The whole post-punk thing is pretty fascinating. I mean, it really does largely qualify as progressive rock, although clearly not of the 70s variety. The whole idea of fitting punk and prog together might seem counter-intuitive to those who thing that punk was a reaction to prog. I've read that it was more a reaction to disco and over=produced pop rock of the 1970s, though. I do know that John Lydon was a pretty big Hawkwind fan. So, I'm not sure that the melding of punk aesthetics and prog are all that strange. It's appropriate that I mention Lydon in this review because Jah Wobble was the bass player in Lydon's post Sex Pistols band Public Image, Limited. In fact, these selections started as PIL songs. Whatever you call this, though, it's an effective and intriguing album that's definitely entertaining and artsy.

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