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Review Revue: Public Image – First Issue

Review Revue: Public Image – First Issue Yes, this is my third post featuring an album by John Lydon's (apparently) controversial post-Sex Pistols group, Public Image Ltd., aka PiL. Except, what's that? There's no "Ltd" on this record? It's just Public Image? Yes, that does seem to be the case. This is the band's first album, arriving so early in their existence that they hadn't finished naming themselves yet. With this post, PIL has now become the most-blogged band in this series (not counting my Jandek-a-palooza one-off a while back), but it's not for nothing. Whether their first release [...]