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After years of anarchy in the UK, punk legend John Lydon has swapped his Sex Pistols motto \u201cGod Save the Queen\u201d for \u201cGod save the Clean\u201d \u2013 admitting doing housework while caring for his late wife inspired his new album.<\/p>\n
The outspoken singer\u2013 known by alter ego Johnny Rotten \u2013 championed a hellraising revolution in the 1970s thanks to the Pistols\u2019 rebellious stance against the Royals and the establishment.<\/p>\n
But former punk John, 67, confessed that becoming a carer and doing daily chores, such as vacuuming, dishwashing and laundry for late wife Nora Forster during her battle with Alzheimer\u2019s, helped him get back on the road with his band Public Image Ltd.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a 24\/7 carer for Nora I was hoovering sometimes and I would think of a song. I used to sing it out loud and Nora used to find this highly entertaining,\u201d says John.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo a lot of these tracks were put together musically in my head by dishwashers, laundry machines, carpet cleaners, all of this. You can find a rhythm in anything mechanical.\u201d<\/p>\n
PiL kick off their UK and European tour this week in support of new album End of World.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> A peek into John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten’s mind<\/strong><\/p>\n John says the time caring for his beloved Nora \u2013 who died nearly four months ago aged 80 after a two-year fight against dementia \u2013 got him through the darkest of days.<\/p>\n \u201cDoing the housework kept her thinking that I was relating to other subjects and not wallowing in self pity,\u201d says John. \u201cMy baby was an independent sort of person and would not take kindly to being molly coddled. That would really annoy her.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course it was tough as it was a bag of rocks in your head bashing you about. It was like skinheads running from one part of your head to the other. But my feeling is \u2018Get over it\u2019. I had to.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are many, many people out there in worse situations than me. I had 45 wonderful years with Nora and that is about as much as you can expect on planet Earth. We will meet again.\u201d<\/p>\n John met Nora at designer Vivienne Westwood\u2019s shop Sex in 1975. He penned tribute song Hawaii earlier this year in a unsuccessful bid to be Ireland\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest entry.<\/p>\n Despite rumours, John says he will never reunite with his one-time Sex Pistols bandmates following their legal fallout over a recent TV mini series Pistol, which the band chose to make without him.<\/p>\n Of the legal clash, John says: \u201cI don\u2019t give a damn what they think anymore after allowing their mockumentary to be released. It is like, \u2018Shame on you\u2019. They are lucky I have been so kind hearted. I don\u2019t feel no pity for them, rage of hatred. I don\u2019t feel anything for them. There is no door (for a reunion). It is a brick wall and it ain\u2019t coming down any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/35\/590x\/secondary\/4939909.jpg?r=1693656935998\")
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