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Public Image Ltd.The vehicle of John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols), but also featuring a number of other important musicians. The band very definitely falls into the "post-punk" genre, but is somewhat more subdued and dub-influenced (though they were all dub-influenced to some degree) than others. For the first album, the band was just called Public Image.Second Edition- 1979Bassist Jah Wobble helps turn this album into a great combination of heavily dub-influenced beats (though there is no actual dubbing). The beats dominate the music, leaving the guitarist free to noodle high pitched jangling phrases on the outskirts of the songs. Lydon's sneering, mocking voice is deliberately slowed down and the whole album has an underwater feel. The lyrics are sometimes socio-political, but usually obscure.There is an interesting part in Memories where Lydon reverts to his Johnny Rotten persona, which, over a flanged high-hat, makes for an attention grabbing bridge. The album is over an hour long and contains three instrumentals. Two stay similar in theme with the rest of the album: Socialist (the vocals are replaced with blips and bleeps) and Graveyard (which gives the guitarist the spotlight). There is enough variation in songs to keep the album interesting, but it is all essentially the same style. The remaining instrumental and the last song on the album, Radio 4, featuring sweeping synthesizers and a melody played on bass, with no drums or guitar, is a suprising change of tone. |