John Lydon unveiled PiL on Christmas Day 1978. The audience, John Lydon told the Guardian with amusement, were "nauseated, because the bass frequency was so low your bowels started to vibrate". He lets out his familiar arch cackle. "Well, it's a different experience at Christmas." . 

PiL return to The Powerstation for their second visit in January 2027 , thirty eight years since the inaugural 1989 visit. Since 1979 the PiL canon of work from Public image to Metal Box , to Flowers of Romance , to This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get . to Album, and beyond ..... remain challenging to this day. 

John Lydon says ... 

I attack my weaknesses head-bang-fucking-on, and it's quite painful for me at times – and it's important."

“PiL is my community. I treat the people in PiL like my neighbours. Generally speaking, the sour pusses aren’t welcome and we let them know that from the start – and then you get on superbly. PiL tours are like a Viking raiding party bringing gifts – it’s like Monty Python lupins – but our gifts are non-returnable and non-refundable.”

“Lu Edmonds (bass) , Bruce Smith (drums) and Scott Firth (guitar) have been magnificent with me and they’re both gagging at the bit. I love them so much, they are such decent, human beings, and we will have some fun together. PiL isn’t over. It’s very, very serious hard work but I’m nowhere near old enough to complain about that. I’m working class. No surrender. We like it.”