Sex Pistols probably ‘gone for good’, band’s former drummer tells UK High Court

Former lead singer Johnny Rotten says a six-part series, being made by Disney, is the “most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure”

John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, arrives for a High Court hearing between two former Sex Pistols band members and the frontman over the use of their songs in a television series (Yui Mok/PA)

The Sex Pistols are probably “gone for good” as a result of a legal dispute over the use of their songs in a forthcoming television series, the punk band’s former drummer has told the High Court in England.

Paul Cook and the band’s former guitarist, Steve Jones, are suing the Sex Pistols’ former lead singer Johnny Rotten, real name John Lydon, to allow their songs to be used in Pistol, which is directed by Danny Boyle and due to air next year.