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Language Is an Energy in John Lydon's 'Anger Is an Energy'

Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon spills his guts with sloppy but delightful syntax and riddle-like onomatopoeias.

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The Rest Is Senseless: A Conversation With Citizen John Lydon

With a new PiL album and an autobiography out, the former Johnny Rotten looks back on his 59 years, calling them "strange" with "a serious learning curve" in his earliest days.

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Public Image Ltd.: What the World Needs Now...

What the World Needs Now... is the sound of a band not really caring too hard about their current stature. Luckily for the listener, the pros outweigh the cons.

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Jah Wobble & Keith Levene: Yin & Yang

The original musical forces behind Public Image Ltd reunite for a dubby, jam session-like affair.

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Public Image Ltd.: 9 September 2012 - Brooklyn, NY

Tuna fish burps from the bridge-and-tunnel set and endless, self-indulgent jams make it hard to love John Lydon's post-punk roadshow in performance.

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Sex Pistols: Pun(k)s, Pranks, and Provocations

At a time when factions of the punk movement were trying to establish a collective identity, Johnny Rotten maintained an outsider stance while ripping into the darlings of the hip punk set with the same ferocity he applied to the living dinosaurs of establishment rock.

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Language Is an Energy in John Lydon's 'Anger Is an Energy'

Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon spills his guts with sloppy but delightful syntax and riddle-like onomatopoeias.

The Rest Is Senseless: A Conversation With Citizen John Lydon

With a new PiL album and an autobiography out, the former Johnny Rotten looks back on his 59 years, calling them "strange" with "a serious learning curve" in his earliest days.

Public Image Ltd.: What the World Needs Now...

What the World Needs Now... is the sound of a band not really caring too hard about their current stature. Luckily for the listener, the pros outweigh the cons.

Jah Wobble & Keith Levene: Yin & Yang

The original musical forces behind Public Image Ltd reunite for a dubby, jam session-like affair.

Public Image Ltd.: 9 September 2012 - Brooklyn, NY

Tuna fish burps from the bridge-and-tunnel set and endless, self-indulgent jams make it hard to love John Lydon's post-punk roadshow in performance.

Public Image Limited: This Is PiL

This is what you want, this is what you get.

Sex Pistols: Pun(k)s, Pranks, and Provocations

At a time when factions of the punk movement were trying to establish a collective identity, Johnny Rotten maintained an outsider stance while ripping into the darlings of the hip punk set with the same ferocity he applied to the living dinosaurs of establishment rock.

MetalMatters: October 2019 - What's That Noise?

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