10 Most Outrageous Lead Singers In Punk Rock Music

Say "punk rock" to anyone, and even those brought up on Blink-182, will think of Johnny Rotten spitting across the stage, or lambasting the Monarchy with devastating viciousness.

When it comes to British punk, you have the holy trinity of bands: The Clash, The Damned and The Sex Pistols. The Clash represented the more musically sophisticated side of the genre; The Damned were the forerunners of theatrical goth rock, and The Pistols embodied anarchic chaos.

It says a lot about a group that they managed to encapsulate, and have come symbolise, an entire genre with just one record. Released in 1977, Never Mind the !*$% summed up the entire ethos of punk, during the '70s: a distain for authority, a propensity for anarchy, and general sense of loathing for everyone and everything.

But that album would never have had the same impact if it weren't for the public persona of Johnny Rotten. His onstage behaviour was wild and erratic, his attitude towards the press was scathing and dismissive, and his perceived disinterest in self-preservation, was both alarming and intoxicating.