# John Lydon

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Episode 68 - November 1993 Part 1 (Leftfield & Lydon, The Wildhearts, David Bowie & Lenny Kravitz, Pulp, U2)

Martin and Ben are revisiting the music of November 1993. In the first of a two-part look at the month, the artists under the microscope in this episode are Leftfield & John Lydon, The Wildhearts, David Bowie & Lenny Kravitz, Pulp and U2 Buddy Rich, Roy Castle and Sammy Davis Jnr on Parkinson The S…

John Lydon: Anger Is An Energy, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd And Beyond

John Lydon didn’t just sing for the Sex Pistols — he detonated a cultural bomb that still echoes today. In this episode of The Tom Gulley Show, Tom takes a deep dive into the life, career, and uncompromising attitude of the man the world knows as Johnny Rotten. From the chaotic streets of 1970s Lo…

Pop belongs to the last century. Classical music is more relevant to the future

During the 1970s and 80s, I mostly listened to pop and rock music, when even the likes of Captain Beefheart, Henry Cow and Popul Vuh were filed under pop. However far out I went as a listener, though, classical music seemed connected to a dreary sense of uninspiring worthiness that was fixed inside…

Panorama Deluxe saison 3 episode 19 : Pat Mills -Greatings from the godfather of brit comics -

Without Pat Mills and subsequently 2000 AD there would haven't been Alan Moore , Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis , Mark Millar and so many more - Living in Spain Pat Mils is still very much active working on a new serie : Ragtime Soldier based on WWI -A project that would shake the publishing world hop…

Jah Wobble - Public Image Ltd

Jah Wobble joins Ian Prowse and Mick Ord for a fascinating and often hilarious conversation covering Public Image Ltd, John Lydon, the birth of punk, bass playing, Liverpool, creativity and a lifetime spent making music on his own terms. Best known as the original bassist with Public Image Ltd (PiL…

Youth: From Dub and Killing Joke to The Orb, Paul McCartney & Pink Floyd

From the dub sound systems of 1970s Ladbroke Grove to Killing Joke, The Orb, Paul McCartney’s Fireman project and Pink Floyd’s The Endless River, few musicians have moved through as many worlds as Youth (Martin Glover). In this conversation with Jason Barnard, Youth discusses the CHANT Artist Colle…

Nick D – Jim Ryan, GWAR & The Ultimate ’90’s Music Quiz!

Music journalist Jim Ryan from Forbes.com is back to talk about some of the concerts he’s caught lately, including Iron Maiden and Megadeth, Mötley Crüe and Extreme, and all the rain, mud, and music at Riot Fest. Jim also shares stories from his recent interviews with punk legend John Lydon, who to…

Episode 721: Human Pleasure radio, 28th September 2026

0:00 Liner - We've Only Just Begun0:13 Golomb - Real Power3:13 Josh Da Costa - Shireen7:03 Lowsunday - You're So Wired11:08 Liner - My Good Chair11:21 Frankie Rose - Manifest15:14 Ecce Shnak - Anna O18:11 The Catburgers - The First Day of Spring20:28 Black Doldrums - Repetition24:03 Liner - Final P…

First Concert Memories #39: Public Image Ltd in Brixton 1986

On First Concert Memories 39 we are happy to welcome Andrew of Tunes From Turtle Island, our brother from Pantheon Podcasts, to recall a night 40 years ago in Brixton when Public Image Ltd took the stage. Not because it was a great communion of punks idolizing one of their true heroes in John Lyd…