Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols)

0:03Los Angeles, California talking here with Steve Jones formally the sex pistols the professionals the neurotic outsiders whole slew of other bands produced many great records as well Currently the host of Jonesy's jukebox on Indy 103 noon to two Pacific time basically the show that built this station here How this gig come about? Weird phone call from Michael still actually who got my number Through someone who used to work at Maverick when I was in a bank called the neurotic outsiders We had a deal with Maverick and the radio guy used to work there I guess his friends were still and he asked me if I heard of him the I'm funny enough it had been going about two weeks before I got this phone call And I was thinking well, that's pretty cool. There's no commercials and all they play is old school kind of cool songs, you know

0:55You never hear of anywhere and so I was excited by it So when I got a phone call saying would I be interested in doing something with it? I just said I want to be a DJ and I never really thought about it ever About being a DJ it's like someone was pushing me to say it was something it was weird. It was weird and then Michael still came over and visited me About a week later my house and we talked about it And I said the only things I want to do is to play what I want to play and say what I want to say I said if you can just keep it to that because ever longer I'm doing it then we're in good shape And that's what's happened. He's never said one word. That's pretty cool. I'm sorry Well, just let me get on with it and because of that is it's cam pretty popular. Yeah, you know It's not bad it's broadcasting the Internet so it gets back to your home in England as well. Yeah, it's pretty popular anywhere

1:44How do you choose the songs your own CD collection? Do you go to record stops every week do you download tunes? No, I never download I'm not I'm not that young to I'm old school, you know, I still like going to record shops and Looking through the racks and stuff and fine and stuff. That's that's my thing. You still buy vinyl law? No Oh CDs and all CDs that's cool. Do you think this whole download thing is gonna get rid of the whole album concept? I'm having CDs around well I think so when when people like me die and it's in a newer generation because the newer generation I'm not interested in biomes that it's pretty much a shame though. Don't you think well? I don't know? It's just the future, you know, it's just the future of where where things are moving to you know See I'm playing fair enough. Let's play a song. What do you want to hear one of your songs? Maybe someone else's oh, I don't care play

2:38Play Angelina by the neurotic outsiders one of your bands now. How do you hook up with the neurotic outsiders? and That's the benefit that Matt Sorum was doing for this guy at the Viper room when he put a band together and and one of them the times we did it was me John Taylor from Durand and Duff McKagan From Guns and Roses and Matt and it kind of all clicked so we kind of started doing shows at the Viper room every Monday and it got really popular so started writing our own songs and and an opportunity to do an album on Maverick that I said and Went on the road for a little bit unfortunately everyone had other things to do so we couldn't do it permanently which was a shame Because it was a good band. Are you working with anyone right now? You working on any music? No, no just doing the

3:29Just doing the DJ and that seemed to take up most of the time any plans for anything in the future you think You never know maybe some pistol stuff might come up. Oh really if the price is right, you know It's all about money. Yeah, why not? Or you just sold your stuff actually the universal music all the publishing rights for the pistol stuff publishing yeah What is that what does that entail? Does that just get you money pretty much? Yeah, no any time it's played anyway, but you give them off of it and you keep off and You know they try and get it out there You know not bad. It's all good. Yeah pretty good. Yeah, Johnny Rotten with John Lydin I guess this is his name now came on the show a couple weeks ago. Yeah pretty cool What was it like to see him again? Do you see him often? I don't know. No even though we live in the same city I don't see him a lot. We talk every now and again It was good. It was I've been wanting to come on for a long time and he finally came one after two years and I

4:21Thought it was pretty good. I thought it was a good interview. That was great I think you can get it on the indie website as a pod. Yeah podcast. Yeah, pretty cool. Let's play a pistol song What do you want here? Can you play anything on this radio? Yeah? Cool team. That's where words. It's right I heard you're kind of against censorship on television. I read that somewhere. Is that true? I'm not against it. I just don't want to get fine when I do in the radio That's all I care about. I mean, it's just words. I don't know why people get offended by a word Well, you said pussy today heard. Yeah, is that bad? I don't know I listen and I was listening I was waiting for shoveled the beep it but he never did. Yeah, I guess you can say it maybe no one's listen I don't think that's true. You think rock and rolls change you guys were rebelling against the system now It's kind of dull. There's no one there's nothing really pushing the limits anymore

5:06It seems like there's a lot of copy of what used to be but there's nothing That seems that that original that's upsetting people or or that's good, you know, is there nothing or a bell against? Well, no, I think things come in cycles and I just don't think we've hit that next cycle yet, you know, so Hopefully there will be something because you know, you know rock and roll always need to kick up the ass Yeah, every every 10 for 20 years at least seems like it needs something right now. Yeah, it's pretty dismal right now Let's play another song something you produced maybe Something like for juice. Let's play a buck cherry Lit up good to you. They were just on the show actually a couple weeks ago. Yeah, what was your favorite record of all time to work on? It's a work. I guess it's never mind of all of us. Is it really? Yeah, how come? Well, it's your first album and it's the one that

5:55One of the best albums ever I think you know, maybe I agree, you know I mean we I'm really done really one album so looking back on it, you know, that's quite an achievement to you know, it's just one of them albums that if you don't have it in your record collection and You must live in a cave Like Trizzy, I don't know. Are you put some like meaty speakers in your amp to get the guitar sound? Oh, I can't sell you the secrets. Oh, no top secret Top secret heard you're up for a lifetime achievement award the Brit Awards are kind of pushing it trying to see if you come there as opposed to the American rock or Hall of Fame. Yeah, I can care less I'm not gonna go do that one. I can care less We just think every week five questions five quick questions one more answers. I potter CDs CDs London and McCartney I think I think I think my company. Oh, really? Yeah, interesting more recently that way

6:47Well more recently I've started like the Beatles. I never used to like and I like them I was never into the pop thing when I was a kid. I got into it more later on next ones the alcohol and marijuana Neither song you've written your most proud of No feelings and one word Steve Jones King baby one song to close us out. What do you want to hear? No feelings