PIL, Press conference, San Francisco, May 10, 1980. (Levene & Lydon)

[ManilaSyndicate]

They sure love the attention. i find the attitude amusing. If they were gonna do the interview they could have been honest and breathed freely.

But then, if one is in his early-20s and feels on top of the world as if the entire planet depends on his existence, one will act that way. I wonder how Lydon and Levene feel when they see these old clips. ( heh )

Thanks for uploading this priceless clip of the guys from the band's glory years.

[kathy197778]

"just bumming about...on the dole...bored...general punk things, whatever!!" GO KEITH!!

[diskochimp]

This is terrific, cheers.

[earinsound]

Lydon is such an egotist.

[missSuchashame]

this is what I want...

[rollagasper]

Thanks for sharing such a rare clip.

[HaBenOni]

This is good stuff! good post! do you have the entire interview??

[BonzoGoesToMexico]

MORE MORE MORE Please?

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

"on the dole" lol classic. How many of these so-called "bands" these days would say that?

[nuhtrue]

Oh my god...I was at this thing..... just a pup at 21.....

The Palladium, IIRC..... I still have one of the cardboard promo

squares I grabbed as we left.....

[CerebralCrisis]

Aw, I want to know what Johnny was thinking.

Well, I think I do... Ahem.

[piginasack]

PIL were trying ti do what DEVO were doing...

[metalspork42]

"Milkshakes", lol!

I've never seen this before, thanks.

[jeancocteau1]

Keith Levine, asking a reporter..are you a hippy! In san francisc, that is hilarious. Thanks Keith! They still are hippies here in San Francisco. Its 2010, nothing really changed..the same boring hippy viewpoint, which is now the status quo which PIL was against. They had a different viewpoint, and few people in America understood....the punk viewpoint was against the establishment, this is what it really is all about..for that I love these guys..

[ToulouseTrousers]

you're an IDIOT ... there WERE hippies still in SF in the early 80s ... but all that changed at least by the 90s w the dotcom boom ... ( i've lived in SF for over 25 yrs )

aside from a small handful of old geezers about, there's nothing of the sort ... i dare say there's FAR more hippies in Copenhagen, Munchen or Amsterdam then you'll ever see again in this right wing sado-nation ...

[ToulouseTrousers]

& since when were hippies EVER the establishment ? ... smoking pot & having a couple old pink floyd albums doesn't make you a hippie ... (FRIGGIN MORON !)

& NO, for what it's worth i'm not a hippie either ... nor am i stupid enough to smoke that crap ...

[madferit4life]

nice find! thanks friend!

[twistedspanner]

I thought so too, Never seen it up on youtube before, that's why I put it up, When they were the greatest band in the world!

[JMfanboy]

once again thanks for putting this up! especially unusual that Keith speaks a lot (compared to the Snyder interview at least).

[twistedspanner]

@JMfanboy . a pleasure