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Sex Pistols - Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol By Steve Jones
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Without
the
Sex
Pistols
there
would
be
no
punk
rock,
and
without
Steve
Jones
there
would
be
no
Sex
Pistols.
It
was
Steve
who
formed
Kutie
Jones
and
his
Sex
Pistols,
the
band
that
eventually
went
on
to
become
the
Sex
Pistols,
with
his
schoolmate
Paul
Cook
and
who
was
its
original
leader.
As
the
world
celebrates
the
40th
anniversary
of
Punk
-
the
influence
and
cultural
significance
of
which
is
felt
in
music,
fashion
and
the
visual
arts
to
this
day
-
Steve
tells
his
story
for
the
very
first
time.
Rising
from
the
streets
of
Hammersmith,
Steve
Jones
was
once
a
lonely,
neglected
boy
living
off
his
wits
and
petty
thievery.
Given
purpose
by
the
glam
art
rock
of
David
Bowie
and
Roxy
Music,
he
became
one
of
the
first
generation
of
punks
taken
under
the
wings
of
Malcolm
McLaren
and
Vivienne
Westwood.
For
the
very
first
time
Steve
describes
the
neglect
and
abuse
he
suffered
at
the
hands
of
his
stepfather,
and
how
his
interest
in
music
and
fashion
saved
him
from
a
potential
life
of
crime.
From
the
Kings
Road
of
the
early
seventies,
through
the
years
of
the
Sex
Pistols,
Punk
Rock
and
the
recording
of
Never
Mind
the
Bollocks
(ranked
number
41
in
Rolling
Stone
magazine's
Best
Albums
of
All
Time),
to
his
self-imposed
exile
in
New
York
and
Los
Angeles
where
he
battled
with
alcohol,
heroin
and
sex
addiction
-
caught
in
a
cycle
of
rehab
and
relapse
-
Lonely
Boy,
written
with
music
journalist
and
author
Ben
Thompson,
is
the
story
of
an
unlikely
guitar
hero
who,
with
the
Sex
Pistols,
changed
history.
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