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"PiL managed to endure throughout the entirety of the 1980s -- although, after a second live album Live in Tokyo (1983) and a fourth studio effort This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get (1984), the only original member to still remain would be Lydon, his support musicians changing between nearly every successive release. The same year as the latter release, Lydon recorded World Destruction, a groundbreaking collaboration with hip-hop performer Afrika Bambaataa issued under the name Time Zone. As the decade progressed, PiL's sound developed along similarly danceable lines. The generically-packaged Album (1985) found Lydon adopting a more polished sound and enlisting the help of established industry names such as Bill Laswell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Vai and Ginger Baker; 1987's Happy embraced a dance-oriented approach fashioned with the production assistance of the Art of Noise's Gary Langan, while the 1989 release 9 moved the material even farther in this direction through the involvement of dance-pop producer Stephen Hague on many of the tracks. The band eventually returned to a rock sound with 1992's That What Is Not, but soon afterwards Lydon decided to suspend his involvement with the group in favor of other projects."
Time Zone aka. John Joseph Lydon aka. Johnny Rotten
Not only did Malcolm Mclaren have a role in hiphop Johnny Rotten did as well after the Sex Pistols. Johnny Rotten could not use his name when working with Afrika Bambaataa because Mclaren would not let him. Bambaataa was a major influence in the early stage of hiphop forming the might Zulu Nation. It is interesting to know not only did Mclaren play a role in hiphop but Rotten did as well.
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