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Public
Image Ltd.
The Metal Box. 2006
Vinyl
re-issue out now:
See review
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August
30th 2006 (updated) |
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|  A
bootleg 12" with
two of the 'Metal Box' monitor
mixes – taken from John
Lydon's Best of British £1 Notes
DVD – has just surfaced. Apparently
the single, featuring 'Albatross: Melodrama
Mix' & 'Death Disco', originates from
the US, and although it states it's a
"DJ promo" we obviously know
better than that.
The
single has been issued on marble vinyl;
for whatever reason. "Pink vinyl
singles, and rock and roll swindles ?"
Read full review here…
Thanks to Nick Dyer |
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| Pete
Jones has been working with Stuart
Argabright from NYC (Death Comet Crew)
on a couple of tracks which are set for
release later in the year; under the name
"Dystopians". Pete has also
been working on some other new
tracks which he will be releasing
FREE on his own www.pete-jones-uk.co.uk
website in October. He
hopes to have 4 download tracks available
before the end of the year: "The
plan is to release 4 tracks in total before
the end of the year and make all
artwork/sleevenotes available for download.
again, free of charge. All tracks royalty
free, people can then make their own
CD's sell 'em do whatever they want
with them, keep the money they make,
they cost me fuck all to make so why not
give a little, see who can make the most!!" |
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| Jah
Wobble's English Roots Band will
be appearing at the 'Electric
Picnic Festival' in Ireland this
Friday, September 1st, at 7.15pm. They
will also be appearing at the 'Off
The Tracks Festival ' in Donnignton,
UK, at 8:30pm on the main stage.
Thanks to 30 Hertz |
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August
23rd 2006
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|  As
promised we've added a whole selection
of new information on PiL 1982-83,
plus some superb unseen
pictures! See
our Site Updates page for full details.
Information
from this period PiL was always sketchy,
but we can now fill in quite a few blanks.
Believe us, you won't have read this information
anywhere else… BIG Thanks to Bob
Tulipan, Bob Miller
& Maureen Baker for
ALL their help! |
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August
17th 2006
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Miller interview!
 Bob
Miller worked with PiL for around 2 years,
circa 1982-84. Co-producing and engineering
the 'This is Not a Love Song' single,
and what would have been their 4th studio
album (later released unfinished by Keith
Levene as 'Commercial Zone'). Bob also
mixed Front-of-House sound for their live
gigs; including the Japanese and European
Tours of 1983. He has NEVER
spoken of his time with the band. Until
now… "PiL Revisited,
20 Years Later…"
Read
the Bob Miller interview HERE… |
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will also have MUCH more information
from this period, coming very soon…
In the meantime enjoy our Bob Miller interview. |
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|  PiL's
interview on Tyne Tees, Check
it Out in July 1979 was recently
voted the 3rd best-ever rock interview
by archive service ITN Source
(the poll only includes footage ITN have
the rights for).
Now
lets be honest about this, as funny as
it is to watch, it was just a pathetic
set-up by a silly Geordie for
his silly regional TV show; all in the
sad attempt to provoke another Bill Grundy.
John Lydon, quite rightly, tore him to
shreds. They got exactly what they deserved.
"A cheapskate comedy interrogation
act and it just ain’t on…"
See Chronology July 2nd 1979 for
more info.
Incidentally,
we'd love to see the FULL version if anyone
out there in internet land has it. Not
the Tube re-edit from 1986. The original
1979 broadcast. Still looking for info
on PiL's appearance on Tony Wilson's Granada
TV show from June 1979 also… |
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|  Photographer
Dennis
Morris who worked closely with PiL,
circa 1978-1980, is selling and displaying
various prints of the band
via his website.
The prints include: PiL at Gunter Grove;
'Public Image' video shoot; outtakes from
the 'First Issue' LP sleeve; PiL live
at the Rainbow 1978 & work-in-progress
ideas for 'Metal Box', plus more.
Many
of these pictures were previously
unseen. The site also features
a selection of his Sex Pistols and Reggae
work. See DennisMorris.Com
for more info. Though be warned, Dennis
Morris pictures do not come cheaply…
Thanks to Greg Whitfield |
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August
8th 2006
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| New
'Metal Box' re-issue reviewed.
We've
also rounded up various other information
from around the site to make a mini
'Metal Box' webpage. You'll find
links to reviews and interviews, recording
info etc, plus a brief guide to non-album
'Metal Box' era recordings.
"I
was very shocked by the reviews of the
last album. I believe none of them. They
liked us for all the wrong reasons..."
John Lydon: Tomorrow Show, June
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| The
Irish Times has an article on 'Must
Hear TV' which centres on the use of Time
Zone - 'World Destruction'
in the 4th series of The Sopranos.
Apparently the episode, which was first
broadcast back in September 2002, was
written in the wake of 9/11, and the track
was especially selected by the producers.
It's obviously a very popular selection
because we still receive a lot of mail
enquiring about it… |
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| Corrections
to our previously posted Jah Wobble
live dates. The London, 100 Club
is on Friday, September 29th & Brighton,
Kommedia, Saturday, September 30th. Also
please note: The Svengali Festival appearance
on August 12th is now cancelled. |
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August
2nd 2006
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| It's
worth pointing you in the direction of
this piece on the JohnLydon.Com
'Bollocks Section' regarding a new
book on the ‘Great Rock n Roll Swindle’
by Joel McIver. It's
not the first time this has happened to
Fodderstompf, but I tell you what, it
will be the last time...
As
it says on JL.Com: thievery will not be
tolerated... |
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| Martin
Atkins has been scraping the
vaults to unearth a new Damage
Manual 'Dubs'
compilation; which includes a 15 minute
Dub Mix of 'Stateless'. The limited edition
set comes in a hand numbered, signed,
digipak with silk screened artwork, plus
a free T-shirt. See Underground
Inc: for full info.
Track
Listing:
1. Sunset Gun (Beat Mix) 3:47
2. Damage Addict (Ambient James Bond Mix)
2:35
3. Grounded (Dub Mix) 3:35
4. Damage Addict (Hammer Magic Dub Mix)
6:24
5. Mad Dialects (Jan 05 Atkins Mix) 5:55
6. Expand (Dub Mix) 5:48
7. Damage Addict (Accelerated Coventry
Dub Mix) 4:16
8. Stateless (July 99 Atkins Dub Mix)
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| This
recent Los Lobos interview
from the VC
Reporter touches on when the band
opened for PiL in May 1980:
There’s
a story about them [Los Lobos] getting
booed opening for Public Image Limited
at the Olympic Auditorium back in the
early days?
I was in the audience. It was pretty gruesome.
It wasn’t as much like Los Lobos
pissed these guys off; they came pissed
off. My memory of the situation was the
punk scene in Orange County was a lot
of brats, basically — rich, spoiled
children who wanted to show how street
they could be. My sense of it, unlike
many other shows I had been to, even hardcore
shows where the spirit was really intense
but kind of beautiful, that night was
like, “We’re going to show
[PiL frontman] Johnny Rotten how punk
we are.” It had little to do with
Los Lobos and everything to do with this
army of Orange County assholes who showed
up to cause a ruckus. They would have
booed and thrown shit at anybody, and
they did. The Plugz were on next, and
they got not quite as much shit thrown
at them, only because they came second
and there wasn’t as much shit to
throw. That night was not indicative of
anything other than that specific band
drawing a specific sort of element to
that place. |
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| John
Mcgeoch's daughter has a website
which is selling and displaying various
pieces of her late Dad's music memorabilia;
including his guitar and various PiL
items. The website
was set up in July 2004,
so it is unclear if the items are still
available, however, it is still worth
a visit.
Thanks to Karsten |
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July
6th 2006
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|  Public
Image Ltd. The Metal Box. Now
(again…)
The
vinyl replica of 'Metal Box' is now available
in the USA (released 27th June). See News:
May 6th for more info. A full review (etc)
will follow in the near future…
The
album is released via RUNT Distribution,
and their 4
Men With Beards label (4MBLP500).
Thanks to JL.Com |
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| A
new John Lydon interview
on the independent film website Green
Cine features some interesting
quotes about PiL, including:
"We
had a great offer in New York to do a
live video broadcast kind of thing, not
performing live, just spinning records,
that ended up in a riot, and I thought,
"I really like New York." So
I stayed. We found, as Public Image Ltd
at that time, we could get gigs in America,
so we lived quite frugally, but we could
just rent a van and go off to Philadelphia
and New Jersey and travel up and down
the East Coast and really enjoy it, really
enjoy playing the small clubs. Some band
members couldn't tolerate the American
way of life, I suppose, and being the
volatile bunch of creationists that we
were, went our different ways. Everybody
had their own angle to go towards, so
there we were. We can't hold each other
back."
Read
the whole interview at Green Cine
Thanks
to JL.Com |
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June
29th 2006
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| Alex
Paterson of the Orb picked PiL's
show at the Rainbow on
Xmas Day as his "Gig of a lifetime"
in todays' Daily
Telegraph:
Gig of a lifetime: Alex Paterson
Alex Paterson of the Orb talks to Bernadette
McNulty about Public Image Ltd, Rainbow
Theatre, Finsbury Park, 1978
I'd
never seen the Sex Pistols, so I was really
excited to see John Lydon's new band.
It was their first UK gig, and it was
even more exciting that it was on Christmas
Day when there was nothing else to do.
I was 18 and living in a squat in West
Norwood, so me and about eight friends
had to walk all the way there because
there weren't any buses.
The
gig was packed with punks, but the sound
was completely different. Jah Wobble's
bass-playing was incredible after the
five-chord limitations of most punk songs.
He added this whole new dimension of funk
and reggae. John Lydon was dressed in
a checked suit, throwing weird arm shapes
like Ian Curtis. Walking back afterwards
seemed to take an eternity, but it was
worth it after seeing such an amazing
gig. |
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June
15th 2006
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 It
seems the printers took a wrong turn
somewhere, but after a slight delay
Jah Wobble's 'Alpha-One Three'
is now available.
You
can order the album online at the newly
revamped 30
Hertz website, or via your usual
source. You can also hear brief clips
of the album and sign up to the new
30
Hertz mailing list.
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site also features a brief taster from
Wob's upcoming autobiography
regarding the new album: "I
worked as a mini cab driver, intermittently
through the early to mid eighties, my
call sign was 'Alpha One Three', hence
the title of this album. In fact me
'the artist' is very upset at the ill
treatment I have received from my record
label 30 Hertz, I have decided that
similar to Prince, I am going to withdraw
the name 'Jah Wobble', and be known
in the future as 'Alpha-One-Three',
the mini cab driver formally known as
Jah Wobble."
Thanks to 30 Hertz
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June
13th 2006
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 While
Keith Levene was in Oslo
recording with N.I.C he appeared on the
Norwegian radio show 'Harald Are
Lund' on NRK P3, April 6th. The
show played two JKL/MurderGlobal tracks:
'Killer in the Crowd' and the unreleased
'Death from Above'. Anyone tape the show?
Thanks to Karsten
Necessary
Intergalactic Cooperation / Teledubgnosis
drummer Ted Parsons sent
us some pix of himself
and Keith in the studio during the recent
NIC recording session.
Thanks to Ted
If
you haven't done so already, you can check
out audio samples of
Necessary
Intergalactic Cooperation & Teledubgnosis
via their websites. Interesting
stuff. The JKL collaboration should be
very exciting… You can also find
both band's on Myspace.
Teledubgnosis' 'Ambex' is highly recommended. |
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June
11th 2006
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 Keith
Levene
will feature on the forthcoming new
album for N.I.C. (Necessary
Intergalactic Cooperation); released
via Malicious
Damage. The album was recorded
in 12 days (March 31 - April 11) at
MOK Studio in Norway with producer Scotty
Hard; who will mix the tracks later
this month in Brooklyn. Keith came in
during the last week of recording and
contributed guitar and vocals on several
tracks; and spent three more days (April
12-14) with the band in the studio.
Keith has jammed with Ted Parsons
of Teledubgnosis
before (see news July 7th 2004), who
is also N.I.C.'s drummer. Ted was kind
enough to confirm his work with Keith
via this message:
"Yes,
Keith recorded on some N.I.C. material
and we have plans to record with Ryan
Moore of Twilight Circus at the end
of the summer for a serious dub project.
Also we plan to play some live shows
in Japan and elsewhere. Expect allot
from Keith and us this year and next.
Respect, Ted"
 N.I.C.
live:
Malicious Damage are lining up some
special label nights:
August 12th - London, Kilburn, The Luminaire.
Plus another date (17th or 25th) at
The Brixton Windmill. Teledubgnosis
will be playing too.
It is unknown if Keith
will appear at any of these shows.
Thanks to Karsten
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Jim
Walker (aka James White)
is currently working on the horror film
'Parkhouse Hell House'.
A teaser trailer for the film can be
found at the 'Parkhouse
Hell House' website.
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June
5th 2006
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The
release of Jah Wobble's 'Alpha-One
Three' has
been delayed by a week
due to a printing error with the liner
notes. The album should be online via
30
Hertz sometime next week; with it
hitting the shops week commencing June
19th (should the polar ice-caps not
melt first!).
Also
check out the 30
Hertz CD sale,
bargains galore…
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June
2nd 2006
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Cabbie!
'Alpha-One Three' will
be in the shops week commencing 12th
June, via Wobble's 30 Hertz label (30HZCD27).
However, the album should be available
online sometime next week. Keep any
eye on 30
Hertz for more info... Looking forward
to hearing about the "Dark Society"
that runs the music business on, the
very apt, 'Decline Of The Music Industry'.
Tracklisting:
When I Look Up At The Sky / On The Right
Road / On The Right Road Dub / Reggae Parts The Sea / Mumbai Blues Dub / I Know Your Here / It All Fades Away / Ocean Of Hills / Gardens Of Suburbia / Beyond Upper Poynton / I Want / The Decline Of The Music
Industry / Beyond Thought / Alpha One Three / From Silvertown / To
Heathrow Cargo, A Parcel / Voice In The Wilderness / The Wheel Of Life / Looking Up At The Sky
Again / Parts The Sea Dub
Thanks
to Patrick MacArdle and "The
List", sign up now!
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| Wobble's
proposed album with Mad Professor, for
Trojan Records, has fallen through, however,
he stills plans to record a solo
album for the label later this
year. He will also be entering the studio
next week to record his second album with
the English Roots Band.
He has also confirmed he has begun work
on his autobiography,
which partly inspired writing the lyrics
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| Upcoming
Wobble live dates:
9 June - Goteborg, Museum of
World Culture, Sweden
5 August - Rhythm Festival, Clapham, Bedford,
UK
12 August - Svengali Fest, Windsor
22 September - Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
15 September - Lincoln, Farm
16 September - Sheffield, Boardwalk
29 September - London, 100 Club
30 September - Brighton, Kommedia
23 September - Birkenhead, Pacific Rd
1 September - Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland
2 September - Donington, Off Tracks
6 October - Leeds, New Roscoe
23 October - Exeter, Arts Centre
3 November - Bury, Arts Centre |
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out the Jah
Wobble Discussion List (aka "The
List") to read a very informative
post from the man himself about all of
the above, and more…
Also
check out the 30
Hertz CD sale, bargains
galore! |
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John
Lydon recently attended a charity
Spoken Word Event at film-maker Kevin
Smith's house (Clerks,
Dogma, etc). Mr Lydon read the
lyrics to PiL's 'The Body'
& 'Tie Me to the Length
of That', plus 'Bodies' &
'God Save the Queen' by the Pistols.
You can read all about the event on
Kevin's
website.
Thanks to JL.Com
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Can
I just state that we have NO
connection with the PiL Fodderstompf page
on myspace.com.
In fact, we have no MySpace page. Fodderstompf:
often imitated, never surpassed…
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John
Lydon: The Best of British £1 Notes
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John
Lydon CD & DVD compilations featuring
Sex Pistols, PiL, solo,
plus an exclusive new track. |
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sleeves for JohnLydon.Com 'Best of British
£1 Notes' mini-site,
featuring tracklistings, release info,
a new interview with John, plus much more… |
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John
Lydon’s Megabugs
also out now on DVD! |
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JohnLydon.Com
for full info… |
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