All emails to be sent to pilhead@gmail.com

I will reply as soon as I can - Thank You

Saturday, 21 October 2017

Department S - remaining gigs for 2017



I'll be at the Christmas gig at the legendary 100 Club, in London. Come and say hello and let's make it a great night 

Saturday, 7 October 2017

Department S - new album coming October 20th 2017

I have a great love for this band. They tour extensively and should be on your ''must see'' list as they really do deliver an amazing live performance.

After last years album, When All Is Said & All Is Done, they follow it up with a compilation album of their singles from down the years up to date. Including some fresh new mixes of old favourites.



Its called 45 Revolutions - Singles 1980-2017 and will be available from 20th October 2017.



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Glen Matlock on Tour Down Under 2017



Glen will be doing a mini Tour in Australia and New Zealand in November. If you get the chance to see him please take a few pics and send them my way to share with everyone. Glen always does a great set and is very approachable and is happy to say hello and have a chat with the fans.

You wont be disappointed

Sunday, 1 October 2017

The Public Image is Rotten - UK/Euro Premiere - a review



The Public Image is Rotten – a review
UK/Euro Premiere
Raindance Festival
Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London
30th September 2017

This is PIL, this is the story of PIL, John Lydon’s continuing work in progress.

This was so good. Better than I could have hoped for. Finally the story of Public Image Ltd, rising from the ashes of the Sex Pistols. A new creation, a new direction for John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten.
The story of PIL has been a strange and twisted tale. Many members have come and gone over the years but the one constant has been its creator – John Lydon.


This is quite an open and frank documentary. Tales of genius, disappointment, chaos, betrayal and creativity.

There’s input from members past and present including all the original founding members, Wobble, Levene and Walker. Plus long term member Martin Atkins and others.

This is as about as honest a story as you will ever hear straight from the people that were there.

The film has a few surprises in its content, not least the honesty from all its members past & present but also because of the inclusion of some great clips. Some of which had not been seen previously.
I loved the fact that I got to see some live footage from PIL’s first ever gig as well as their UK debut back in 1978.



John Lydon is of course the main focus. But this is very much his story. He tells some great stories and you can tell that despite the apparent animosity the past PIL members have had for each other, for various reasons, he still has a great respect and love for their musical talent and their input into the band.

The documentary delivers. It is well made and balanced. Tabbert Fiiller deserves a huge amount of credit for putting together this amazing piece of work. Especially for getting so many people to tell their side of the story.



Hearing Allan Dias talking about why he had to leave PIL in 1992 and why Lu left are interesting stories. The Public Image Ltd of old played hard and it took its toll. 

Its actually amazing that PIL have got back together again and are performing well and making new music. But they have all grown and changed...and for the better. 

The Premiere itself was a great event. John, Scott and Lu mingled with fans. I had a lovely chat with Lu. He asked me what would make next years anniversary special for me- so I told him a new album and a tour. I also asked him to consider mixing the live set up in future, dropping the 20 minute long Religion and maybe playing other tracks like Don’t Ask Me, Cruel and Seattle. We both agreed that the album That What is Not is a favourite of both of ours. So who knows what will happen next year, but I’m hoping for something special – fingers crossed.


If you get the chance to see The Public image is Rotten you wont be disappointed. Hopefully it will get a DVD release in the future – Fans will lap it up. 


Well Done Tabbert and Thank You - This has definitely been worth the wait 



Produced by 

Tyler Brodie...producer
Tabbert Fiiller...producer
Andra Gordon...associate producer
Hunter Gray...producer
Phaedon A. Papadopoulos...producer
Nick Shumaker...executive producer
John 'Rambo' Stevens...executive producer

Cinematography by 

Yamit Shimonovitz

Film Editing by 

Eric Pritchard

Production Management 

Jean Lane...post-production supervisor

Sound Department 

Pablo Betancourt...sound editor
Gabriel Reyna...supervising sound editor
Dan Snow...audio post coordinator
Eric Thomas...sound mixer
Chris Trueman...sound mixer

Editorial Department 

Paul Byrne...colorist
Ayanna Hart...senior digital intermediate producer
William B. Macomber...finishing producer
Tony Shek...on-line editor

Other crew 

James Hamme...production assistant

Friday, 22 September 2017

Punk77 - The Clash - The Bataclan Punk Festival, Paris, France - 29th September 1977



LONDONS BURNING
COMPLETE CONTROL
1977
PROTEX BLUE
HAMMERSMITH PALAIS
CAPITAL RADIO
HATE AND WAR
CITY OF THE DEAD
THE PRISONER
POLICE AND THIEVES
IM SO BORED WITH THE USA
CLASH CITY ROCKERS
JANIE JONES
GARAGELAND
WHITE RIOT
1977
WHATS MY NAME
PARIS IS SINGING


Punk77 - The Clash - Mickey Foote Demos - January 1977



tracks:
Studio chat
I'm So Bored With The USA
London's Burning
White Riot
Career Opportunities
1977
Janie Jones

Punk77 - The Clash - Guildford Civic Hall - 1st May 1977



please note - track 16 is not on this download