Rotten’s True Legacy

I enjoyed Robert Hilburn’s article on the Sex Pistols (“He’s Still Rotten to the Core of Punk,” Sept. 17) but disagree on one point. He said that “it’s only as Johnny Rotten that John Lydon matters in pop culture.”

I went to a lot of PiL shows in the early ‘80s and I think Lydon had a lot going on there as well. PiL played a pretty significant role in post Punk, and I thought for sure Hilburn would have recognized that.

JAMES SWANSON

Long Beach

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The Sex Pistols are back on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot this year, and if the voters don’t elect them this time, they might just as well shut the place down.

INGO SCHEEL

Hamburg, Germany