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ARCHiVE iNTERViEWS

TV / RADiO TRANSCRiPTS

SiNGLE REViEWS

ALBUM REViEWS

GiG REViEWS

MiSC REViEWS

MiSC PRESS ARTiCLES

 

ARCHiVE INTERViEWS

 
NME, May 27th, 1978 - (first) PiL interview

ZigZag, December 1978 - PiL interview

NME, December 23rd, 1978 - Lydon interview

Muziekkrant Oor, January, 1979 - PiL interview & Brussels review

NME, June 16th, 1979 - PiL interview

ZigZag, December 1979 - Lydon, Lee & Levene interview

Record Mirror, March 29th 1980 - Lydon & Levene interview

Rolling Stone, May 1, 1980 - Lydon interview

Maclean’s, June 2, 1980 - Lydon interview

NME, July 5, 1980 - Levene interview

The Face, November 20th 1980 - Lydon & Levene interview

NME, March 14th, 1981 - Lydon & Levene interview

Zigzag, April 1981 - Lydon & Levene interview
Record Mirror, May 18th 1981 - Lydon interview

Musikexpress & Sounds 1981 - Wobble & Holger Czukay ints

NME, August 7th, 1982 - Lydon & Lee interview

NME, November 20th, 1982 - Wobble interview

SPEX, November 1983 - Levene interview

The Face, December, 1983 - Lydon Interview

Musician, Player and Listener, February, 1985 -  Levene interview

Cut Magazine, November 1987 - Lydon & McGeoch Interview

Los Angeles Times, November 29th, 1987 - Lydon interview

Sounds, September 17th, 1988 - PiL interview & Estonia review

Melody Maker, September 24th, 1988 - Lydon & McGeoch

Sounds, April 22, 1989 - PiL Interview

BAM Magazine, June 16th, 1989 - Lydon interview

Alternative Press, July 3rd, 1989 - Lydon interview

ME/Sounds (Germany) July 1989 - Lydon interview

NME, December 16th, 1989 - Levene interview

Sounds, December 16th 1989 - Levene & Wobble interview

Sounds, October 27th 1990 - John McGeoch interview

Interview Magazine, January, 1991 - Lydon interview

Volume 3 CD, February, 1992 - Lydon interview

South Haven Daily Tribune, April 10th, 1992 - Lydon interview

NME, November 27th, 1993 - Lydon & Leftfield interview

DISCoveries, September 1994 - Lydon interview

NME, July 12th, 1997 - Lydon interview

Bill Board, February 1999 - Wobble interview

The Times, March 13th, 1999 - Lydon interview

Year Zero, October 2001 - Lydon interview

Q Magazine, November 2001 - Lydon Q Awards interview

Sunday Times, December 1st, 2002 - Lydon interview

Uncut Magazine, June 2003 - Keith Levene interview

LA Times, June 29th, 2003 - Lydon interview

Mojo (PiL Special) - January 2004 - Lydon / Levene / Wobble

Times Educational Supplement, March 19th, 2004 - Wobble

3:AM Magazine, May 2004 - Keith Levene interview

Guitar Magazine, May 2004 - Keith Levene interview

The Independent, September 9th, 2005 - Wobble interview

Sunday Times, October 2nd, 2005 - Lydon interview

Uncut Magazine, December 2007 - Lydon interview
 
 

TV / RADiO TRANSCRiPTS

 
Check it Out, July 2nd, 1979 - PiL interview
BRMB Radio, July 26th, 1979 - Lydon int & record selection

NBC, Tomorrow Show, June 27th, 1980 - Lydon & Levene int

KROQ, July 3rd, 1986 - Lydon & Smith interview
MTV, Post Modern, September 19th, 1989 - Lydon interview
KROQ, November 6th, 1990 - Lydon interview
 
 

 

SiNGLES

 

Public Image - NME, October 14th, 1978

Death Disco - NME, July 1979

Memories - Sounds, October 1979

Flowers of Romance - NME, March 28th, 1981

This is Not a Love Song - Smash Hits, September 1983

Love Song & Live in Tokyo LP - Down Beat, May 1984

Bad Life - NME, May 1984

Time Zone: World Destruction - NME, January 1985

Rise - Sounds, January 1986

Home - Smash Hits, June 1986

Seattle - Sounds, August 1987

The Body - The Beat, November 1987

Disappointed - Sounds, April 1989

Warrior - Sounds, July 1989

Don't Ask Me - Sounds, October 1990

Cruel - Melody Maker, February 1992

Leftfield Lydon: Open Up - NME, November 13th, 1993

Leftfield Lydon: Open Up - Melody Maker, November 13th, 1993

 

ALBUMS

 

Public Image: First Issue - Sounds, December 1978

Metal Box - NME, November 24th, 1979

Second Edition - Stereo Review, August 1980

Paris Au Printemps - NME, November 15th, 1980

Paris Au Printemps & Flowers of Romance - Rolling Stone, May 28th, 1981

Flowers of Romance - Rolling Stone, March 5th, 1981

Live in Tokyo - Record Mirror, October 1983

This Is What You Want... - Melody Maker, July 1984

This is What You Want... & Commercial Zone - Backbeat, August 1984

Album - NME, February 1986

Happy? - Sounds, September 19th, 1987

Happy? - Rolling Stone, February 1988

9 - Q Magazine, May 1989

The Greatest Hits So Far - Sounds, October 27th, 1990

That What is Not - Rolling Stone, February 1992

That What is Not - Q Magazine, March 1992

Psycho's Path - Rolling Stone, September 4th, 1997

Plastic Box - NME, March 1999

Plastic Box - Q Magazine, March 1999

The Best Of British £1 Notes - NME, September 28th, 2005

Metal Box (2006 re-issue) - Rolling Stone, November 2006

 

GiGS

For extensive fan reviews see PiL Gig Archive

 

London, Rainbow, December 25th, 1978 - Melody Maker, December 31st, 1978

London, Rainbow, December 25th, 1978 - Sounds, January, 1979

Manchester, Russell Club, (The Factory) June 18th, 1979 - Melody Maker, June 1979

Paris, le Palace, France, January 1980 - NME, February 2nd, 1980

New York, Palladium, April 20th, 1980 - MPL, 1980

LA, Olympic Auditorium May 4th, 1980 - Down Beat, August 1980

New York, Ritz May 15th, 1981 - Sounds, May 30th, 1981

New York, Ritz May 15th, 1981 - Rolling Stone, June 25th 1981

New York, Roseland Ballroom, September 28th 1982
- Sounds (Germany), October 1982

San Francisco, The Galleria, November 5th 1982 - BravEar Fanzine, April 1982

London, Brixton Academy, May 27th, 1986 - Melody Maker, June 1986

London, Brixton Academy, May 27th 1986 - NME, June 1986

 

MiSC REViEWS

 

Tomorrow Show - Rolling Stone, August 7th, 1980

Order of Death - Melody Maker, November 5th, 1983

Metal Box: 100 Greatest Album Covers - Rolling Stone, November 1991

Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs - Mixmag, May 1994

 

MiSC PRESS ARTiCLES ETC

 
The Punk and His Music - Capital Radio, July 16th 1977
Tracklisting and full transcription from John Lydon's, now legendary, appearance on the Tommy Vance Show.

A TV trip to Birmingham - Melody Maker, August 1978
Revolver & Camber Sands!

En Attendant, #13 (Belgium) - January 1979
Chronological behind-the-scenes account of PiL's first ever show by Belgian promoters Clean-X.

The Emperor's New Clothes - Damage fanzine, 1980
Interviews & in-depth US Tour info.

Notes on Metal Box - by Lester Bangs
Published in 'Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung'.

1982/83 Press Archives
A (small) selection of Maureen Baker's press archives from circa 1982/83. Split into 2 PDF files. Includes: NY Times, Billboard, Melody Maker and much more…

"I’m Really Scared When I Kill In My Dreams" - Artforum, January 1983
Includes intro paragraph about NY Ritz 1981, by Kim Gordon, Sonic Youth.

Vacant: A Diary of the Punk Years 1976-79 - Independent on Sunday, April 11th, 1999
Book review by Jah Wobble.

Full Metal Jacket - FACT Magazine, January 2004
'Metal Box' retrospective by ex ZigZag journo, Kris Needs.

Money or Label ? - Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany, January 30th, 2004
'Music Biz' essay by Jah Wobble.

John McGeoch Obituaries - The Independent, March 11th, 2004 by Pierre Perrone & The Guardian, March 12th, 2004 by Dave Simpson.

Jah Wobble's Top 10 Dub Tracks - The Independent, August 13th, 2004
Wob picks his favourite dub reggae tracks.

Sid Vicious: No One is Innocent - Independent on Sunday, June 20th 2007
Book review by Jah Wobble.

 
 

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