![]() ![]() ![]() When The Professionals split in 1982 Steve decided to stay in the USA. The Professionals as “The Looters” also starred alongside actor Ray Winstone – and Paul Simonon from The Clash – in the cult 1981 US film ‘Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains’. The pair then formed a new band The Professionals, releasing four UK singles and the album ‘I Didn’t See It Coming’ in 1981. Steve appeared in the movie playing himself and contributed lead vocals to many of the tracks used on the soundtrack album. ![]() It’s perhaps fate that someone who has inspired so many guitar players – and helped define the Gibson Les Paul guitar sound – actually started off as a singer before moving to the instrument after Wally’s departure.Īfter the Sex Pistols split in January 1978 Steve – together with Paul Cook – went on to release a series of Sex Pistols singles without John Lydon for use in Malcolm McLaren’s fictionalised satire of the Pistols story ‘The Great Rock n Roll Swindle’. Legend has it Steve paid many famous rock stars a visit as the fledgling band began to acquire equipment. Steve was already something of a kleptomaniac, and music gave him a way to channel some of his over-exuberance. ![]() While bunking off school in 1972 he decided to form a band with friends Paul Cook and Wally Nightingale. Coming from a difficult home life, and uninterested in school, Steve Jones found himself drifting into petty crime as a teenager. ![]()
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