Tag: Public Image Ltd.

Listen: Ministry releases (mostly) full show from ‘In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up’

Listen: Ministry releases (mostly) full show from ‘In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up’

Ministry has released a new live album on Bandcamp — with a vinyl edition following in September — that, while not advertised as such, is taken from the same 1990 concert that spawned the six-song In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up live album and companion home video release.

Vintage Video: Watch Public Image Ltd.’s VHS-only ‘Anarchy Movie 85’ concert film

Vintage Video: Watch Public Image Ltd.’s VHS-only ‘Anarchy Movie 85’ concert film

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present the out-of-print, oft-bootlegged Public Image Ltd. concert film “Anarchy Movie ’85,” which only ever was released officially on VHS in Japan. This VHS transfer has surprisingly great picture and audio quality.

Shriekback launches Kickstarter to help fund first live dates in nearly 25 years

Shriekback launches Kickstarter to help fund first live dates in nearly 25 years

Shriekback — self-described “weirdshit danceband, now very old indeed” — is planning to play live for the first time in nearly 25 years, and is soliciting fans to help fund a U.K. and European tour with the promise that, if successful, a North American outing could follow by summer 2018.

Keith Levene to finish PiL’s ‘Commercial Zone,’ release album ‘the right way’

Keith Levene to finish PiL’s ‘Commercial Zone,’ release album ‘the right way’

Keith Levene, founding member of both The Clash and Public Image Ltd., plans to resurrect what was to be PiL’s fourth album —1984’s Commercial Zone, released in two different incarnations — and “enhance it with original material,” finishing the album 30 years later.

John Lydon joins North American arena tour of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

John Lydon joins North American arena tour of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

John Lydon will tour North American arenas this summer, but not with Public Image Ltd. or the Sex Pistols — no, the erstwhile Johnny Rotten will play King Herod in a new touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” that also will feature members of Incubus, *NSYNC and Destiny’s Child.

Public Image Ltd. making career-spanning documentary, asks fans for photos, footage

Public Image Ltd. making career-spanning documentary, asks fans for photos, footage

Public Image Ltd. is working on a “comprehensive, career-spanning” documentary about itself, and is turning to fans to help track down “never before seen” photographs as well as rare film and video footage of John Lydon and Co. from any time period of the group’s career.

Public Image Ltd. preps 3 vinyl reissues as part of Virgin Records’ 40th anniversary

Public Image Ltd. preps 3 vinyl reissues as part of Virgin Records’ 40th anniversary

Virgin Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary this fall, a milestone the label will mark, in part, with a series of vinyl reissues from Public Image Ltd., including a new 180-gram picture disc of 1986’s Album, a 7-inch picture disc of “This Is Not a Love Song” and a double A-sided 12-inch singe featuring “Rise” and “Warrior.”

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

On this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we bring you one of John Lydon’s many infamous appearances on the program. Here’s 9 minutes of footage from a 1987 spot on “120 Minutes,” as the Public Image Ltd. frontman’s ‘s wry personality comes into sharp contrast with Kevin Seal’s absurdist take on hosting.

Vintage Video: Public Image Ltd. live at ‘Rockpalast’ 1983 — watch full hour-long set

Vintage Video: Public Image Ltd. live at ‘Rockpalast’ 1983 — watch full hour-long set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we bring you the full hour-long performance by Public Image Ltd. on the West German TV show “Rockpalast” in 1983, a 13-song set that recently was released on both CD and DVD — but the folks at the RockpalastOfficial YouTube channel put it online.

New releases: Skinny Puppy, PiL, British Electric Foundation, Pastels, Stranglers

New releases: Skinny Puppy, PiL, British Electric Foundation, Pastels, Stranglers

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Skinny Puppy (‘Weapon’), British Electric Foundation (‘Music of Quality and Distinction Vol. 3: Dark’) , The Stranglers (‘Giants’) and The Pastels (‘Slow Summits’), plus a Public Image Ltd. reissue and a box set from The Woodentops.

Video: Public Image Ltd. live in Australia last month — watch full 2-hour set

Video: Public Image Ltd. live in Australia last month — watch full 2-hour set

John Lydon’s resurrected Public Image Ltd. went Down Under last month for a tour of Australia in support of last year’s comeback album This Is PiL, and the folks at Moshcam have been so kind as to post a full two-hour show filmed April 11 in Sydney. Check out the full set right here.

Public Image Ltd. to give ‘First Issue’ its first-ever U.S. release with expanded reissue

Public Image Ltd. to give ‘First Issue’ its first-ever U.S. release with expanded reissue

Public Image Ltd. will follow up this month’s Record Store Day reissue of debut 7-inch “Public Image” later this year with the band’s first-ever U.S. release of debut album ‘First Issue,’ which will be released in expanded 2CD and single-LP vinyl editions with “various bonus material.”

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

The lineup for this summer’s Glastonbury festival was announced today, and it’s an utter monstrosity, with headliners The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons joined by a seemingly endless list of bands, including Primal Scream, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and more.