Steve Jones (musician)
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Jones in 2008
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| Birth name | Stephen Philip Jones |
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3 September 1955 Shepherd's Bush, London, England |
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| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Virgin, MCA, Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | Sex Pistols, The Professionals, Chequered Past, Fantasy 7, P, Neurotic Outsiders, Siouxsie and the Banshees,Iggy Pop, Megadeth,Insane Clown Posse,Joan Jett,Sham Pistols |
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Gibson Les Paul Gibson SG Gibson Flying V Gibson Firebird |
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Stephen "Steve" Philip Jones (born 3 September 1955) is an English rock guitarist, singer and actor, best known as a guitarist with the Sex Pistols. Following the split of the Sex Pistols he formed The Professionals with former bandmate Paul Cook. He has also released two solo abums, and worked with the likes of Johnny Thunders, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan and Thin Lizzy. In 1995 he formed the short lived supergroup Neurotic Outsiders with members of Guns N' Roses and Duran Duran. Jones was ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Jones was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, where he grew up with his young mother, who worked as a hairdresser, and his grandparents. He then moved to Benbow Road in Shepherd's Bush. He was an only child and his father, Don Jarvis, an amateur boxer, left when he was two years old. With fourteen criminal convictions he was the subject of a council care-order and spent a year in a remand centre, which he said was more enjoyable than being at home. Jones has also said that the Sex Pistols saved him from a life of crime. His early influences were Iggy & the Stooges, the New York Dolls, Small Faces, and glam rock icons like Roxy Music and David Bowie.
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, and it's where Jones first learned to play guitar. After dropping Wally Nightingale in the mid 1970s, the band was known as The Swankers. In 1975, Jones went on to co-found Sex Pistols with Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and later, John Lydon.
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