Joe Strummer, The 101'ers (born John Graham Mellor, 21 August 1952 - 22 December 2002)

PiL outside the Ritz theatre the day of the infamous "Riot" show,May 15,1981.Pictured are Jeanette Lee,Keith Levene,Nora and John lydon.

Happy Belated Birthday to and remembering #JohnMcGeoch (August 25, 1955 - March 4, 2004) R.I.P. 🥀 ★ 🖤 #JohnAlexanderMcGeoch #Magazine #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #Visage #PublicImageLtd #PiL https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pc_zUB3HW/?igshid=abw4t268niuk

A while back, I picked up Public Image Limited’s famous second album, 1980’s Metal Box, which came on three 12” 45RPM discs housed in a circular metal box. Only 60,000 were made and to some extent that was ambitious as it is a challenging listen—aggressive post-punk with little regard to details like melody and everyone playing in the same key. Anyway, I’ve always wanted one even though they’re quite rare today, and finally I found one at a bearable price that was complete (that sticker on the bottom vanishes a lot apparently) and in decent shape. It may look like crap thanks to the metal oxidation on the box—the result of acids in everyone’s hands—but this is actually cleaner looking than the Instagram filter would let on and most I’ve seen in real life are rusty and gross now. Leave it to Johnny Rotten to create an elegant package that purposefully deteriorated over time.

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bono is insufferable for a reason i can't even really put my finger on but U2 has a lot of really good songs, especially a lot of the material on their first three or four albums

Kid A but only cause the iconic fade from Optimistic into In Limbo (and also cause EIIRP my fave song but mostly that fade)

Well, I have slippers back home, but though I’d say yes to the question in general, more accurately I don’t cause it’s just so much easier not to bother at all dhsjfshfkfhkf. Lazy, I know