JAH WOBBLE & THE INVADERS OF THE HEART PLAY METAL BOX

1979 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.’S SECOND ALBUM, ‘METAL BOX’ (LATER RE-RELEASED AS ‘SECOND EDITION’), WAS A LIGHTNING ROD TO THE MUSIC WORLD IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. THE FIRST PRESSING OF THE ALBUM WAS SOLD IN AN UNADORNED, ROUND METAL TIN (HENCE, THE ALBUM TITLE) CONTAINING THREE 45 RPM 12” VINYL. THE PACKAGING SIGNALLED THE INTENTION – THIS WAS A BAND WHOSE ARTISTIC AESTHETIC WOULD NOT BE FORCED TO CONFORM TO THE TRADITIONAL COMMODIFICATION OF COMMERCIALISED MUSIC