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Jah Wobble

Jah Wobble

Acting

Biography

John Joseph Wardle, known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. John Wardle originally met John Lydon, John Grey and Sid Vicious at Kingsway College, London, in 1973. It was Vicious who originally nicknamed John “Jah Wobble” after a drunken binge, and would also loan him his first bass guitar. Jah Wobble has appeared with Public Image Ltd, African Head Charge, The Invaders of the Heart, Holger Czukay and many others.

Known For

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7.1

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996
Punk Britannia
7.5

A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.

Punk Britannia

2012
Scala!!!
7.8

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.

Scala!!!

2024
Ten Thousand Waves
7.5

TEN THOUSAND WAVES is a 9-screen installation shot on location in China. The work poetically weaves together stories linking China’s ancient past and present. Through an architectural installation, the work explores the movement of people across countries and continents and meditates on unfinished journeys. Conceived and made over four years, TEN THOUSAND WAVES sees Julien collaborating with some of China’s leading artistic voices, including the legendary siren of Chinese cinema Maggie Cheung; rising star of Chinese film Zhao Tao; poet Wang Ping; master calligrapher Gong Fagen; artist Yang Fudong; acclaimed cinematographer Zhao Xiaoshi; and a 100-strong Chinese cast and crew. The film’s original musical score is by fellow East Londoner Jah Wobble and The Chinese Dub Orchestra and contemporary classical composer Maria de Alvear.

Ten Thousand Waves

2010
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5.0

The story of Sid Vicious, by those who really knew him

Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him

2009
The Public Image Is Rotten
7.4

British rock icon John Lydon and fellow bandmates recall the years they spent performing as Public Image Ltd.

The Public Image Is Rotten

2017
Public Image Limited – Live At Rockpalast 1983
N/A

After the end of the Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten (or John Lydon) had built a new career with his band Public Image Limited. The early albums, "First Issue", "Metal Box" and "Flowers of Romance" are now seen as classics of post punk and the highlights of these albums are in this unique Rockpalast concert. The experimental mix of dub, punk, noise and dance still sounds fresh. Included is a rare performance of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK". Tracks: Public Image I, Annalisa, Religion, Memories, Flowers of Romance, Solitaire, Chant, Anarchy in the U.K, (This Is Not a) Love Song, Low Life, Under the House, Bad Life, Public Image II

Public Image Limited – Live At Rockpalast 1983

2012
Public Image Ltd. : Videos
N/A

Public Image Ltd. promo VHS video compilation 1978-86. Includes Rise, Public Image, Death Disco, This is Not a Love Song, Bad Life, Home

Public Image Ltd. : Videos

1986
The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The Heart
N/A

A career boxset coming in the form of a 5CD/2DVD is released to coincide with the career-spanning documentary film about Public Image Ltd titled The Public Image Is Rotten. This box set ‘The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)’ features the PiL Singles Collection, B-sides, Rarities and Radio Sessions, 12” Mixes, Unreleased Mixes and Tracks + a Live concert from New York Ritz in July 1989. The DVD includes PiL promo videos + some live footage from the BBC’s Top Of The Pops and Old Grey Whistle Test. Just in case that wasn’t enough, we’ve also included two live concerts, the first Tallinn Rock Summer Festival in Estonia 1988 and the 2013’s Enmore Theatre in Australia.

The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The Heart

2018
Winston Tong In Studio
3.8

Winston Tong and collaborators are interviewed during a busy day at the recording studio.

Winston Tong In Studio

1984