Steve Jones
Background information
Birth name	Stephen Phillip Jones
Born	September 3, 1955
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock, Punk rock
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Label(s)	Virgin Records, MCA, Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Sex Pistols (1975 - 1978, 1996, 2002 - 2003) The Professionals (1980 - 1982) Chequered Past (1982 - 1985) Neurotic Outsiders (1995 - 1996, 1999, 2006)

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Career

Steve Jones was born in Shepherd's Bush, London. He has stated that his style of guitar-playing is derived from that of Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls and his early influences were glam rock icons like Roxy Music and David Bowie. He was an only child and his father, an amateur boxer, left when he was two years old. Shepherds Bush is a district of West London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, situated 4. ... Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr (July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991), was a rock and roll guitarist and singer, first with the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early 70s. ... The New York Dolls are a rock band formed in New York City in 1971. ... David Bowie as Glam superstar Ziggy Stardust on the cover of his 1973 Album Aladdin Sane. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). ...

Up to the age of twelve, he grew up in Hammersmith with his young mother, who worked as a hairdresser, and his grandparents. He then moved to Benbow Road in Shepherd's Bush with his mother and stepfather, where they lived in a one-bedroom basement. Jones never got along with his stepfather, who made his living making gaskets for electric cookers: “He was an arsehole. I was just extra baggage.” As a teenager, Jones was a kleptomaniac who accumulated 14 different criminal convictions and was the subject of a council care-order. He spent a year in a remand centre, which he says was more enjoyable than being at home, and has said that the Sex Pistols saved him from a life of crime. Kleptomania (word of Greek origin) is an obsession with stealing. ...

Jones co-founded The Strand (named after a Roxy Music song) with Paul Cook and Wally Nightingale in the early 1970s. The Strand were a precursor to the Sex Pistols, where Jones first learned to play guitar. After dropping Nightingale in the mid-70s, the band was known as The Swankers. Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... Wally Nightingale was the guitarist and founder of the band which would eventually become The Sex Pistols. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ...

In 1975, Jones went on to co-found the Sex Pistols with Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and later, Johnny Rotten. Although they only released one album, the Sex Pistols went on to become one of the most influential rock and roll bands of the 20th century. The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... Glen Matlock (born August 27, 1956 in West London, England) was the original bass guitarist of punk rock band the Sex Pistols. ... John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ...

Jones is a self-taught guitar player, primarily playing Gibson Les Paul electric guitars in his early years. His usual guitar was a cream colored Gibson Les Paul custom which (according to "Filth and the Fury") he had stolen from Mick Ronson at a David Bowie concert when he and his fellow Sex Pistol members posed as road crew members, stealing amps and other equipment. Bill Price, the engineer on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols called Jones one of the tightest guitar players he has ever worked with, implying that his chord and note timing were precise and impeccable. For the jazz guitarist, see Les Paul. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bill Price (born 1917 in Hadley) was a professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Reading, Hull City and Bradford City. ... Cover of US Release Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols is a 1977 album recorded by the seminal English punk rock band, Sex Pistols. ...

After the Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, Jones and drummer Paul Cook co-founded The Professionals. They released one album, but disbanded after a serious car crash while on tour in the U.S. in 1981. The Professionals' debut album was I Didn't See It Coming. Jones was also a member of Chequered Past (led by Michael Des Barres) from 1982 to 1985. They released a self-titled album in 1984. Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... After the break up of the Sex Pistols and the debacle of the Sham Pistols Steve Jones and Paul Cook formed The Professionals. ... I Didnt See It Coming was the second and final album by hard rock band The Professionals. ... Michael Des Barres as Murdoc Michael Des Barres (born 24 January 1948) is an English actor and rock singer. ...

Jones also played with Thin Lizzy, Joan Jett, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Andy Taylor, the Neurotic Outsiders and had a solo career in the 1980s and early 1990s. His song "Mercy," from the album of the same name, was used in a Miami Vice episode featured on the Miami Vice II soundtrack album. In 1989, he released his second, much heavier-sounding solo album, titled "Fire and Gasoline", which featured Jones on guitar and vocals, Terry Nails on bass, and studio drum wizard Mickey Curry (Bryan Adams, Hall & Oates). He participated in the Sex Pistols reunion concerts and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He has since done some studio work, playing guitar on the Insane Clown Posse's 1997 rap-metal record, The Great Milenko and Lisa Marie Presley's 2005 album, Now What. Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. ... Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958) is an American rock guitarist, singer, producer and actress. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Taylor in 2001 Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station. ... Neurotic Outsiders was a supergroup founded in 1995, consisting of Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns n Roses, and John Taylor of Duran Duran. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) is an American hip hop duo originally from Detroit, Michigan but formed in Delray, Michigan, consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). ... The Great Milenko is the fourth of six Jokers Cards albums released by the Insane Clown Posse. ... Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee) is the only daughter of Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley and former wife of both pop icon Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage. ... Now What is the second album from american singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. ...

Jonesy's Jukebox

In February 2004, Jones began hosting a daily radio program in Los Angeles called Jonesy's Jukebox, on Indie 103.1 FM, broadcasting live Monday to Friday from noon to 2PM. The premise of the show is that the self-described "Sire of Wilshire" can do whatever he wants (within FCC rules), with no direction from station management. Far from an angry punk with access to a transmitter, Jones mixes an eclectic playlist (culled from his own collection of CDs) with often rambling and humorous interviews of guests from all walks of the entertainment industry. He frequently interacts on-air with "Mister Shovel," his nickname for program producer Mark Sovel. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Indie 103. ... The FCCs official seal. ...

Partial discography

• Mercy (MCA, 1987)
• Fire and Gasoline (MCA, 1989)

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Partial filmography

• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
• Punk and Its Aftershocks (1980)
• D.O.A. (1980)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981)
• Mascara (1999)
• Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
• The Filth and the Fury (2000)
• 25 Years of Punk (2001)
• Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (2002)
• Hooligans & Thugs: Soccer's Most Violent Fan Fights (2003)
• Punk: Attitude (2005)

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External links

• Indie 103.1 Website
• Steve Jones bio
• Kick Down the Doors - Cook'n'Jones Website
• Jonesy write-up in Blackbook magazine
• Steve Jones Website at My Space