It only took 27 years, but the time has arrived for the next generation of Public Image Limited fans. Thanks to American indie label 4 Men with Beards, and distributor Forced Exposure (and no thanks to Virgin/EMI, who sat on this for three decades), PiLs seminal Metal Box is available again in its original format. No more of this Second Edition shit this post-punk classic is back in an exact replica of the originals cutting edge packaging: a metal film canister containing three twelve-inch 45s. With the expressed permission of front-man John Lydon himself, we can all finally dance and heckle aimlessly to "Death Disco the way it was originally meant to be.
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Metal Box: Reissue
BY Cam LindsayPublished Feb 20, 2007