Post Pistols pt. 2 (A Singles Chronology)

October 1979: PiL's "Memories" b/w "Another".

November 1979: Metal Box is released.

December 1979: PiL's first Peel Session is broadcast, and Sid Sings is released (a compilation of live recordings from September 78 in NYC).

July 1980: The Professionals debut, "Just Another Dream" b/w “Action Man". Jah Wobble leaves PiL.

October 1980: The Professionals “1-2-3” b/w “White Light White Heat” and “Baby I Don't Care”. The b-sides are covers, and the a-side is a rewrite of "Second To None" by The Avengers (who opened for the Pistols at Winterland, and worked with Jonesy on their 1979 EP.)

November 1980: "Black Leather" b/w "Here We Go Again" (recorded during the 1978 Swindle sessions) is released as part of a six single set called Pistols Pack. The Professionals Peel Session is broadcast.

March 1981: “Flowers Of Romance” b/w “Home Is Where The Heart Is” (non-LP b-side recorded with Wobble before he left PiL.)

April 1981: Flowers Of Romance LP is released.

June 1981: “Join The Professionals" b/w “Has Anybody Got An Alibi”

November 1981: The Professionals I Didn’t See It Coming LP is released. The band retires in 1982. Cook and Jones appear as members of The Looters in the 1982 film Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.

Sir Not Appearing On This Compilation:  Glen Matlock's band Jimmy Norton's Explosion (with Budgie and guitarist Danny Kustow) made a 1979 Peel Session but never released any records. 

Matlock and Kustow (ex-Tom Robinson Band) then formed The Spectres. Kustow, Steve Jones, Steve New, and John McGeoch were the guitarists on the 1981 Gen X album Kiss Me Deadly.

Matlock and Steve New played on Iggy Pop's 1980 album Soldier, but most of Steve's guitar tracks were erased by Iggy after Steve hit David Bowie.

Don't forget Stinky's terrific compilation, The Best Of Steve Jones (Post Pi$tols)! Photo by Richard Young.