John Lydon inducted the Sex Pistols, but the band refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge the induction, complaining that they had been asked for large sums of money to attend. In September 2009 it was announced that PiL would reform, including earlier members Bruce Smith and Lu Edmonds, for a number of Christmas shows in the UK. Lydon financed the reunion using money he earned doing a UK TV commercial for Country Life butter. "The money that I earned from that has now gone completely—lock stock and barrel—into reforming PiL," said Lydon. In August 2010, Lydon played with Public Image Ltd
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs with that? Sometimes the absolute most positive thing you can be in a boring society is completely negative." Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs Rotten is a 1994 autobiographical book by John Lydon, co-authored by Keith Zimmerman and Kent Zimmerman. The book was named one of the 25 best rock memoirs by "Rolling Stone" magazine. "Rotten" chronicles the life of John Lydon aka "Johnny Rotten", lead singer of the Sex Pistols and PiL. In the book Lydon expresses condemnation towards former Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, hippies, rich people, racists, sexists and the English political system. He says that "A