Public Image Ltd

Public Image Ltd: End of World review – a frustratingly mixed bag

John Lydon and band once again veer between hit and miss, from the poignantly affecting to the particularly annoying

Phil Mongredien

13, Aug, 2023 @2:00 PM

‘I won’t let the bastards grind me down’: John Lydon on grief, feuds and being an unlikely optimist

Covid, court, bereavement: although the PiL man’s new album could not have been made against a worse backdrop, his glass of non-alcoholic cider remains half full

Lee Campbell

29, Jul, 2023 @10:55 AM

Jah Shaka obituary

Reggae pioneer and record producer who transformed the sound system landscape

David Katz

26, May, 2023 @7:19 PM

Factory flaw: hunt for stolen 1977 sign that put Manchester on pop music map

The very first Factory club night was advertised with this poster. Now its designer wants it back to complete a major archive

Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

22, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd compete to represent Ireland at Eurovision

Former Sex Pistols’ frontman, who was born in London to Irish parents, has entered the song Hawaii, a love letter to his wife who has Alzheimer’s disease

Laura Snapes

09, Jan, 2023 @1:27 PM

Keith Levene obituary

Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd

Adam Sweeting

14, Nov, 2022 @7:44 PM

Keith Levene wrote his own rules for rock guitar | Alexis Petridis

His ambition to ‘use it in different ways’ helped steer PiL’s post-punk to genuinely fresh ground and was a formative influence for both U2 and My Bloody Valentine

Alexis Petridis

14, Nov, 2022 @4:19 PM

Keith Levene, founding member of the Clash, dies at 65

Influential post-punk musician was an original member of the Clash before founding PiL with John Lydon and Jah Wobble

Vanessa Thorpe and Dave Simpson

12, Nov, 2022 @6:14 PM

‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol

After 45 years of picking fights, the former Johnny Rotten is squaring up to his ex-bandmates, director Danny Boyle and anyone who disrespects the Queen. But what’s really impressive is his capacity for love

Tim Jonze

13, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

John Lydon: 'Don't become entrenched in one opinion and get stuck there for ever'

The former Sex Pistols frontman talks about looking after his wife, Nora, his support for Trump and Brexit, and why he can’t abide ‘moaners’

Barbara Ellen

11, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM

PiL: The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From the Heart) review – how John Lydon bulldozed pop

From the rubble of the Sex Pistols arose a ‘consortium of like-minded loonies’ whose collision of dub, funk and punk smashed open the mainstream

Chal Ravens

19, Jul, 2018 @12:29 PM

John Lydon: 'I didn’t want to be a comfortable, Mick Jagger-type naughty pop star'

From the Sex Pistols to the various iterations of PiL, via collaborations with Afrika Bambaataa and Leftfield, the legend, innovator and butter salesman picks the best of his output in the latest instalment of our songbook series

Dave Simpson

15, Feb, 2018 @12:39 PM

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