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Public Image Ltd.

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End of World (2023)	What the World Needs Now… (2015)	This is PiL (2012)
That What Is Not (1992)	9 (1989)	Happy? (1987)
Album (1985)	This Is What You Want… Th (1984)	The Flowers of Romance (1981)
Metal Box (1979)	First Issue (1978)

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4 Male

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London, England

Genre
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Post-Punk

Style
Punk

Mood
Confrontational

Born

1978

Active
1978 to Present...

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Public Image Ltd

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Public Image Ltd. - Rise
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Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
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Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not a Love Song

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Public Image Ltd (PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes. Lydon is the sole constant member of the band.
Lydon emerged after the break-up of the Sex Pistols with PiL's Public Image: First Issue (1978). His new band had a more experimental sound: Wobble's "droning, slow-tempo, bass-heavy noise rock, overlaid by Lydon's distinctive, vituperative rant". Their early work is often regarded as some of the most challenging and innovative music of the post-punk era. Their 1979 album Metal Box was ranked number 469 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The NME described PiL as "arguably the first post-rock group".