After Public Image Ltd's second album Metal Box (known as Second Edition in the United States,) bass player Jah Wobble left. John Lydon and Keith Levene continued on, with drummer Martin Atkins, for the extremely experimental The Flowers of Romance. Despite being as non-commercial as possible, it was still a modest hit in the UK and a few other places around the world. It would also be the last album featuring the original band members.