JOHN
LYDON
John
is back on the acting trail and
has been cast in a couple of upcoming
US sitcoms...
'Bad
News Mr Swanson' is centred
on a character with a terminal illness
who decides to start living when
he finds out he is dying. Typically
John plays The Grim Reaper!! The
show is set to air on the US cable
FX Network this autumn.
'A
Young Person's Guide to Becoming
a Rock Star' is a US remake
of last years Channel 4 show about
an aspiring rock band. John plays
the father of the main character,
as he says himself, "a heavy
metal dad"!! The show is set
to air on WB this autumn.
Apparently
John has more acting roles lined
up, including some film work. More
info as we get it...
JAH
WOBBLE
After
his successful US Tour Wobble has
some live dates lined up, including
a multi-appearance in Japan
June, Jah Wobble & Deep
Space: Colchester Arts Centre
1st -3rd June, Jah Wobble
& Deep Space, Jah Wobble & Invaders
Of the Hearts, Molam Dub & Bill
Laswell
Itsukushima shrine, Miyajima
Island, Japan
8th June, Jah Wobble &
Deep Space: The Bull Arts Centre,
Barnet
6 July, Jah Wobble &
Deep Space: Farndale North York
Moors National Park
14th July, Jah Wobble &
Deep Space: Croydon World Music
Party
22nd July, Jah Wobble &
Invaders of the Heart, Molam: Trowbridge
Festival
4th August, Jah Wobble &
Deep Space: Sidmouth folk Festival
(Bowd Marquee)
Four
reasons to be cheerful The promised
live recording of the mighty
Deep Space will be the next
release on 30
Hertz. It's from a show recorded
in Hartlepool last year and should
be in the shops in the next month.
Wobble
and Laswell have a dubwise selection
called 'Wasteland' on a new
compilation now around and about
called 'Innerhythmic Sound System'
on Innerhythmic. The track is a
taster from an upcoming release
called 'Excavation: Beat Alchemy'.
The fingers of Wobble and Cai Murphy
are all over a fascinating new soundclash
by Temple of Sound and Rizwan-Muazzam
Qawwali called 'People's Colony
NÆ' just released on Realworld.
In
April Wobble recorded in New York
with Laswell, Amina Claudine Myers
from AE of C, Nils Pette Molvaer,òGraham
Haynes, Kirsh Kale on Drums and
Nicky Skopelitis. Probably to be
released on Laswell's newly-rescutitated
axiom label.
Thanks
to the Jah
Wobble Discussion List for the
info, sign up now...!
KEITH
LEVENE
Apparently
Keith has completed his new line-up,
except for a drummer, and a new
record should be released sometime
this year. Possibly including some
re-worked PiL material such as a
new version of 'Fodderstompf'.
Keep
checking his The
Missing Channel web site
for updated info... Incidentally
you can now download a couple of
'Commercial Zone' tracks via the
site.
(Thanks
to Karsten for the info)
The
newly issued punk compilation CD
''Whatever Happened To?'
(EMI 7243 5 29238 23) features 'Low
Life' by PiL. The CD also features
The Sex Pistols & The Professionals.
1st
May 2001
A
brief round up of recent news...
JAH WOBBLE
Wobble
along with Deep Space hit the USA
in May for a short series of
live dates, definitely not to
be missed...
Confirmed dates are:
8th
May 2001 Jah Wobble - Deep Space
SAN FRANCISCO, CA Great American
Music Hall
10th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space LOS ANGELES, CA
Conga Room
11th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space CHICAGO, IL Double
Door
12th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space Boston, Axis
13th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space NEW YORK, NY Knitting
Factory
14th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space + Bill Laswell NEW
YORK, NY Knitting Factory
15th May 2001 Jah Wobble
- Deep Space +Evan Parker NEW
YORK, NY Knitting Factory
More
Deep Space gigs are planned
over the next few months, check
out the official 30
Hertz site for full info.
(Many
thanks to everyone at the
Jah
Wobble Discussion List for help
with info, sign up now...!)
KEITH LEVENE
The
second part of Keith's interview
with E-Zine
Perfect Sound has just been
published. This is the second of
a 4 part interview. This instalment
centres on the early days on PiL.
Check it out here.
Keith's
new web site is still under
construction at TheMissingChannel
however, he has recently added some
new recent pix...
JOHN LYDON
Burn
Hollywood Burn. Expect to see
Mr Rotten on the big and small screen
sometime soon. Details are still
under wraps, but he IS doing
it...
MARTIN
ATKINS
Martin's
Invisible Records have just
re-launched their web
site. The first 1000
people to sign up get a free
'Dr. Speedlove Presents Volume II
compilation CD, the next 500 win
random merchandise.
March 6th also sees the release
of 'The Best of Pigface' - 'Preaching
to the Perverted' (INV200).
A 2 CD set featuring one disc of
Pigface tracks chosen by fans, and
a second disc featuring a mixture
of previously unreleased, lost,
or live tracks... The set will also
include a 14 page booklet featuring
fan submitted stories of the best
Pigface shows they've ever seen.
JAH
WOBBLE
Wobble
has just released 'Passage to
Hades' a collaboration
with saxophonist Evan Parker
on his own 30
Hertz Records. The album has
already picked up good press, (including
in the February issue of The
Wire, which also includes a
full page ad for the CD) and looks
like building on the success of
last year's acclaimed Molam Dub
album.
Wobble and Parker will be appearing
at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
in London on 28th March.
After
a relatively quiet few months, by
his standards, Wobble will
be releasing a variety of old and
new material over the next few months.
A live Deep Space double CD
is due in May, and 30 Hertz will
soon start reissuing various 'lost'
Wobble releases from the eighties,
including the likes of 'The Bedroom
Album', Invaders of the Heart
12" & The Human Condition
(which included ex-PiL drummer Jim
Walker). More info as we get it.
Wobble
and Deep Space are set to play
Preston's Guild Hall on 28th
April as part of a conference
entitled 'Relocating the Sacred
in Contemporary Performance Practice'.
Genesis P Orridge and Thee Majesty
are also on the bill, Wobble and
Genesis will also be taking part
in a talk/discussion earlier in
the day.
More Deep Space gigs are
planned over the next few months,
check out the official 30
Hertz site for full info.
(Many
thanks to everyone at the
Jah
Wobble Discussion List for help
with info, sign up now...!)
KEITH
LEVENE
Having
resurfaced in London last year,
Keith's long anticipated exclusive
interview with E-Zine
Perfect Sound has just been
published. The extensive interview
will run to 4 parts, the present
interview covers his early days,
including his thoughts on punk and
his time in The Clash. He touches
on PiL and John, but the
next part of the interview will
be where he really starts talking
about them. The next instalment
is due in late April with
the other parts to follow every
two months after that.
Keith
has a web site under construction
at TheMissingChannel
where he is set to release new material.
Details are still sketchy but Keith
reckons the new material will be
an extension of his work with PiL,
much in the way his previous solo
releases were. Check out the Perfect
Sound interview here.
PETE
JONES
After
the success of last year's 'Twisted'
album is considering releasing another
album later this year. Check
his web
site for further updates.
JOHN
LYDON
John
is currently recording a new
solo album at his own Rotten
Studios. He's still working on it,
and at present there is no release
date. The
plan is for John to release the
album himself via the internet,
with no record company involvement...
Once completed he hopes to tour
as a solo artist, no band
just him and some computers! Although
being largely computer based, John
intends the live sound to be more
like a band than simply electronic
samples.
Rotten
TV has been scrapped,
for the time being at least, after
John felt himself and VH-1 weren't
going in the same direction. The
show may possibly return on a different
network, although nothing is definite.
The same goes for Rotten Radio,
which John left last year after
a lack of promotion by Eyada. |
