Backspin: Steve Jones on 'Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols'
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2017
- The Sex Pistols guitarist discusses his memories of making the landmark 1977 punk album -- the only official full-length the Sex Pistols ever released.
Full interview with Steve Jones for Backspin: yhoo.it/2k80I1b - Фільми й анімація
Never mind the Bollocks” is one of the greatest rock records of all times, for those who know from music . A landmark in history of music
the only punk album that has surpassed it is hear nothing see nothing say nothing by discharge
😆😆😆 what a load of bollocks
@@epec20 The Eagles will always be there for you bro
Nevermind the Sex Pistols Here’s The Bollocks
@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO Chris Spedding played all the guitar on that album, fact.
"maybe if we'd done another album it would've sucked"
LOL, I love that. What humor, honesty and perspective.
If he has said 'it WOULD have sucked' I'd be with you, but he is not being staight. Of course it would gave fuckig sucked. Ronnie Biggs on vocals no doubt. You trust this guy's radar!! Haha.
The first one sucked too
One of my favorite guitarists. No, he does not have the chops of a virtuoso but his style and sound is undeniable. His guitar tone on NMTB is so good.
chedderz66 Among the best. Up with Wilko Johnson.
He played riff's, most punk guitarist just bang out cord's, I bought the import Bullock's before the American release came out and still listen to it to this day
When the album came out I was 14 and had never heard of multi-tracking. No wonder it sounded so powerful - it was more or less the same thing overdubbed about 20 times over! Nothing wrong with that - Phil Spector would have killed for that technology in 1963, if only to save session fees - just saying. That guitar sounded devastating in 1977.
chedderz66 his style is Johnny Thunders. He'll tell you that himself
all the gear (including that Les Paul) robbed off the Bowie Ziggy tour too, brilliant lol
As the years go by, I find myself becoming more and more of a fan of Steve Jones. What an unheralded badass.
One of the greatest 1st albums of "All Time"!
Absolutely.
ONE OF BEST 700 MAYBE
@@lamper2 Silly reply...unbelievable album.
*One of the best last albums, too!*
first last and always
They changed music. For the better, I believe. With one album and in only a year or two. Amazing. How many groups can say that? Or athletes, artists, etc. They were like lightning. Everyone knew about them, talked about them, that’s how I recall it. They were far more authentic and “real” than any of the other acts of the time. No refinement, just energy. It was like a group of high-schoolers went out and presented something magical.
Great honest interview, by a genuine and down to earth guy.
Are you joking mate?
Nevermind the Sex Pistols Here’s The Bollocks
He's a backstabbing cunt who sold his mate down the river
Was, is, and forever will be the greatest rock album ever made.
Steve Jones. You are a major guitar player who influenced many of us to play the guitar. Thank you.
You opened up a venue to a lot of great guitaring style.
He's so humble, such a great singer and guitarist, inspiring
The impact these guys had on the world with just one album is mindblowing, they have their place in rock and roll history for sure. NMTB is in the top ten best albums in the history of music.
Agreed, this is from a zeppelin fan, still playing never mind the bollocks loud and I'm 65
When I first heard of the Pistols, it was supposed to be the most vile thing, now being into (punk) rock music, I listened to ‘‘em and thought they had more albums 😂
Somente um álbum muuuito FODA.
Massive fan here. He's chilled out over the years and his biography was brilliant
Autobiography. Big difference.
I love him. He seems less aggressive now ha :-)
I miss the Marquee. we used to go there on fridays, and a few other
places on Wardour Street. I grew up with Johhny's first cousins Owen and Eamon Lydon.
Jonsey straight up dude..gotta love it..
I like this guy. He comes across as real genuine
Listen to the rift he plays on Satellite, it s one of the best . I can never get it out of my head and have got to listen to it at the least once a week . My favourite band since I first heard them when I was 10 years old and still love them , even got Sid tattooed on my arm 💪 “Never Mind The Bollocks , Here’s The Sex Pistols “ 👏👏👏👏
Satellite is definitely underrated
silly thing is a classic & great to play you can see steves guitar from the 2 albums how he blossomed during bollocks & polished it for swindle
The single most underrated song probably in punk rock history! You can hear literally never mind in every part of that song!
Pure raw,rock and roll,experience,with the sex pistols,"we don't care the music,we are into the chaos"...statement of whole generation.😂😂😂
I was disappointed when this video ended at 9:45. I could have listened to Jonesy for another hour at least. Get him talking about his guitar playing!
watch jonesy's jukebox its his show
@Nick Pruiksma phil collen says the same thing: ua-cam.com/video/PSqrAbYCfr8/v-deo.html
Pull up Jonseys Jukebox..his radio show..if you haven't heard it..you'll really enjoy it..he even had Yes on as guests..great show
totally agree. Good story teller with a no-nonsense style
You picked right on producer Steve. One of the liveliest sounding rock albums of all time!
One great LP that is a stunner of all time...really a collection of singles. The Swindle don't really count so not doing another was priceless and pristine if you will.
Jonesy is an absolute legend.
He hit the nail on the head we was just having a laugh. And that's what life is all about. Especially for young men any way.
Steve is such a sweetheart. A real nice genuine man.
FANTASTIC interview. Thanks for posting.
This album changed the trajectory of music. Appreciate Steve’s music and his radio show. Pistol is an enjoyable show that encapsulates that small window of time perfectly. Well done.
I love Steve's voice.
Me too!! Could listen to him talk for hours!! John Lydon too.
He has a Podcast - Joney's Jukebox
I wasn't a punk at all - loved Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Max Webster, The Tubes, Stones, etc..but when I heard "Holiday in the Sun" for the 1st time on radio back in '77, I was astounded. I BOUGHT that LP. It's a great record. I don't know if I consider it the GREATEST album of all time, but it CERTAINLY is one of the great album releases of the 1970s and for sure one of the GREAT debut albums of all time..easily. It was game-changing .. definitely. Still today, it holds up well. Great releases do that.
Really happy I was able to live through that period. The Pistols were special. For a very short time in the late 70s, the whole world were watching them. There's very few bands who can make that claim.
So when you heard the bands weakest single, you became a fan. Cool.
@@andyb9732 I'm sure he's sorry that his taste in music doesn't meet with _your_ approval. Lol
@@enormerschwanz I don't give a fuck what you think but thanks for wasting your time. Lol.
Andy B Its just music you elitest punk. Madness are better anyway.
Saw them live at 100 Club Tottenham Court Rd 1977.What a great time that was...
STEVE has always been the engine of the band the sound of his les paul is amazing , great musician !
Very rarely have working class musicians made it in music, Steve was self taught, a brilliant guitarist who added a gem of an album to the amazing history of Rock n Roll.
Might be self-taught and (ex) working class (he's a fat, liberal pie-guzzling sack of sh*ite now who will sell out his mates and sell out his own self-proclaimed values) but he's still a fat greedy b*stard.
Are you kidding?
If you were to write the biggest bands/artists of the last 50 years on a piece of paper 99% would be working class
@@drexlspivey5828 There are tonnes of them if you know where to look. Even people like Elvis or Dolly Parton would count.
Steve's awesome. Love his guitar playing.
steve jones ....west london man ...like me ...big ups stud ...you did great luvs ya cocker
My favorite guitarist. Such a fan of The Sex Pistols
Unconscious genius - really a remarkable man. And the band? Collective genius. With Elvis and the Beatles, the most important artists in music history.
One of my favourite albums.
Im a fan of Steve's.I love his candor
The riff he plays behind the chorus on God Save The Queen was astoundingly good. I've just listened to the song again - still brilliant!
Steve was the pistols sound. Without him they would have struggled.
They would have struggled more without Matlock who wrote the tunes.
They would have struggled without Johnny. His voice and character made the Pistols.
They would have struggled without Cook who played the drums
Steve and his classic Marshall half stack and Les Paul. What a sound !
0:47 "I ain't a singer"...
And yet their version of "Friggin' in the Riggin'" (with Jones singing) was the bands biggest selling single...
You did pretty well, mate.
Cynical Optimist
And he did a hell of a job on “Fire and Gasoline”.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 That too. 😎👍
And "Mercy" "Fire And Gasoline" his solo albums, but he's not a good singer at all
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 he did the best he could, but that cockney accent.....good christ
Although 'Friggin; in the Riggin'' was a b-side with Sid Vicious on the a-side. That is the reason it sold so much.
Love his straight ahead storytelling
A Brit legend and part of a band who changed the music scene forever and will always will
There’s an interview with Jones and Cook for Aussie TV from 1977, and the video quality is stunning, like it was filmed yesterday. Makes it harder to believe this is the same guy 40 odd years later, even though he looks in pretty good shape for his age.
I remember it well
I think he comes across so well; very measured, honest and entertaining. I was 10 in '76 and truly shocked by them. I was too young and not brave or rebellious enough for them. It was only about 20 years after that I listened agog at actually how good they were and was slightly ashamed that I had been such a little woos all those years (still am in fact). As an aside I find all these original Londoners be they the Small Faces eg Ronnie Wood etc, Charlie Watts, Pistols, my mate Terrence to have a common grit and extremely likeable. As a Scot the they make me proud to be British and have them in the team ... may that always be the case.
As a Scot, I want nothing to do with "Britain" and "Britishness". I like Steve though.
@@thursoberwick1948 ok so you’ve revealed yourself as a typical SNP tosser whose limit of intelligence and expression is a dislike of Britain. Now head back under your stone to your brainless misanthropic microverse and stop embarrassing Scotland with your Snazi pish. You lot are truly cringeworthy.
Man.... it is so sad to see them age..... I remember when a kid showed up in our classroom with safety pin in his ear....
And he is right. They made one album. And it was all than was needed. Greatest Rock'n Roll swindle. Love "Bodies" and "EMI"
Why sad? I think he looks great now. Like a fine wine, he’s aged well.
Punk always had something to say. You only have to listen to Jonny and Steve to realize there was a fierce intelligence behind the angry searing music...
One fantastic album is enough. "Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree. Bodies, im not an animal.." Beat that.
That's a brilliant song.. Really gritty.
It's not lived in a tree. It's her last name and it sounds like that. According to Jonesy
I always thought it was “she lived in the next street”
A funny, honest and frank interview. Thoroughly enjoyed.
I loved the heaviness of the Pistols.
The pistols changed the sound of metal music. Thin lizzy and judas priest sounded more lively after the bollocks album came out. Then you had motorhead and thrash beginning
I enjoy listening to him talk with his various guests on his radio show daily. I always tune in when I'm driving my car between noon and 2:00 pm. He seems nice, and he's funny. Keep going mate. Cheers.
That album captured the times so well. If anyone wants to know what the mid seventies in London was like, listen to that album and watch The Great Rock'n'roll Swindle.
One of the greatest albums of ALL TIME. PERIOD!
* Full stop
Leave the periods to Americans and a certain time of the month.
You can't find a more honest, straightforward musician than Steve Jones. He is passionate about what he does but isn't afraid to speak his mind about the good, the bad, and the fuckin' ugly sides of rock n' roll. He does it without any ire or attitude.
Jonsey is the man
Wanted him to finish his thoughts about why Johnny made him feel uncomfortable
He shagged his bird.
Because he thinks he's a cunt
But it's the million dollar question: what does Steve know that we don't that makes him so uncomfortable around Rotten?
@@Mrpublicimagelimited Its never knowing what John is going to say , ie; unpredictable.
Steve wanted the music and John wanted the show...often the case between lead singers and band..
Steve Jones may be the most underrated R&R guitarist in R&R history. He is incredible!!! He should be spoken of in the same breath as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, etc.
🤦🏾♂️
My goodness, steve in the same breath as god?
NMTB the greatest collection of rock music ever, its what being 17 is all about, I was 17 when it was released and its literally the sound track of my life !
It changed everything for me. I’ll never forget it.
Johnny is a total legend, he is The Sex Pistols. He was always and still is my hero.
Love his honesty. Seems like a down-to-earth bloke. And I bet the Sex Pistols royalties are keeping all four of those lads in good financial shape.
hmmm … I wish that were true … but knowing Malcolm’s business skills …
Great interview. Always loved Steve for giving us Never Mind the Bollocks sound. Classic fucking album.
Great memories as a 14year old punk back in the day,meeting up with fellow punks to buy NMTB , going my home with them and blasting out the full album as we drank beer ,sang along, po going round the rooms..Oh Happydays 😊
The Sex Pistols, a cornucopia of sex and horror ,the changelings of 70’s pop(dreary) culture I Loved them ,and still do! What a f***ing Genius of Punk Rock music🎸🇬🇧🎶💋
Still a great album today.
If it wasn't for Steve Jones and the Pistols I would never have joined a band. Paul Cook and Never mind the bollocks gave me my start. Even later playing along to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones I would never have got that far without that start. I learned the single stroke roll from the opening bars of Holidays in the sun.
1st time seen Steve Jones & Paul Cook play live was June 29TH 1979 "special guests" with Sham 69 ( ShamPistols) support the Valves at the Glasgow Apollo. My 1st gig ! Still got my ticket stub.
angus mcintyre Was it a good or bad show?
Good One !!! I was there also ... I was 17 then. You can get a Cd release of it...
g man tramp Cool!
Did you ever see the Rezillos?
@@etherealcatholic5711 I was at the Apollo gig Rezillos Xmas Thrash. 1978. That gig became Mission Accomplished album....
Pursey was a fucking joke at that gig.
just one of the greatest albums of all time. i could sleep with that
one of the greatest albums ever recorded way way ahead of its time
pretty vacant my al time fav love the beginning pistols proper leg ends
One of the best sounding albums, and some of the best sounding guitars
What a band!
I dont know if i am typical but back in the day i didnt get the Sex Pistols. I thought Johnny Rotten was a twat. A couple of years ago i started to listen to them and now i cant get enough of them. And i go out of my way to listen to John Lydon talk. I kind of feel i missed out. Life is weird. Great listening to Steve Jones. They are all pure genius.
I heard God Save the Queen the first time on my clock radio on top of my fridge in 1977. That was my sound system at the time. It blew my mind! How was I to know it was just the beginning of one of the very best periods of rock music for me? My first favorite song was Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price in 1958.
He looks fantastic! Love his show.
Never Mind the Bollocks is one of the best albums of all times.
This man is a real legend and a hell of a guitar player. The sound guitar sound in never mind the bollocks is perfect, and he plays all the tracks as a machine. His tone and playing on that album is just the stuff of legend. And he also play the bass on the record. Is a little sad when you think the stamp of bad players stays with this guys. Of course, punk appeared during the 70's as a normal reaction to Stadium and Prog rock, they were the ones saying punks couldn't play shit...and journalist also for sure, and in that perspective I can understand the idea of this guys not playing as good as prog rock. But at the end of the day if you take all the stereotypes away from your ears, and try to get a listen to that awesome album you'll realize that is played to perfection, and sounds great even 40 years later
He used to be mate. He's a greedy bastard who will sell out his mates now.
What a fucking brilliant honest interview! Steve's awesome!
“I’m a Virgo, I don’t know if you believe in stars..”
Haha I love him.
God I love this man!!!!!!!
LMAO, Steve Jones said singing for the band was a complete "disaster"...Love-It, mate! Cheers
Amazing MIX...Bollocks sounds great!!
He’s a legend, I love this fantasy guitarist.
That couch is struggling, thanks for the book Steve, great stuff, regards
ronald claxton it’s creaking you can actually hear it lol
The guy's a legend. What have you done with your life apart from taking pathetic shots at people behind the anonymity of your UA-cam account? You sir are a worthless pathetic worm.
Marcdoubleu, and your greatest achievements in life are? This comment? Waking up this morning? Signing on?
haha
Thing of it is, the Sex Pistols created a LOT of buzz with Anarchy and God Save as singles, but then the album came out and Holy Shit! It was one of the best albums, if not THE BEST album ever recorded, no doubt about it, and many people were acutely aware of that fact at the time. Steve understates it a bit, but that's why people are still talking about it 40 years later, it really is that good!
It’s fuckin brilliant........ nuff said.......
Noel Gallagher said he’d give up everything just to have written and performed on that album.
I can't argue with you there, bro'!
wildcatter63 both did. they happened in different times, it’s okay to have more than one revolutionary album lol
Nope. You don't understand music history. At all. Good luck to you. Music has some art behind it. Music has some theory behind it. Check into these things and then find the "best album ever recorded" when you turn 20.
Tripped me out when I turned on the radio after not listening to the radio for many years to hear Steve’s voice on KLOS. Pretty cool that the station lets him go freeform and play whatever he wants. Never thought I’d hear the buzzcocks on mainstream radio.
Great interview.
Love Jonesey! Legend ❤️
great Steve is a guitar legend..x
antyeardsley Guitar legends are people who could actually play guitar.....in Punk there is only one guitar legend...Paul Fox...now he could play
We were Cleveland pop music aficionados. We subscribed to "Melody Maker" and "NME." We saw "Anarchy in the U.K." at the top of the British charts with "Don't Cry for Me Argentina." We said, "What is that?" Then the record was released in the U.S. It was great.
2018 must still be striking!
I am also a Virgo, go Virgos haha. I love this guy, so down to earth and chilled and i absolutely love his radio show or podcast, every Sunday night i'll listen to it and look forward to it all week, he's a great guy and isn't as biased against certain types of music like John, but Johns a legend too.
Guitar legend very underrated,Check out fire and gasoline,and Never mind the bollocks still stands out today,,,,nice one Steve,,,,
Shane ML Even some of the stuff on Neurotic Outsiders holds up, including Jonseys voice and the riffs
Chequered Past any good?
Check out a gig we did in '83! It was great fun ! Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" it was just after the Professionals ended & he was with Chequered past ! Cheers !
God Save the Queen / I did you know wrong was a classic single.
People will still be listening to those tracks a hundred years from now IMHO.
Jonesy !!!! The Man :) :) (y) Steve...Thanx for All That Great Music and Memories Bruh :) (y)
I dont care about what a lot of people say of the NMTB supposed overproduction........ it just sounds finely produced to me
His show on KLOS in Los Angeles is brilliant....best show on radio.
without bollocks,wed have been robbed of so much more great music to follow.
greatest influence ever.
A very fine guitar player. Would love to hear more from Steve.
after all that disco shit.. this was rock'n roll... I was 16 when this came out, it was a breath of fresh air... then got my kids are into it.. grandkids are next lol
Disco sold a lot more albums so it's better. Now fuck off you??!!!!!!
That says so much more than u think. If I had got into my dad's music, I would have been a twat, just like the old rock'n'rollers who put down punk...you talk of something that was supposed to be life changing, as though it is a handed down fashion accessory. Sigh.
Alan you are an idiot. not gonna loose my time to explain you why. stay idiot. fuck you.
I still think it was very chivalrous of Steve for defending the teenage Sioux, from that dirty old man, Grundy.
Really? The chief misogynist!! Have you never heard of his other, less chivalrous actions? Why is everyone so thick?
@@andyb9732 Jack the Ripper was a misogynist. Don't be silly dear. You're just showing your envy and letting us know the 'ladies' don't like you 😉 Same as it ever was
@@andyb9732 what did he do
Complete legend 🤘
Really interesting guy - great sound. Neurotic Outsiders album with Steve rocks!
I can't believe that Steve Jones was starting to playing a year before never mind the bollocks , he played over dubes over his rhythm guitar 🎸 + he played bass on all the tracks apart from two
Jason Colley
Glen played bass on the "NMTBHTSP" tracks.
your wrong, do your research
@@saint6563 checkout classic albums. The engineer mentions how Steve Jones played the bass as well as double tracking his rhythm guitar parts. From the man that was there in the studio recording the tracks to tape at the time.
Link: ua-cam.com/video/4yE7RboWIlo/v-deo.html
localbod
It is the "producer" that says after Glen left Steve played bass as well!!
Not, Glen only played on two tracks. Besides (p.i.) the singles had B-sides too!! So Glen was on more than two tracks for sure. Plus, Glen wrote songs; you think Glen wasn't on bass for the songs he wrote/co-wrote??