Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten bashes Guitar Hero III at launch party

November 28, 2007

Sex Pistols’ main man Johnny Rotten was at Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’s (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC) launch party, but not to promote Activision‘s star-studded title. Or at least, he didn’t do much to tell people the game is worth buying. After calling Guitar Hero a joke, he went on to insult journalists and Tony Blair.

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John Lydon, known as Johnny Rotten by anyone who’s remotely familiar with the legendary band Sex Pistols, was invited to Activision‘s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC) launch party. But instead of promoting the game like he was asked to do, the English vocalist opted to belittle Guitar Hero and talk about other things instead. While racking up points on that swear count, no less.

To kick things off, Johnny started by saying he just took the offer and played the game with kids. A few sarcastic remarks soon after, he told everyone that “what I like is it weren’t teaching you how to be a rock star, it was teaching you how not to be a rock star.”

Johnny called Guitar Hero III a joke, then went on to rant about journalists and even Tony Blair. It’s hard to tell what he intended to do, but it sure didn’t seem like he was there to get more copies of the game off shelves. Find highlights of the launch party in the video below.