Artist
Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd appears 3 times in our Post-Punk, Roots, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 3
- Appears on
- Post-Punk, Roots, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1978
- Highest placing
- No. 2 in Post-Punk
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Public Image
1978 · Virgin
Ranked No. 2 in Post-Punk
Lydon's first act after the Sex Pistols is to hire a dub bass player and make the guitar ring rather than chug. A resignation letter from punk, delivered as a single.
Also on Roots, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Public Image
1978 · Virgin
Picked by Roots
The guitar stops chugging and starts ringing, the bass takes the tune, and British guitar music spends the next fifteen years working out what to do with the space that left.
Also on Post-Punk, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Public Image
1978 · Virgin
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
A resignation letter from punk delivered as a single: dub bass, ringing guitar, and no interest whatsoever in the audience that came for the last band.