Lydon, once the edgy heart of British punk, a mercurial, snidely uncomfortable presence, has graduated over the years into an eye-rolling pantomime dame and, of course, the butter ads and other ...

In Scottish writer Muriel Spark’s 1968 novel, The Public Image, actress Annabel Christopher is obsessed with her appearance. She pleases obsessed fans and paparazzi with a made-up persona, and ...

Public Image LTD are slated to head out on tour in the US this fall. That tour includes a Chicago stop at the House of Blues on October 21. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday (8/1) at 10AM CST. PiL ...

Their first studio LP in 20 years, This is PiL was supposed to be the big comeback for the laureate John Lydon vehicle. But it would be safe to say from that little bit that I thought it might be best ...

After the Sex Pistols crashed and burned in 1978, Johnny Rotten now John Lydon – conjured PiL from the ashes, melding his own personal demons and passion for reggae, dub, and disco, assaulting the UK ...

Some might wonder whether a band which doesn't exactly make headlines is worthy of this massive retrospective, (five CDs and two DVDs in the CD version or six LPs in the vinyl version). Well the truth ...

All props to John Lydon. Having missed both the original and the 'Filthy Lucre' incarnations of the Sex Pistols, I thought I'd better check out Public Image Limited on their first American tour in 18 ...

In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature. When representing the notorious punk rock band, Lydon (as he prefers ...