Public Image Ltd – First Issue
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Public Image Ltd
In 1976 Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols set the agenda for punk’s year zero with ‘Anarchy In The UK’, a song that summed up the spirit, sound and attitude of the band in one shocking package. Two years later, the Sex Pistols were in tatters, but Rotten was as unsentimental as you’d hope. He reverted to his real name John Lydon and set about forming a band whose very identity kicked against press and media manipulation. Featuring bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Jim Walker and guitarist Keith Levene, his new group was Public Image Limited. The public image would be limited.
FORMATS
2LP (Limited Edition Metallic Silver Vinyl)
GENRE
In 1976 Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols set the agenda for punk’s year zero with ‘Anarchy In The UK’, a song that summed up the spirit, sound and attitude of the band in one shocking package. Two years later, the Sex Pistols were in tatters, but Rotten was as unsentimental as you’d hope. He reverted to his real name John Lydon and set about forming a band whose very identity kicked against press and media manipulation. Featuring bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Jim Walker and guitarist Keith Levene, his new group was Public Image Limited. The public image would be limited.
PiL were a very distinct prospect from the Pistols, founded with a greater thought for rhythm, and with a sound that turned the page from snarling punk to a more experimental sound fusing rock, dance, folk, ballet, pop and dub. But that’s not to say Lydon’s new outfit lacked vitriol. ‘Public Image’ hits out against the notorious British tabloid press, who never gave Lydon an easy ride, and against his own Sex Pistols public image You only saw me for the clothes I wore.
The debut single (and the album that followed) operated as a theme song and a manifesto:
my entrance/My own creation/My grand finale/My goodbye, as the lyrics had it. It is, essentially, the sound of four people letting loose in a studio and not caring what anyone else thought.
The album was never officially released in the USA back in the day, its sound considered too un-commercial by major labels for an American release.
Format – Limited Edition Metallic Silver Coloured Vinyl 2LP (Includes lyric insert and repro archival newspaper fold-out)
TRACKLISTING (IF AVAILABLE)
1. Theme
2. Religion I
3. Religion II
4. Annalisa
5. Public Image
6. Low Life
7. Attack
8. Fodderstompf
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