John Lydon's Shark Attack
Channel 5, Wednesday, November 3rd, 20.00

John Lydon's Megabugs
Discovery, starts Sunday, November 7th, 17.00

John Lydon Goes Ape
Channel 5, Wednesday, November 10th, 20.00

31st October 2004

 Jah Wobble's 'Live At Leuven' is now available for purchase via 30 Hertz. The album was previously released as an exclusive Emusic download. The disc was recorded in Belgium on the Ode to Joy Tour along with Philip Jeck and Jaki Liebezeit.

Jah Wobble's 'Car Ad Music' will be available via 30 Hertz in the near future.

I'd also like to point out the sad death of Dianne Faber who ran the Jah Wobble fan site we mentioned a while back. The site is still available at the moment, and there is a guest book where anybody can leave their condolences.

13th October 2004

Jah Wobble will be appearing on the 'Tom Robinson - Evening Sequence' on BBC 6 Music tonight, Wednesday, 13th October, 7.00-9.30pm (UK). You can hear it via DAB Digital Radio or live online at: www.bbc.co.uk/6music. It will also be archived for a week on the shows' 6 Music web page.

It seems 6 Music is probably the closest thing to a PiL-Friendly radio station you can get in the UK, as well as the recent interviews with Keith and Wobble, in the last few days I've heard both 'Public Image' & 'Love Song'. Which is far more than I've heard in years on British radio… About poxy time!

There's another good interview on BBC London with Robert Elms which you can also listen to on-line.

6th October 2004

John Lydon: Sex Pistols, PiL & Anti-Celebrity' an unauthorised biography of John Lydon by music journalist Ben Myers has just been published in the UK, by Independent Music Press (208 pages, RRP £12.99). Apparently the book covers John's life and career from after the Pistols split in 1978 right up to the present day, and features a new interview with Keith Levene (which is handy for a book all about John…). See PlayLouder.Com for more info. I'm saying nothing till I see a copy…
Thanks to David Barnett

23rd September 2004

Jah Wobble has another new exclusive download over at Emusic, ironically entitled 'Car Ad Music'. More info as we get it, but we're pretty sure its far from Car Ad music (unless of course it's for a Japanese car!). …
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you haven't signed up to Emusic you really need to. Pay some respect…

21st September 2004

Keith Levene will be appearing on 'The Music Week' on BBC 6 Music this Friday (24th) at 19.00. You can hear it via DAB Digital Radio or online at: www.bbc.co.uk/6music/. The show is repeated on Saturday 09.00 and will also be archived for a week on the shows' 6 Music web page. During the show, they have a feature entitled "The Great Debate", this week's topic will be "Is punk dead or has it been reborn?"
Thanks to Teresa O'Hara

15th September 2004

No One is Innocent? Former PiL "video guy" Ed Caraballo has been sentenced to eight years in Afghanistan for his part in running a private prison with mercenary Jonathan "Jack" Idema. Caraballo seemingly was working on a documentary on Idema, and was caught up in the madness…
Thanks to Hybrid

Full Story from Reuters
(also see Fodderstompf News 25th July)

14th September 2004 (updated)

Emusic have an exclusive new Jah Wobble download, 'Live At Leuven' was recorded in Belgium on the Ode to Joy Tour along with Philip Jeck and Jaki Liebezeit. Four tracks are available via Emusic. If you haven't already checked out emusic, I highly recommend you do. The first 50 downloads are FREE and they have plenty of legal Jah Wobble downloads, amongst many others. The album will also be available via 30 Hertz by the end of November.
Thanks to Jeff Yutzler

A review of Wobble's triumphant London, Cargo show appears here in Monday's Times. The Daily Telegraph also ran a review of 'I Could Have Been a Contender'. Wob and Mark E Smith appear on BBC Radio Lancaster's 'On The Wire' show this Saturday night (18th September).
Thanks to Peter Noble & Patrick MacArdle

6th September 2004

As well as the release of 'I Could Have Been a Contender' Jah Wobble has some live dates coming up. Wobble's English Roots Band play the London Cargo this Thursday, 9th September, and the following dates are also penciled in…

24 Sept - Nerve Centre, Derry, Ireland
25 Sept- Craw Daddy, Dublin, Ireland
26 Sept - The Bodega, Cork, Ireland (Free show - Beamish Weekender)
27 Sept - Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
30 Sept - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
22 Oct - Burnley , Mechanics, UK
23 Oct - St Helens, The Citadel, UK
30 Oct - Hartlepool, The Studio, UK
31 Oct - Leeds, New Roscoe, UK
1 Nov - Chester, Telfords Warehouse, UK
2 Nov - Darlington Arts Centre, UK
3 Nov - The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
4 Nov - Glasgow, Renfrew Ferry, UK
5 Nov - Aberdeen Lemontree, UK
8 Nov - Cambridge Junction, UK
9 Nov - Tunbridge, Wells Trinity Theatre, UK

This week's London, Cargo show looks like being something really special, the English Roots Band will be joined by Molam Lao, and other special guests including BJ Cole, Harry Beckett, Clive Bell & DJ: Scratchy. Not be be missed!

27th August 2004

'I Could Have Been a Contender' is now available in the shops, and has been picking up some good press coverage, including a Wobble interview on the Jonathan Ross Radio Show on BBC Radio 2 last Saturday (21st August). There was also a great quote from Wobble in an article from The Independent about Wessex Studios being turned into flats: "We got barred after about five days because there was a punch-up in the pub with people from the studio, it's just another studio as far as I'm concerned, and it was a rip-off."

14th August 2004

4th August 2004

As previously mentioned (see news June 20th) Jah Wobble has an extensive 3 CD retrospective entitled 'I Could Have Been a Contender' released August 23rd via reggae giants Trojan Records. This is an absolute must-have, and you've no excuses…

Read the Fodderstompf review here!

Wobble will be playing some gigs around the release of the album. However, contrary to reports from Trojan's PR machine, he will NOT be playing "PiL classics". Silly boys…

4 September 2004
The Farm Venue - Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire
Ticket Price: £10
T: 01754 871445

5 September 2004
Rescue Rooms - Nottingham
Ticket Price: £10
T: 0115 958 8484

9 September 2004
Cargo - London
Ticket Price: £15
T: 020 7739 3440 W: www.cargo-london.com

I Could Have Been A Contender - The Anthology
Release Date August 23, 2004
Format 3-Disc CD Set
Suggested Retail Price £12.99
Catalogue Number TJETD191

Disc 1
1. Public Image (PiL) 2.57
2. Fly 2 4.01
3. Ketmagyl (Don't Go Away) - Featuring Yulduz Usnamova 4.52
4. Visions Of You - Featuring Sinead O'Connor 5.33
5. Mehmeda Majka Bubage 3.09
6. Becoming More Like God - Featuring Analise Drekker 3.19
7. Mistralazul 2 - Featuring Smoke City's Nina Miranda 4.07
8. I Offer You Everything 3.50
9. Shout At The Devil - Featuring Natasha Atlas 4.05
10. Blacksmith 5.02
11. Blacksmith Dub 3.38
12. Elevator Music 3 - Featuring Harry Beckett 5.19
13. Josey Walsh - Featuring Sinead O'Connor 3.57
14. Tyger Tyger 4.54
15. Requiem III - Featuring Sussan Deiheim 6.54

Disc 2
1. Poptones (PiL) 7.47
2. Betrayal Dub 6.02
3. How Much Are They - Featuring Holger Czukay and Jaki Leiezert 4.47
4. Invaders Of The Heart Mix 2 4.32
5. Death Disco (aka Swan Lake) 4.11
6. Snakecharmer - Featuring The Edge 6.21
7. Songs Of Innocence 6.47
8. Fly 1 6.08
9. Funeral March 4.50
10. Lam Tang Way Dub - Featuring Molam Lao 3.31
11. The Dunes 4.58
12. So Many Years 2.52
13. Lam Saravane Dub 4.26
14. A Man I Knew 6.07
15. Elevator Music 1 6.28

Disc 3
1. Gone To Croatan - Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Bernie Worrell 15.29
2. Spinner - Featuring Brian Eno 2.57
3. A13 3.44
4. Passage To Hades - Featuring Evan Parker 13.33
5. The Mystery Of Twilight Part 2 - Featuring Bill Laswell, Harold Budd & Jaki Liebezeit 24.31
6. Left Where It Fell - Featuring Brian Eno 6.57
7. The River Suite (Extract) 12.41

29th July 2004

Martin Atkins is currently selling himself on Ebay! Well, sort of, he's put his drumming skills up for auction. Do you want Martin to play with you! Full info…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3739283052

Description:

OK, OK, OK!!! So, thank you for the many e-mails praising Martin's studio work and re-mix originality. However, there were MANY e-mails suggesting that they'd like to have Martin play drums on a track (or several).<BR>So here you go, this auction is for Martin to play drums in his studio on one of your tracks. For those of you who don't know, Martin was the drummer in PiL (Public Image Ltd) from 1979 to 1985, Killing Joke for a couple of years (touring and the Extremities cd), Ministry (The 'In Case You Didn't etc tour 1989 dvd) Nine Inch Nails - he is on the broken cd and in the Head Like A Hole video, founder of Pigface, The Damage Manual, Murder Inc ETC!<BR>You get the drum track locked down (or two different vibes) and permission to use Martin's name on the album credits and stickering within reason. <BR><BR>For Martin's bio please go to: http://www.invisiblerecords.com/imagebank/martin/index.htm<BR><BR>For information on the book being written by Martin Atkins and to give your input, please go to: http://www.undergroundinc.com/book/booksurvey.htm

25th July 2004

Get this! It would seem that Edward Caraballo who acted as a "Video guy" at the infamous 1981 New York Ritz riot was arrested in Afghanistan. Caraballo and two other Americans are accused of running an unofficial prison for the torture of Afghans. Caraballo is pictured far left.

Full info from The Telegraph

Thanks to Mark Myskiw

7th July 2004

Keith Levene appears on a limited edition promo CD by DJ / rapper Carpetface entitled 'Revolutionation'. Levene plays bass on both versions of the track 'Realeyesation' (recorded end of 2003). The EP was sold at Carpetface's appearance at this year's Glastonbury festival.

Keith has recently been jamming with drummer Ted Parsons of Teledubnosis, along with a variety of unnamed "dub, hip-hop and rock" musicians…

28th June 2004

JohnLydon.Com Relaunch! Months in the preparation, days in the making. JohnLydon.Com is now back on-line. Go see for yourself... "Relaunched, revamped, re-invented and under new management. Unlike the previous site John Lydon will be actively involved. Providing news and info." John Lydon - Army of One http://www.johnlydon.com

20th June 2004

Wobble has an extensive 3 CD retrospective released this August via Reggae giants Trojan Records. As well as featuring 'Public Image' & 'Poptones' by PiL, 'I Could Have Been a Contender' spans his prolific solo career from 'Betrayal' right through the eighties and nineties, including the Island "hits", and brings things right up to date with a healthy selection of 30 Hertz material. Full track listing below.
The compilation is set to be released on August 23rd, retailing at the bargain price of £12.99. Full review nearer release, but in the meantime further info is available via 30 Hertz and Trojan.

I Could Have Been A Contender - The Anthology
Release Date August 23, 2004
Format 3-Disc CD Set
Suggested Retail Price £12.99
Catalogue Number TJETD191

Disc 1
1. Public Image (PiL) 2.57
2. Fly 2 4.01
3. Ketmagyl (Don't Go Away) - Featuring Yulduz Usnamova 4.52
4. Visions Of You - Featuring Sinead O'Connor 5.33
5. Mehmeda Majka Bubage 3.09
6. Becoming More Like God - Featuring Analise Drekker 3.19
7. Mistralazul 2 - Featuring Smoke City's Nina Miranda 4.07
8. I Offer You Everything 3.50
9. Shout At The Devil - Featuring Natasha Atlas 4.05
10. Blacksmith 5.02
11. Blacksmith Dub 3.38
12. Elevator Music 3 - Featuring Harry Beckett 5.19
13. Josey Walsh - Featuring Sinead O'Connor 3.57
14. Tyger Tyger 4.54
15. Requiem III - Featuring Sussan Deiheim 6.54

Disc 2
1. Poptones (PiL) 7.47
2. Betrayal Dub 6.02
3. How Much Are They - Featuring Holger Czukay and Jaki Leiezert 4.47
4. Invaders Of The Heart Mix 2 4.32
5. Death Disco (aka Swan Lake) 4.11
6. Snakecharmer - Featuring The Edge 6.21
7. Songs Of Innocence 6.47
8. Fly 1 6.08
9. Funeral March 4.50
10. Lam Tang Way Dub - Featuring Molam Lao 3.31
11. The Dunes 4.58
12. So Many Years 2.52
13. Lam Saravane Dub 4.26
14. A Man I Knew 6.07
15. Elevator Music 1 6.28

Disc 3
1. Gone To Croatan - Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Bernie Worrell 15.29
2. Spinner - Featuring Brian Eno 2.57
3. A13 3.44
4. Passage To Hades - Featuring Evan Parker 13.33
5. The Mystery Of Twilight Part 2 - Featuring Bill Laswell, Harold Budd & Jaki Liebezeit 24.31
6. Left Where It Fell - Featuring Brian Eno 6.57
7. The River Suite (Extract) 12.41

6th June 2004

June 2004
For Immediate Release:
Keith Levene Killer in the Crowd/MURDER GLOBAL EP released by Underground Inc.
Underground Inc. announced a June 8, 2004 release date for Keith Levenes Killer in the Crowd/MURDER GLOBAL EP. A special, limited edition of the EP includes five freshly-mixed tunes plus the Killer in the Crowd video; a first-class package produced by Levene. The EP contains a variety of killer tunes which showcase Levenes multifaceted talent and ability to move from dub to dance to hard-driving rock with expertise. Longtime PiL fans will recognize the creative energy that continues to inspire and influence artists today. Keith is known for his innovative guitar stylings and production techniques; this is music that illustrates the development of his musicianship and production skills.
It?s just straightforward Keith guitar on Killer. I?m playing a 1956 Epiphone Les Paul, not going through any effects. People don?t exploit their guitar enough - they?re too busy piling pods and effects on it. -Keith speaking recently with Jenny Knight of Guitar magazine.
After his decade of public silence, this record is like a force 5 hurricane blasting through the blancmange of what's currently passing for music- Shelly da Cunha, journalist
...one our foremost guitar players, and one of the most creative sound and production innovators of the so-called punk movement- Kevin Henderson, musician/producer
All tunes are fresh and definitely now- Scott M, fodderstompf.com

Keith has been busy with a number of projects, including video production, performing, producing, playing guitar and bass; recently in a soundclash with techno artist The Bug, Adrian Sherwood and the Asian Dub Foundation at the Royal Festival Hall in London. While gearing up to pursue his interest in writing for film & tv soundtracks, he?s working with a number of UK and US artists, all under the Murder Global umbrella.
States Levene- categories and labels are just so limiting to an artist, so with Murder Global, I'm trying to go beyond all that.
Levene has been featured in MOJO January 2004 PiL, Guitar Player March 2004 Post-punk Guitar, BBC radio interviews, several ezines including May 2004 Looking for Something interview at 3ammagazine.com and in Guitar magazine June 2004 issue. Limited edition copies are available for review. Please contact me to set up an interview with Keith.

Teresa O'Hara
www.murderglobal.com

With the full co-operation of 'Guitar' magazine, and with kind thanks to Staff Writer Jenny Knight, we bring you a complete transcript of Keith Levene's recent 'Guitar' magazine interview, including exclusive pixx. (See News May 16th)
'Guitar Magazine', May 2004 - Keith Levene interview
Thanks to Karsten Roekens & Jenny Knight

29th May 2004

20th May 2004

16th May 2004

Keith Levene is interviewed in the June issue of 'Guitar' magazine (UK). As well as discussing his playing style and influences he also talks about the forthcoming MurderGlobal releases, his work with Martin Atkins, his thoughts on John Lydon & PiL, and his future plans... Sometimes guitar magazine interviews can be a pile of wank, but this is Keith Levene!
Thanks to Teresa O'Hara

11th May 2004

Allan Dias interview!

Allan was one of PiL's longest serving members, playing bass on three studio albums ('Happy?', '9' & 'That What is Not') and countless live gigs from 1986-1992. Dias, along with John McGeoch, would form the backbone of the "new" PiL, contributing song-writing and acting as a full member.

Following this weeks shows, more Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart  'English Roots Music' UK Tour Dates have been announced. All Shows including 'Bass & Drum'.

14 May - Bristol, Lakota (VENN Festival)
26 May - Norwich, Waterfront
27 May - Sheffield, The Boardwalk
28 May - Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre
11 June- Hebden, Bridge Trades Club
12 June - Milton Keynes, The Stables
31 July - Stockton ARC, Dovecot Street, Stockton
4 Sept - Chapel St Leonards, The Farm Venue
5 Sept  - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
22 Oct - Burnley, Mechanics
23 Oct - St Helens, The Citadel
30 Oct - Hartlepool, The Studio
31 Oct - Leeds, New Roscoe
1 Nov - Chester, Telfords Warehouse
2 Nov - Darlington, Arts Centre
4 Nov - Glasgow, Renfrew Ferry
5 Nov - Aberdeen. Lemontree
8 Nov - Cambridge, Junction
9 Nov -Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre

Check 30 Hertz for further updates

Two new exclusive pix taken during the recording of 'Metal Box' at the Manor Studios, Oxfordshire by drummer David Humphrey added to his recent interview...

Also, on the subject of David...
Fancy drum lessons from an ex-PiL drummer?

The first 10 people to contact David direct will save 20% off standard tuition fees on a block booked course of 6 discounted lessons. Further details can be found by e-mailing David. Please head the subject in the E-mail as 'PiL Promotional Lessons'.

David Humphrey Drum Tutor
www.bluedrums.co.uk

5th May 2004

Richard Dudanski interview!

One of PiL's many early drummers, and probably one of their most respected, Richard played on the majority of ‘Metal Box', as well as appearing live at the Manchester, Russell's Club (Factory) and Leeds, Futurama Sci-Fi Festival gigs.
I dunno... you wait years to interview a PiL drummer and then two come along at the same time... !

Jah Wobble plays some live dates in the UK this week, starting tonight at;
5th May - Bradford, The Love Apple
6th May - Liverpool, The Masque
7th May - Manchester, Academy 3

The Invaders Of The Heart also play;
8 May - Carlisle, The Brickyard

Check 30 Hertz for further dates

Martin Atkins is currently auctioning a fully signed PiL 1983 Tour Programme on Ebay
Thanks to Christopher Ramos