How we made: Jah Wobble and Keith Levene on Public Image Ltd's Metal Box. Jah Wobble, bass If it weren't for John [Lydon] I wouldn't have started playing bass. I knocked around with him in 1976. One day, he said: "I'm going to be in a band. " It was that Emerson, Lake and Palmer period – no one I knew was in a band. When John came out of the Sex Pistols he was willing to take a chance and do something radical. We were done with listening to punk and reggae. Virgin gave us a load of money, but made sure we gave it back by spending it in their studio! The Suit was about a minder friend of John's. Going on Top of the Pops to play Death Disco was a right laugh. Keith Levene, guitar John had been this chancer walking down the road in an I Hate Pink Floyd T-shirt, and he stepped up and did a good job in the Sex Pistols.
We were under pressure on the first album [First Issue, 1978]. Metal Box was created with instruments and notes, but no talking between us. We laid the music out on a plate for Lydon. This is a Family thing floodin’ the scene Where...
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