Rock veteran John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, will host a virtual event on June 7 at 5 a.m. Est to celebrate the digital release of the 2018 documentary “The Public Image Is Rotten,” which arrives today (May 14) on Vimeo On Demand in both English and Spanish.
The one-hour, 43-minute film about his years with Public Image Ltd (PiL) was directed by Tabbert Filler and features interviews with Lydon and several current and former bandmates including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz of Beastie Boys. The online gathering, to be hosted by the band’s official Facebook page, will give fans a chance to ask questions of Rotten, Tabbert and executive producer and PiL manager Rambo Stevens.
Lydon formed PiL in 1978 after the dissolution of seminal punk band Sex Pistols and debuted their music on Christmas Day in London just before the release of debut album,...
The one-hour, 43-minute film about his years with Public Image Ltd (PiL) was directed by Tabbert Filler and features interviews with Lydon and several current and former bandmates including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz of Beastie Boys. The online gathering, to be hosted by the band’s official Facebook page, will give fans a chance to ask questions of Rotten, Tabbert and executive producer and PiL manager Rambo Stevens.
Lydon formed PiL in 1978 after the dissolution of seminal punk band Sex Pistols and debuted their music on Christmas Day in London just before the release of debut album,...
- 5/14/2020
- by Steve Marinucci
- Variety Film + TV
When John Lydon begins a warm and humorous conversation by saying, “Hello, I am very much alive for anyone who is interested — don’t worry though, I’ve been working hard at not being,” you know he’s taking the piss. For all of his notorious snark and cynicism, the thing that comes through loudest in his post-Rotten, post-Sex Pistols career with Public Image Ltd. (a.k.a. PiL) is how joyful and hard-working he is, and how ebulliently he speaks of those who’ve stuck with him — including his wife, Nora Forster, and this longest-ever line-up of PiL, with whom he’s collaborated for ten years.
That unity hasn’t always been there, which is the point of the recently released and currently screening Lydon/PiL documentary, “The Public Image is Rotten.” Then again, it’s been that mash-up of musicians, old pals and frenemies that have made up what is 40 years of PiL,...
That unity hasn’t always been there, which is the point of the recently released and currently screening Lydon/PiL documentary, “The Public Image is Rotten.” Then again, it’s been that mash-up of musicians, old pals and frenemies that have made up what is 40 years of PiL,...
- 8/21/2018
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Tabbert Fiiller on John Lydon: "I never thought about that in relation to Annalisa. There's also, like, he was very shy as a child and then, certainly after or during the Sex Pistols…" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Following the world première at the Tribeca Film Festival of The Public Image Is Rotten, shot by Yamit Shimonovitz, director Tabbert Fiiller went with me into the John Lydon style that took us to Comme des Garçons, Julian Schnabel and pajamas, Muriel Spark's The Public Image, John Waters at a PiL concert, and wildlife. Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Moby count PiL as an influence.
John Lydon: "John is so good with words. I was just trying to keep up. We shot every day."
John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. started out as Keith Levene, Jah Wobble, and Jim Walker,...
Following the world première at the Tribeca Film Festival of The Public Image Is Rotten, shot by Yamit Shimonovitz, director Tabbert Fiiller went with me into the John Lydon style that took us to Comme des Garçons, Julian Schnabel and pajamas, Muriel Spark's The Public Image, John Waters at a PiL concert, and wildlife. Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Moby count PiL as an influence.
John Lydon: "John is so good with words. I was just trying to keep up. We shot every day."
John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. started out as Keith Levene, Jah Wobble, and Jim Walker,...
- 5/5/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Public Image Ltd played a two-and-a-half hour set at London's Heaven nightclub yesterday (April 2). John Lydon led the current PiL lineup through 17 tracks, backed by Bruce Smith, Lu Edmunds and Scott Firth. As on Sunday evening's show at the same venue, Public Image Ltd opened with new song 'Deeper Water' before launching into 1983 hit 'This Is Not A Love Song'. After a ten-minute version of Metal Box opener 'Albatross', Lydon laughed off a heckle from the crowd, saying: "Hello you silly sausage. You trying to get my rag up with nonsense like that?" He dedicated a new song to Reginald, "a Finsbury Park boy", before the band played 9 singles 'Disappointed' and 'Warrior', originally released in 1989. "I didn't mean to talk too much in that (more)...
- 4/3/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Jah Wobble has revealed that John Lydon contacted him before reforming Public Image Ltd last year. Together with Keith Levene and Jim Walker, the bassist and Lydon were the founding members of the post-punk group. The current version of PiL features Lydon together with Lu Edmonds, Bruce Smith and Scott Firth. Asked about the band's comeback, Wobble told Metro: "John did call but reformation is a risky thing for me; I'm definitely a bloke who needs to (more)...
- 9/2/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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