical work, such as the studio album Psycho's Path (1997). In 2005, he released a compilation album, The Best of British £1 Notes.
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Traded items with a signature of Johnny Rotten
The most expensive item with a signature of Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols Signed Guitar Custom JSA COA Johnny Rotten Steve Jones Matlock +1) was sold in November 2025 for $7,499.99 while the cheapest item (Johnny Rotten/PIL Autographed Poster) found a new owner for $3.25 in February 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $300.00 for an autographed item of Johnny Rotten. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with $2,525.45 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was June 2017. In average, an autographed item from Johnny Rotten is worth $100.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Johnny Rotten were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Johnny Rotten Signed No irish-No blacks-No dogs Great condition. | $510.00 |  |
| Johnny Rotten Signed No irish-No blacks-No dogs Great condition. | $510.00 | |
| Johnny Rotten Signed No irish-No blacks-No dogs Great condition. | $510.00 | |
| Rare! Legendary Sex Pistol Frontman Johnny Rotten Hand Signed Autobiography | $450.00 | |
| Rare! Legendary Sex Pistol Frontman Johnny Rotten Hand Signed Autobiography | $450.00 | |
| Rare! Legendary Sex Pistol Frontman Johnny Rotten Hand Signed Autobiography | $450.00 | |
| Rotten - Signed Autogragh by Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, 1st edition, Sex Pistols | $115.39 | |
| Rotten - Signed Autogragh by Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, 1st edition, Sex Pistols | $115.39 | |
| Rotten - Signed Autogragh by Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, 1st edition, Sex Pistols | $115.39 | |
 | SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
| SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
| SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
 | SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
| SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
| SIGNED BOB GRUEN SEX PISTOLS JOHNNY ROTTEN AND SID VICIOUS 1977 LTD 6 x 6 MAGNUM | $560.00 | |
Latest News about Johnny Rotten
Beethoven Was the Johnny Rotten of His Day (11/27/2019): In “Music: A Subversive History,” the jazz critic and author Ted Gioia tells the story of music as one of radical nonconformists overturning convention. 
