When Dick Clark died a few months ago, one of the most widely-circulated videos posted in his honor was a clip of Public Image Ltd.’s 1980 appearance on American Bandstand. The group performed ...

Public Image Limited This is PiL This is not the Public Image Limited that you want. But really, how could it be? As much as we'd love to see what so many consider to be the “perfect&amp ...

This Is PiL is meant to assure us that the edges haven’t been smoothed off John Lydon by butter adverts and I’m a Celebrity …Get Me Out of Here.. Dub rhythms, jagged guitar and Lydon’s ...

In the mid-1970s, the bloated and moribund music industry was given a much needed enema by The Sex Pistols. Anarchic and swearing, they spit upon Britain's cultural icons and reminded people that ...

Public Image Ltd. (PiL) start their 38-date UK and European tour tomorrow, Friday 8th September, at Sheffield's Leadmill.

Public Image Ltd. is still remembered for a 1981 New York City show at the Ritz (now Webster Hall) where it performed behind a screen, with Mr. Lydon taunting the audience, until the crowd rioted ...

'I give everything live. There is human wreckage when I perform. Little pieces of me are torn off.' Those were John Lydon's provocative words in an interview ahead of this gig and boy did punk's ...

Public Image Ltd. have announced the tracklisting for their new album ‘This Is PiL’. The LP, which is the follow-up to 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’, is John Lydon and co’s first studio ...

In the July 22, 1978 issue of NME, Lydon officially revealed the band’s name as Public Image Ltd. (PiL) and added that they would manage themselves under their deal with Virgin Records.

In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature. When representing the notorious punk rock band, Lydon (as he prefers ...

Tackling the 10 best Public Image Ltd. songs is a daunting task. First question is, who exactly is PiL? Yes, there is a recent album called This Is PiL that some might think answers the question ...

'I give everything live. There is human wreckage when I perform. Little pieces of me are torn off.' Those were John Lydon's provocative words in an interview ahead of this gig and boy did punk's ...