Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett says John Lydon converted him to an Arsenal fan
Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has recalled how the Sex Pistols‘ John Lydon made him into an Arsenal fan. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at Wembley: an inside look by NME His comments came during an appearance on William Hill‘s football-themed Stripped Podcast, on which he said: “I grew up in California, and we didn’t have any knowledge of football. We knew some of the teams’ names, but English football wasn’t on TV when I was growing up, and nobody knew much about it. “When I was a little bit older in the early 90s, I read John Lydon’s autobiography, and he talked a lot about being an Arsenal fan, and it just sounded cool. You’d see these bands in the UK, and they’d be wearing their different strips and scarves, and everything was tied in with football culture. It just seemed like this cool, exotic culture that we didn’t have here. So when I read that book, and John Lydon talks about being an Arsenal fan, I thought, ‘That’ll be my team.’” Advertisement Shiflett also spoke on the podcast about Foo Fighters’ recent show at Wembley Stadium, paying tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins. Chris Shiflett of… Read More →
