Recording
Public Image
Public Image Ltd
Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1978
- Label
- Virgin
- On
- Post-Punk, Roots, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
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.
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.
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.