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| Johnny Lydon, otherwise known as Johnny Rotten.
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Reykjavik has a new museum, the Iceland Punk Museum and, with a nod
to anarchy it's actually located in the former public toilets in
Bankastræti in the city centre. Who better to open a punk museum than
the world's most famous punk - John Lydon- better known as Johnny Rotten
from legendary UK punk band The Sex Pistols.
Lydon is a guest of the Iceland Airwaves festival and took part in
the Airwords programme at Harpa where he read excerpts from his books.
The Icelandic Punk Museum offers a fascinating look at the history of
punk in Iceland with photographs and objects related to the period
around 1980. Iceland's music history is documented from early days to
the punk and new wave revolution which in turn served to create some of
Iceland's best known artists including Björk, The Sugarcubes and Sigur
Rós.
Lydon officially opened the museum last Wednesday
The Icelandic Punk Museum is located at Bankastræti 2.
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| John Lydon at the Icelandic Punk Museum
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| Inside the new museum. .
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| Svarti Álfur Mánason, a famous Icelandic punk.
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| The punk museum is located in a former public toilet.
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Morgunblaðið. "Johnny Rotten Opens the Reykjavik Punk Museum." Iceland
Monitor. November 6, 2016.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2016/11/06/johnny_rotten_opens_the_reykjavik_punk_museum/.
