For 3years Lydon holed up in Gunter Grove, escaping his past and plotting his future, his legendary weekend-long parties the magnet for droves of like-minded lost souls, including the cream of Jamaican reggae talent, punk misfits like Poly Styrene and less predictable house guests like John Barry. The narcotic-fuelled social circle drew unwanted attention. Wearied of constant harassment from the authorities, the man who would forever be “Johnny Rotten fled to the other side of the pond.
