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...PIL's members got their musical experience working with some of the most famous performers in the rock world. While the best known member is frontman John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon, former singer for the legendary Sex Pistols, fellow musicians Allan Dias (bass), John McGeoch (guitar) and Mike Joyce (drums) have played for such bands as The Smiths, Billy Idol, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sinead O'Connor...
McGeoch concurs. Although people in England may still prefer to see Lydon as "Johnny Rotten," he says that in America half of the people have probably not even heard of the Sex Pistols. "[Americans are] just PIL fans," he insists...
Joyce has only been with the band for about three months and says that working with PIL is "a bit more exciting" than being with the other bands he has worked with. Even off stage, "people seem to be excited about being in this band," he adds...
When asked to compare PIL's success in America to that in England, McGeoch speculates that the band's "main audience is in America...
...comparison, McGeoch finds PIL's reception in Great Britain to be disappointing. "The UK is rather slow for us," he said, adding that the band will probably do only four or five gigs there this year...