PiL's sonic sorcery can't work without Levene and Wobble

Public Image Ltd were at their most magical with guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble. John Lydon's decision to re-form the band without them doesn't promise the same alchemyPublic Image Ltd's debut single, Public Image, was released in October 1978, making it, along with Magazine's Shot By Both Sides, Gang of Four's Damaged Goods and the Banshees' Hong Kong Garden, one of the records that ushered in the post-punk era. It was a period of incredible musical expansion that saw white rock ...

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