Public Image Ltd – the 2012 edition.

‘This is PiL‘ starts with a defiant burp and, as with the debut single by the post-Pistols band, it begins with a statement of self-definition. “You are now entering a PiL zone” we are informed – a kind of listener advisory; turn back now if you are of a sensitive disposition.

Actually the rants against moronic institutions, lost values and lying leaders are fairly mild; in one interview John Lydon/Johnny Rotten admits that lyrically there is more “soul-searching than asshole hunting”. Continue reading