Album: This is PiL by Public Image Ltd. (2012)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Punk | Mood: Confrontational
Format: Album

Description: This is PiL is the ninth studio album by Public Image Ltd, or tenth including Commercial Zone. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was released on 28 May 2012 on band's own label, PiL Official. A limited deluxe edition of the album was released with a live DVD entitled There is a PiL In Heaven.

Artist Background: Public Image Ltd (PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes. Lydon is the sole constant member of the band. Lydon emerged after the break-up of the Sex Pistols with PiL's Public Image: First Issue (1978). His new band had a more experimental sound: Wobble's "droning, slow-tempo, bass-heavy noise rock, overlaid by Lydon's distinctive, vituperative rant". Their e... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Punk style.

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Punk style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Punk, Confrontational, 2010s, Album

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This is PiL is the ninth studio album by Public Image Ltd, or tenth including Commercial Zone. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was released on 28 May 2012 on band's own label, PiL Official. A limited deluxe edition of the album was released with a live DVD entitled There is a PiL In Heaven.

This is PiL

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