Be Your Own Man - John Lydon is 55

John Lydon was instrumental in the development of both punk rock and post punk music. He didn't invent punk but as the vocalist of the Sex Pistols was/is the most famous punk rocker. After the Pistols disintegrated on stage in San Francisco in 1978 and bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose a year later, Lydon formed Public Image Ltd., one of the most important and influential post-punk bands. Lydon has always been outspoken (an understatement if there ever was one) and because of this and the highly original, interesting music he creates, he is one of my favorite people in the world, at least among musicians/philosophers.
Here's part of a recent interview:

The butter commercial referred to in the previous interview:

Two parts of the rather contentious interview with Tom Snyder:


Same interviewer 17 years later, Lydon has mellowed, at least a bit:


This really humanizes him:

The first television performance by the Pistols:

PiL on American Bandstand. Awesome.

And, the video for PiL's Rise:

Happy Birthday Mr. Lydon.