Who said it?

[taterguy]

Guess, guess, guess

The cruelty of teenagers will always be fodder for great (f)art.

[NightWatcher]

1. Johnny Rotten?

[taterguy]

2. No but they were both in the same band at different times

[NightWatcher]

3. Sid Vicious?

no, they were in the band together.
hmmmm, My Sex Pistol knowledge is lacking.

[taterguy]

4. The band wasn't the Sex Pistols

[NightWatcher]

5. Public Image?

If so, I know jack shit about them

[taterguy]

6. Not Public Image Ltd

[NightWatcher]

7. ya stumped me

[taterguy]

8. Would you like more worthless hints?

[NightWatcher]

9. soitently

nyuk nyuk nyuk

[taterguy]

10. Dennis Hopper also worked with the band in question

[NightWatcher]

11. I got nothing, nor could the google help out

[taterguy]

12. That's why I said the hint would be worthless

Here's another worthless hint: a Bottomland Spirit Gourd appears on the cover of the album whose liner notes are the source of the original quote.

[NightWatcher]

13. nope, still nothing

[taterguy]

14. The guy's biggest hit didn't exist

That is, it was a song he performed in a fictional movie, and it was related to teenage cruelty.

[darkstar]

15. Hmmm....this is puzzling...that band from "Out of the Blue"?

I'm unclear...Lydon was in band at some point and not the pistols or PIL?

[taterguy]

16. Not related to Out of the Blue

To clarify, Johnny Rotten and the person in question both performed on albums by the same band, but it's debatable as to whether or not they were ever official members of the band.

[NightWatcher]

17. we got nothing here, tater, sorry

give a real good hint, like "rhymes with Melvis Mostello"

[taterguy]

18. Rhymes with Nixon

[darkstar]

19. Don Dixon?

[taterguy]

20. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner

Dixon and Rotten both performed songs with the Golden Palominos. Dennis Hopper mutters "A little older and a little more confused" at the beginning and ending of the Golden Palominos album Blast of Silence.

Dixon's fictional hit was "Teenage Suicide: Don't Do it" in the movie Heathers.

The quote in question is his comment about his cover of the Peter Holsapple song Bad Reputation.

[darkstar]

21. I was prepared to think "How obscure"

but I owned that Palominos disc at one time...senility now....

[taterguy]

23. The Palominos were obscure despite having famous personel

That was one of their many charms. Which album did you have? Visions of Excess with Rotten or Blast of Silence with Dixon? They're both on my list of the greatest albums ever.

Yes, I found some Dixon CDs at a used record store, which inspired my post.

[darkstar]

22. Plus, was it you that had found the Dixon vinyle the other day

i.e., another big clue....