Sinclair, Iain 1, 2

  Siouxsie Sioux 1

  Sisters of Mercy 1

  Skopelitis, Nicky 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sleeman, John 1

  Slimani, Ali 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Slotzkin, Alex 1

  Smykle, Paul ‘Groucho’ 1

  Snake Charmer (JW, Holger Czukay and The Edge) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  ‘Socialist’ (PiL) 1

  ‘Soledad’ (Invaders of the Heart) 1

  Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Blake) 1

  Soro (Salif Keita) 1

  Sparrows Can’t Sing 1

  Spinner (JW and Brian Eno) 1

  Stalin, Joseph 1

  Stalker 1

  States see America

  ‘Steel Leg Versus the Electric Dread’ (JW and Keith Levene) 1

  Stevens, Joe 1

  Stevens, John 1, 2

  Stewart, Nick 1

  Stewart, Rod 1

  Sting 1

  Stockhausen, Karlheinz 1, 2, 3

  Stockhausen, Marcus 1

  ‘Strawberry Fields’ (The Beatles) 1, 2

  Strummer, Joe 1, 2

  Stump 1

  ‘Suit, The’ (PiL) 1

  Sulejmanovic, Amila 1

  Surman, John 1

  Suzuki, Kumiko 1

  Suzuki, Sunhryū 1

  ‘Swanlake’ (PiL) 1

  Swift, Rob 1

  Taha, Rachid 1

  Take Me to God (Invaders of the Heart) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Justin Adams 1;

  cover 1, 2;

  Iain Sinclair 1

  ‘Tales from Outer Space’ (JW) 1

  Tascon, Ximenia 1

  Taxi Driver (Scorsese) 1, 2

  Temporary Music (Material) 1

  ‘Theme’ (PiL) 1, 2, 3

  Tighten Up (Trojan Records) 1

  Tizi Ouzou 1

  Top of the Pops 1

  Townhouse Studios 1, 2

  ‘Travelling People’ (The Dubliners) 1

  Trojan Records 1, 2, 3

  Tubby Isaacs 1

  Turner, Tina 1

  ‘Tutu’ (Miles Davis) 1

  ‘Tyger, The’ (Blake) 1

  Ulmer, James Blood 1

  Umbra Sumus (JW) 1

  Underground see London Underground

  United States see America

  Urban Dance Squad 1

  Venema, Willem 1, 2

  Vicious, Sid 1, 2, 3 axe incident 1;

  bass 1;

  counselling 1;

  and Ian Dury 1;

  JW’s stage name 1;

  Kingsway 1;

  John Lydon joins Sex Pistols 1, 2

  VIEP (JW) 1

  Virgin Records 1, 2, 3, 4; ‘Fodderstompf’ 1;

  recording and publishing contract 1, 2;

  The Manor 1

  ‘Visions of You’ (Invaders of the Heart) 1, 2

  ‘Voodoo’ (JW, Ollie Marland and Polly Eltes) 1

  Vynia, Margot 1

  Wahab, Mohamed Abdel 1, 2

  Walker, Jim: First Issue photo 1; ‘Fodderstompf’ 1;

  The Human Condition 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; PiL 6, 7;

  ‘Public Image’ 1;

  Snake Charmer 1

  Walsh, Antony 1

  Wardle, Catherine (sister) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Wardle, Charlie (son) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Wardle, Harry (father): in army 1; death 1;

  employment 1, 2, 3;

  family history 1, 2;

  isolation 1;

  JW’s Berlin gig 1;

  JW’s education 1;

  Millwall supporter 1;

  on Rolling Stones 1;

  sense of humour 1;

  voice 1

  Wardle, Hayley (daughter) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Wardle, Jack (John) (grandfather) 1, 2

  Wardle, John Joseph see Wobble, Jah

  Wardle, John (Tien Chi) (son) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Wardle, John (uncle) 1, 2

  Wardle, Kathleen (mother): and Church 1; employment 1;

  as evacuee 1;

  family history 1, 2, 3;

  frightened by poltergeists 1;

  JW’s birth 1;

  JW’s drinking 1;

  JW’s education 1;

  personality 1;

  records 1;

  spin dryer 1;

  suspicions of lodger 1, 2

  Wardle, Margaux (wife) 1, 2, 3, 4: America 1;

  divorce 1;

  Hayley’s birth 1;

  JW in hospital 1;

  Kilburn bedsit 1;

  Manchester 1;

  Modern Romance 1;

  Natalie’s birth 1;

  Notting Hill Carnival 1;

  Screen on the Green gig 1;

  T-shirt design 1

  Wardle, Natalie (daughter) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Wardle, Terry (uncle) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Wardle, Zi-Lan (wife) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 China trip 1;

  Chinese dub tour 1;

  and daughters 1;

  golf 1;

  ‘Heaven and Earth’ 1;

  ku-cheng concerto 1;

  moves from East End 1;

  pranks on 1

  Warner Bros 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Warner Chappell 1

  Weatherall, Andy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  ‘Weila Waila’ (The Dubliners) 1

  ‘Welcome to My World’ (Jim Reeves) 1

  Westerman, Glen (Westo) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Westwood, Vivienne 1

  Whitehead, Annie 1, 2, 3, 4

  Whiter, Jimmy 1

  Who, The 1, 2

  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1

  Wilkerson, David see Jaymes, David

  Wilson, Tony 1, 2

  Wimbish, Doug 1, 2

  Without Judgement (Invaders of the Heart) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Wobble, Jah east end 1, 2, 3;

  dossers 1;

  drugs 1;

  pickles and cockles 1;

  printworkers’ dispute 1;

  pubs and clubs 1;

  race 1

  education: ambassador, 1;

  big school 1;

  Birkbeck 1;

  Kingsway 1, 2;

  reading 1;

  St Mary’s and Michael’s primary school 1

  employment: Express Couriers 1;

  haulage company 1;

  Heartbreakers tour 1;

  Leadenhall Market 1;

  London Underground 1, 2, 3;

  as messenger boy 1;

  minicabbing 1, 2, 3;

  unemployment 1;

  warehouse 1;

  Wembley Stadium 1

  family and friends 1, 2

  axe incident with Sid Vicious 1;

  divorce from Margaux 1;

  estranged from daughters 1;

  family history 1;

  father 1;

  Hayley 1;

  Hayley’s birth 1;

  John’s birth 1;

  Angus MacKinnon 1;

  Margaux 1, 2, 3;

  marries Zi-Lan 1; 2;

  mother 1;

  Natalie’s birth 1;

  Ronnie Britton 1, 2;

  Adrian Sherwood 1, 2;

  Sid Vicious 1;

  Vince and Sid 1;

  and Zi-Lan 1

  housing: Clichy 1;

  Corfield Street 1;

  Dellow House 1, 2;

  Edmonton Green 1;

  Kilburn bedsit 1;

  Manciple Street squat 1;

  moves from East End 1;

  Smithy Street 1

  the human condition 1, 2

  invaders of the heart: Justin Adams 1, 2;

  ‘Bomba’ 1;

  break-ups 1, 2;

  Dickie Daws 1;

  drummers 1;

  East West Records 1;

  Far East tour 1;

  fresh start 1;

  Glastonbury 1;

  Island Records 1, 2, 3;

  ‘Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart’ 1;

  Ollie Marland 1, 2, 3;

  Mercury Music Award 1;

  Miden music seminar 1;

  musicians and singers 1, 2;

  Neon Moon 1;

  North American tour 1;

  Oval Records 1, 2;

  personnel changes 1, 2, 3;

  reforms 1;

  Rising Above Bedlam 1, 2;

  The Romany Trail 1;

  Ali Slimani 1;

  Snake Charmer 1, 2;

  Take Me to God 1, 2;

  ‘Visions of You’ 1;

  ‘Voodoo’ 1;

  Margot Vynia 1;

  Annie Whitehead 1, 2;

  Without Judgement 1, 2;

  Womad 1

  music 1, 2:

  bass 1, 2;

  Miles Davis 1;

  Ian Dury 1;

  jazz 1, 2;

  Liston-Smith 1;

  mid-eighties 1;

  Om Kalsoum 1;

  pop 1;

  Primal Scream 1;

  punk 1;

  reggae 1, 2;

  Sex Pistols 1, 2;

  short-wave radio oscillations 1;

  Stockhausen 1;

  tastes develop 1

  music business 1

  Cable 1;

  cooks 1;

  Holger Czukay 1, 2, 3;

  Factory Records 1;

  Hein Fokker 1;

  Charlie Gillett 1, 2;

  Gooseberry 1;

  Island Records 1, 2, 3;

  David Jaymes 1, 2;

  Bill Laswell 1, 2;

  Don Letts 1;

  Jaki Liebezeit 1, 2;

  Malcolm McLaren 1;

  publishing deal 1;

  Willem Venema 1;

  well-to-do musicians 1

  personal: alcoholism 1, 2;

  Apocalypse Now 1;

  art deco 1;

  artist 1;

  Pina Bausch 1;

  birth 1;

  Brexit 1;

  childhood hallucination 1;

  Crohn’s disease 1;

  deconstruction 1;

  didn’t move to Essex 1;

  emptying out 1;

  firewood incident 1;

  football 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  Glasgow 1;

  golf and heroin 1;

  haunted houses 1;

  karate 1;

  library story 1;

  meeting people halfway 1;

  mid-eighties 1;

  narcissistic tendencies 1;

  Notting Hill Carnival 1;

  origins of name 1;

  pranks 1;

  sobriety 1;

  soundtracks and radio documentaries 1;

  speed 1, 2;

  spirituality 1, 2, 3;

  steam baths 1;

  therapy 1;

  TV appearances 1;

  violence 1;

  zeitgeist 1

  public image ltd 1, 2, 3, 4:

  First Issue 1;

  American tour 1, 2;

  Chris Blackwell 1;

  departure from 1, 2;

  financial management 1;

  gigs 1, 2;

  Gunter Grove scene 1;

  Jeanette Lee 1, 2;

  Metal Box 1, 2, 3;

  Dennis Morris 1, 2;

  postscript 1;

  ‘Public Image’ 1;

  TV performances 1;

  as umbrella organisation 1

  record labels: 1

  Hertz Records 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  Cherry Red Records 1, 2, 3;

  Jah Wobble Records 1;

  Lago 1

  solo work 1, 2;

  Bedroom Album 1;

  Betrayal 1;

  ‘Body Music’ 1;

  The Celtic Poets 1, 2, 3;

  Chinese dub tour 1, 2;

  Deep Space 1, 2;

  ‘Dreadlock Don’t Deal in Wedlock’ 1;

  German tour 1;

  Guanyin 1;

  guest players and singers 1, 2;

  Heaven and Earth 1, 2, 3;

  How Much Are They 1, 2;

  I Could Have Been a Contender 1;

  The Inspiration of William Blake 1, 2;

  Jah Wobble, Dark Luminosity – the 1st Century Collection 2;

  Maghrebi Jazz 1, 2;

  Metal Box – Rebuilt in Dub 1;

  Middle Passage 1;

  Mu 1;

  Psalms 1;

  Realm of Spells 1;

  Redux 1;

  Requiem 1, 2;

  as session man 1;

  Iain Sinclair 1;

  Spinner 1;

  spoken-word shows 1, 2, 3;

  ‘Steel Leg Versus the Electric Dread’ 1;

  tours 1;

  Umbra Sumus 1;

  VIEP 1

  travels: Algeria 1;

  Berlin 1;

  Brussels 1;

  China 1;

  Manchester 1, 2, 3

  Womad 1, 2

  Wonder, Stevie 1, 2, 3

  Worrell, Bernie 1

  Yippies 1

  About the Author

  Jah Wobble is the English musician and composer whose sound, from his beginnings as a founding member of the hugely influential post-punk group Public Image Limited to his successful and prolific forty-year solo career, has influenced an entire generation.

  Copyright

  This expanded edition first published in the UK and the USA in 2024

  by Faber & Faber Limited

  The Bindery, 51 Hatton Garden

  London EC1N 8HN

  First published in 2009 by Serpent’s Tail,

  an imprint of Profile Books Ltd

  29 Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JQ

  This ebook edition first published in the UK in 2024

  All rights reserved

  © Jah Wobble, 2009, 2024

  Cover design by Faber

  Cover image © Adrian Boot / urbanimage.tv

  The right of Jah Wobble to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly

  ISBN 978–0–571–37536–3

 

 

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