Public Image

Public Image is the 1978 debut album by Public Image Ltd. Its sound merges post-punk, art punk, and New Wave with dub and experimental rock influences, featuring Jah Wobble's heavy, propulsive bass and Keith Levene's metallic, angular guitar textures under John Lydon's confrontational vocals. The record departs from punk's straightforward attack toward fragmented song structures and studio experimentation, and is often cited as a key early post-punk statement.