AND ONE MORE THING: John Lydon (formerly...

AND ONE MORE THING: John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten) has written an autobiography and, as might be expected, the title alone should raise plenty of eyebrows: “Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.” Those groups, though, shouldn’t take too much offense--excerpts of the book, which is due in stores Friday, confirm the well-known fact that Lydon isn’t really fond of too many people.

Among the targets are the late Sex Pistol Sid Vicious (“He was so embarrassing that I kept as far away from him as I could”) and the band’s manager, Malcolm McLaren (“poxy scum”).