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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke: 'Sex Pistols' John Lydon is the devil'

Okereke has spoken out about his altercation with the Pistol

November 14, 2008 | 23 Comments
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has spoken about the fight he had with Sex Pistols' John Lydon in July, describing the punk veteran as "the devil".

Okereke alleged that a member of Lydon's entourage racially abused him at the Summercase festival in Spain. The alleged abuse was followed by a fight between Lydon and his entourage and Okereke, who was backed up by members of Foals and Kaiser Chiefs.

The Bloc Party man has since slammed Lydon.

"I have only one thing to say about that man – John Lydon is the devil in my eyes," he told The Sun.

Speaking about the fight, he said: "I really wanted to, like, whip his face off. I was lucky I had lots of people around me who were calming me down.

"I didn't really think about what was happening at the time. I'm not really someone who's very good at backing down from fights. I'm just pleased there are witnesses."

John Lydon denied Okereke's accusations, calling him a "liar" and suggesting the incident was a result of jealousy.

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defstereo

Nov 14, 2008

Fair play. I love the Pistols and i also think Bloc Party are the dullest band ever, but Lydon acted like a complete twat. There is never any excuse for racism and Lydon overstepped the line. The guy has become a complete self parody. The late, great Joe Strummer would be turning in his grave!

gazhat

Nov 14, 2008

......lol.....still doesn't excuse the shit Cok Party pass off as music....

kev1983

Nov 14, 2008

Kele Okereke , fighting, thats a joke!!!Still he tries his best to make himself out to be a hard man

Droog85

Nov 14, 2008

Countrylife Butter!

Slushofield

Nov 14, 2008

Lol @ the image of Kele fighting. He'd be easy to beat down.

davegr

Nov 14, 2008

Okereke really is a humourless twat with an inflated opinion of himself. Shut up you silly man.

btschonewald

Nov 14, 2008

Bloc Party are incredible, and Kele Okereke is one of the best singers going. Their songs woke me up to music. The Sex Pistols were boring wanna-bes who paled by comparison to the Clash and others. John Lydon is a self-righteous ballbag and he should stick to flogging butter and confirming to us all that is just a simple sellout, who sold his soul and abandoned the principles of the movement he claims to have been such a key part of. The man is an absolute joke.

underclasshero

Nov 14, 2008

Cok Party, wow look at you with your cheeky little play with words there, John Lydon is a idiot, who somehow along with his band mates has remained famous despite not doing anything worth while since 1977, unless you can count being in a butter advert or appearing on I'm a Celebrity as something worthwhile, Lydons a lair and a waste of space.

Nickthestripper

Nov 14, 2008

Was there was ever a 'story' that disappeared quicker than this one? Well revived Kele. You couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag. And more 'fairplay' comments from people that WERE NOT THERE!!

BritSwedeGuy

Nov 14, 2008

The gobshite sounds like bloody Cartman!"I could have kicked his ass, you guys!"Who are you again?

Jimmer77

Nov 14, 2008

"....backed up by members of Foals and Kaiser Chiefs" hahaha!What's Ricky Wilson gonna do, threaten him with his beard or the Foals might cover him in a chequered shirt from Topman. Losers.

vehlinggo

Nov 14, 2008

Bloc Party are good stuff. Serenity Now!The Sex Pistols were once great, but Lydon is the De Niro of music and you know it. His stunts as of late are just that much more disturbing.

louis Orleans

Nov 14, 2008

Lydon lost the plot a long time ago, he behaves like a complete sociopath these days abusing supposed underlings left, right & centre under the grand delusion he's relevant now, projecting his own self hate. Psychotic Steptoe.

LFC101

Nov 14, 2008

i always thougt cliff rachard was the devil

LFC101

Nov 14, 2008

cliff richard even...

DaveIndieBoy

Nov 14, 2008

Lydon is a wanker. A not-so-pretty-vay-cunt. Bloc Party...dull? You're havin a laugh right? The most innovative band in the UK right now

maxist views

Nov 14, 2008

Bloc party....shit, john lydon....complete sell out (that butter advert, anarchy my cock ring :P) need i say more. Two twats having a scrap, woopeee

kill_the_aspidistra

Nov 17, 2008

Very distressing turn of events, especially considering how much Kele once respected Lydon, and that "Intimacy" owes a huge amount to Public Image Ltd.Shame things transpired like they did. But I'm still sure Lydon is no racist. Just that he surrounds himself with the wrong people..

Trashy Chick

Nov 17, 2008

Ricky Wilson sang 'Na na na na na' and Lydon ran away - ha ha!

finnlad

Nov 17, 2008

bloc party are one of the best modern bands around,the sex pistols have done fuck all for ageslydon is a twat, anything racist is not acceptable

fenton1990

Nov 17, 2008

he aint the devilhe is an ANTICHRISTlol

MartynDavenport

Nov 17, 2008

lol look at all the attention this is still getting. Looks like jonny's not as stupid as you all look lol Both the butter thing, and the Cock Party thing, generating him lots and lots of attention, and causing thousands of people to be at each other's throats about it. The guy's obviously a genius!

smurchison

Dec 12, 2008

some of lydons family are jamaican so i doubt he made a rascist remarkand if you actually read the story it says'Okereke alleged that a member of Lydon's entourage racially abused him'Points to make:Alleged - Not FactEntourage - Group (As in not Lydon)