Despair, Redemption, Legacy, Family and Keeping Going with Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd, Invaders of the Heart, etc.)

Four Strings and the Truth

Generous with his time, expansive with his bass playing, and one of the funniest people I’ve ever spoken with, Jah Wobble sits down with a couple of his favorite basses to discuss the gestalt of his 45 plus years as a bass man and band leader. Musical instigator for the first (and best) couple of albums by John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols combo Public Image Ltd, Jah has gone on to create a massive and impossible-to-classify body of work in the ensuing decades. He’s coming back to these shores for a few dates this summer to revisit PiL’s most lasting document, Metal Box, reinterpreting it for a new era with his long-time bandmates. If they’re coming anywhere near you, you’d be crazy not to go!

Jah Wobble (https://jahwobble.com/) / Buy Tickets (https://jahwobble.com/#scrolled)

Public Image Ltd First Issue (https://open.spotify.com/album/6O4XkaHVCzN7Herx0Uz4mK?si=aSKvrqcQQfOE8SqlT5EbxQ)

Public Image Ltd Metal Box a/k/a Second Edition (https://open.spotify.com/album/5votrp9PY49suw8xnXqyrm?si=DwF9xuNfT0KQH9XV6X4K4Q)

Metal Box - Rebuilt in Dub (https://cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/metal-box-rebuilt-in-dub)

Red Mist (Jah Wobble and Tian Quiyi, his sons’ band) (https://jahwobble.bandcamp.com/album/red-mist)

“A Very British History - Romany Gypsies” (BBC Documentary) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMioHd3CcRg)

Pina Bausch Dance Company of Wuppertal (https://www.pina-bausch.de/en/person/6/pina-bausch)

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