Steve Jones (musician)
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Stephen Phillip Jones (born September 3, 1955) is an English rock and roll guitarist and singer, best known for his work as guitarist for the punk band Sex Pistols.
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[edit] Career
Jones was born in London, England, and grew up in the Shepherd's Bush neighbourhood, as did the other members of the band. He admitted he took his style of guitar-playing from Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls and his early influneces were Glam Rock icons like Roxy Music and David Bowie. He was an only child and his father Don Jarvis, an amateur boxer, left when he was two years old.
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 bedroomed basement. Jones never got on with his stepfather, who made his living making gaskets for electric cookers, “he was an arsehole, I was just extra baggage”. Problems began to occur from a young age and in 1972 he was the subject of a council care-order. As a teenager Jones was frequently in trouble with the police. He was a kleptomaniac and was arrested for a range of crimes including car theft, shoplifting and burglary. In the documentary The Filth and the Fury Jones said he grew up watching his parents steal from shops and during his teens he racked up 14 criminal convictions. He spent a year in a remand centre - which he says was more enjoyable than being at home - and admits that the Sex Pistols saved him from a life of crime or even prison.
After the Sex Pistols broke up, Jones and drummer Paul Cook started the hard rock outfit The Professionals. They recorded two albums but disbanded after a serious car crash while on tour in the US in 1981. He was a member of Chequered Past (led by Michael Des Barres) from 1982 to 1985. They released a self-titled album in 1984. Jones also played with Thin Lizzy, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, Andy Taylor, the Neurotic Outsiders and had a solo career in the 1980s and early 1990s. His song "Mercy" was used in a Miami Vice episode called "Stone's War" and was featured on the Miami Vice II soundtrack album. He participated in the Sex Pistols reunions 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.
[edit] 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 is a witty, intelligent, and entertaining host who mixes an eclectic playlist (culled from his own collection of CDs) with often (intentional) 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.
[edit] Partial discography
- Mercy (MCA, 1987)
- Fire and Gasoline (MCA, 1989)
[edit] 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)
[edit] External links
- Indie 103.1 Website
- Steve Jones bio
- Interview
- Break Down the Doors - Cook'n'Jones Website
- Jonesy write-up in Blackbook magazine
- Steve Jones Website at My Space
| Sex Pistols |
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| John Lydon | Steve Jones | Glen Matlock | Paul Cook | Sid Vicious |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977 |
| Live and compilation releases: Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols, 1979 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, 1980 | Flogging a Dead Horse, 1980 |
| Related articles |
| Public Image Ltd. | Malcolm McLaren | Jamie Reid | Ronnie Biggs | Edward Tudor-Pole | The Professionals | The Filth and the Fury | Punk rock |
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