I wasn't getting anywhere for a while and that's when the family starts putting on pressure to get a proper job. I wanna be a photographer." It was a kinda struggle for me. And the counselor said, "Do you wanna be like a wedding photographer?" I said, "No, I don't wanna do weddings. And the counselor said, "Don't be stupid boy, there's no such thing as a black photographer." So I started listing black photographers who'd inspired me. The counselor asked me, "What do you want to do?" and I said I wanna be a photographer. Is it true that your career counselor at school told you that there was "no such thing" as a black photographer? And again everyone thought, Wow, cool, this is the new thing… Lydon had the lyrics written out on sheets on a lectern. And everyone thought, Wow, that's so radical, sitting down.
Jah Wobble couldn't play his bass standing up because he was still learning it. Even when it came down to the gig itself, it was shaky. It was all self-financed, which was unheard of, and of course playing on Christmas Day was completely unheard of. Partly as a result of that trip, when you got back to England, your friend Johnny went full-bore into his new thing: Public Image Limited, climaxing in its debut show on Christmas Day at the Rainbow Theater. So soon every reggae artist in Jamaica was queueing outside the Sheraton. One of the big things they loved about Richard and Virgin was that they'd get cash in hand. Then Richard would say, "OK, come back tomorrow." And then he'd have the money ready for them, in cash. We'd say, "How much do you want?" And they'd name a figure. We'd sit in the Sheraton Hotel, and the big local music producers would come and visit us. So you were you there shopping for new artists? And he just left the Pistols…" So the three of us went out there.
So I then turned to them in the meeting and said, "Why don't we take John? He's a big reggae fan. Virgin Records decided to get involved in reggae, and they wanted me to go out there with Richard. We landed at Kingston Airport, and this group of rastas saw John and said: "Johnny Rotten, mon! God Save the Queen, mon!", and I knew it was going to be a great time. Was that a sitcom in the making?ĭennis Morris: That was such a great, great vibe. In 1978, you went on holiday to Jamaica with Richard Branson and John Lydon, just after he'd broken up the Sex Pistols.
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