Backspin: Steve Jones on the Neurotic Outsiders

The Sex Pistols legend talks about his little-known '90s supergroup with Duran Duran's John Taylor and Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, plus he reveals his unironic fondness for Journey and Boston.
Full interview with Steve Jones for Backspin: yhoo.it/2k80I1b

[@cheesyknac]

I still will throw this album on from time to time and listen to the whole thing from start to finish. This album is one of those hidden gems from the 90's that should be in every rocker's music collection!!! 🤘💀😜

[@hyperdog67]

Totally agree with you.That whole album was great. Start to finsih, and you're right about it being a hidden gem of the 90's. They went almost unnoticed.

[@jaytv777]

I loved the Neurotic outsiders album .. that was genuinely a brilliant band

[@stephenkane2464]

brilliant record

[@captainshaw685]

One of my albums that I would run into a burning house for.

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

One of the only Supergroups to ever pull it off... well.

[@simonhunter3430]

yup was a good record!

[@patriciaestok9329]

Steve Jones is a legend. He is brilliant.! I love his work with the Neurotic Outsiders, it’s definitely a favorite. I never justify my taste in music. I like what I like and I make no explanations for it. I listen to everything from Sinatra to Slayer. NO should reunite!

[@SuperBoomshack]

John also kicked ass with The Powerstation

[@mrfrisky2997]

Anyone who knows music will tell you John Taylor is probably in the top 10 ever base players- amazing player.

[@ringoroll]

TOP 3

[@mrbungle3310]

definitely always in my top 5...also great bass writer

[@squiddlesmcdiddles3850]

Why can't they reissue & get behind that album for it's 25th anniversary. It is so so SO good & still sounds fresh now. Duran Duran The Sex Pistols & GnR were my fave bands at various stages growing up. When I heard they were hooking up. I thought I had died & gone to heaven. Please do more!

[@rogerdaly6326]

Probably for the same reasons they didn't stay together. Duff is in the GNR reunion deal , of which sadly Matt was not invited to participate in. John Taylor is touring with Duran Duran. Steve is in the middle of a law suit with the other members of the Sex Pistols against Johnny Lydon over a documentary film about the Pistols that Johnny didn't want anything to do with. Maybe one day the stars will realign and fans can get their wish but i wouldn't hold my breath waiting. Your idea was great however.

[@DarkStarGSK22]

"You ain't coming in you ain't no legend.. go down there to hotel 6" Love Steve's humor 🤣

[@patriciaestok9329]

Eddie Ortega he is very well spoken and humorous. I’m not too familiar with him or his history but he seems very interesting.

[@mackin26]

The Neurotic Outsiders records is still one of my all time favourite albums. I still regularly listen to it 23 years on, I still have the CD I bought. Amazing songs and really fun to play.

[@JayZombie1216]

Been outta print for 23 years.....got the record at five years old. I remember Good News and Angelina like it was yesterday. 1999 was a phenomenal year for me. Stones, Clash, Cream, Zep, Neurotic Outsiders, Duran Duran, Motorhead. WWF. Mtv2 just being introduced. I miss being a kid. I miss the year 2000. I miss life before 9/11. I think shit was much more simpler. I was seven during 9/11. I was born and raised in DC.

[@giorgioc8551]

Their album is fantastic.. still one of mu forever favourites!

[@mateuszt6498]

See, this is a real legend. Look at how many good things he has to say about other musicians, regardless of genre. You'd think a "punk legend" wouldn't admit to loving "Don't stop believing" and Boston, but he's real enough to admit how great that music is. Punk was just Rock N' Roll without all the stupid theatrics... not much difference in terms of skill and roots. This guy is a treasure!

[@anaccount8474]

The Pistols didn't set out to be a punk band. Steve Jones just wanted to play in a rock band. He never really looked like a classic punk, I always thought he just looked very rock n roll.

[@ukslag]

the outsiders album was amazing. they should of done more than what they did. Jones songs are killer

[@troyalexander8228]

ukslag Angelina!

[@mrbungle3310]

nasty ho was amazing ..that album is pretty meaty and heavy also even nowdays

[@HoraceScope]

Saw them in Munich, Hamburg and Cologne from the front row. To this day, the Cologne show is the most memorable gig I have ever seen. And I've been to a lot of gigs. So epic!

[@methos3135]

Feelings are good... Very kind words from Steve about John Taylor as a musician. Taylor might have been seen as a pretty boy but his idols were people like legendary musicians like Bernard Edwards, and as such he sure could show how to "play that f-ing bass".

[@irishelk3]

Very likable guy Steve; always surrounds himself wits lots of people, positive people.

[@simonhunter3430]

yeh like ronnie biggs haha

[@giorgioc8551]

they probably dont realize they made the best punk rock album ever... that was greaT! Everytime I come home I take the cd and put it in the big stereo and rocknroll around the house... A great great album. And that song about the Pistols... makes it an absolute document

[@daevidharvey7113]

Union ... it is a magical powerful and yet sad number , fantastic album and show 10/10

[@kuanyin9192]

That Neurotic Outsiders album was fantastic. So many great songs, the album plays like a greatest hits, there are no duds! I wish that they had been more widely received. I saw them in early 1996 and they were great live also.

[@slack179]

When music was real. Album so good.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Don't kid yourself. There was a LOT of shit music back in the mid to late 90s. a LOT.

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

@@ROOKTABULA , yeah, 94 was the last great year

[@mattmurray517]

Great album, always loved it.

[@davidcolley3124]

Your a legend coz your still at it after all these years

[@10INCHCRUSHER]

Seen thse guys play at the Viper. Amazing shows. Just good friends getting up and playing.

[@daevidharvey7113]

Saw them @ RPM in Toronto & Neurotic Outsiders were absolutely fantastic - I remember thinking that this is the best Punk Rock n Roll Band that I'd ever seen bar none !! They sounded , looked , played as good as it gets , seriously . With the Sex Pistols reunion , saw that show as well , that was the time they should've truly united & recorded a new album ... a second Neurotic Outsiders album would've been magic as well . Some things , times and opportunities missed are just horrible shames and that era for them was one of them , hugely . An awful shame

[@toddscully256]

Dude im up not far from big T (im in Kitchener) andnyou seen them in our backyard? How fu**ing cool is that as a statement to people about shows they've seen. Man what I wouldn't do to turn back time....without cher's song lol. Awesome sauce bro!

[@dickycrayon7953]

Just re-listened to the cassette. I still dig it.

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

you know you've lived some hard miles when you can remember what a Walkman is called

[@kylesmith9944]

I'm a big GNR fan!!! I bought the Neurotic Outsiders album in 1996. I brought it back to my dorm and a few of the guys heard me playing it. They all said who's that, it sounds great. There ended up being a few Neurotic Outsiders fans, sitting around the dorm listening to that record.

[@13thRaven]

Neurotic outsiders are a fantastic band, still on all my playlists. Always will be

[@CasmaPallaPalla]

I still love that album, the Neurotic Outsiders has a solid, upbeat , raw and powerful production.

[@issemxfi]

I loved it the day I bought it and I always will. This kind of record makes history.

[@rythmolution]

Great Band, saw them at Webster Hall, NYC. Those were the times........

[@bettaplayitkool3817]

I remember i was 5 or 6 years old, my dad and i listened to this record a lot. We would have Angelina on repeat.

[@robgraham9947]

Top Guy. Very genuine.

[@regdwight235]

Steve Jones is a legend , don’t know exactly what constitutes it as he says lol but he’s one for sure . Not just for the music either he has really evolved as a person , he’s been there done that and came out the other end . His autobiography is really honest and candid . Those in the know already been playing neurotic outsiders for decades I bought this album when it was out like all you others here Also went to the Finsbury Park pistols gig Good times !

[@TVoltG]

Neurotic Outsiders is still one of my favorite ones..

[@nickthelick]

I remember seeing the Neurotic Boy Outsiders (remember the 'Boy' bit?!) at the tiny LA2 (London Astoria 2) back in 1997... Simon Le Bon came onstage for the encore, which was a Stooges song... I think it was I Wanna Be Your Dog, possibly... I also remember getting off with a German woman who was the wife of the singer from Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, I was 18, I'm guessing she was late 30s early 40s! Oh yeah, I was the first person to buy a ticket for that gig too, I got tickets 0001 and 0002. =oD AMAZING NIGHT!

[@hyperdog67]

I totally agree with Steve when he says it could've done a lot better. That was a great album, great vibe, great talent..great songs..it was all there. Now THAT would be something to hear if those guys did a 2nd album? Can't say enough good things about that album.

[@chrisretro81]

Steve is one of the best. A true gent. Shame about Neurotic Outsiders but the album is great

[@paranoidandroid10]

Love you Steve.

[@jrmarrero96]

If I had a spare million bucks, I'd bankroll another NR album and gig, anytime, anywhere!

[@thechapelperilous]

I bet a Patreon for a new Neurotic Outsiders record could happen in no time.

[@katoness]

We are all legends Steve.

[@nineoneoh]

great damn album!

[@miked3168]

I saw the sex pistols and NO in the same year and the NO blew the Pistols out of the water and was way more punk rock than the Pistols were that year.

[@outis439-A]

What year was this? 79?

[@outis439-A]

I dont know what NO is I cant find the band

[@mimmimars]

Neurotic Outsiders,

[@outis439-A]

Steve Jones was in that band

[@TheMissi68]

Steve Perry FTW! Thanks Steve!

[@candydormizzi2500]

Killer album..

[@getstew]

Great record.

[@annamaj2943]

Grandissimo Steve

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

Steve kicks ass.

[@TERRANOVAofficial]

joneseyjukebox is legendary

[@cj3126]

Hilarious ending. No kidding. That's because you made the only high quality punk record in 77. Great interview. Neurotic Outsiders was a little too good to be popular in my opinion.

[@elenaparigi7923]

E' 1 uomo molto affascinante!

[@mixtapes3793]

where can i watch a full neourtic outsiders full live show ? any links weather online or downloaded ? (besides the rehersal here on iu tub)

[@cairyhunts]

Wellllllllllll, They could reform, still time!!!

[@colinrgage]

Just read lonely boy gr8 read

[@depecheddurand]

Before velvet revolver, there was Neurotic outsider.

[@covetprice]

$1,000,000,00 for a record (without promise) that was pretty much silenced. Some say it was against Axl and that's why it was made.. Not for a sale but for a bigger reason that had had to happen.

[@rich6234]

Neurotic Outsiders the fuckin best

[@nicksideris2600]

Anarchy in the KFC...Love ya Steve!

[@armoredmetalhead1257]

Great album NO

[@BadRonald1]

Matt sorum is such a trendy SOB

[@williamtalbot4132]

Listening to this and journeys don't stop believing is playing on the radio.!,creepy.

[@dman030]

this is so funny actually.........hahahaa PIL obviously kicked ass when it came to after-bands.

[@marianobanegas2228]

Neurotics Outsiders and later, Velvet Revolver ..."soundthing" like that, not?

[@Piwork69]

Hotel 6. LOL

[@engineboom]

Steve is so straight up, no bull shit. After all these years he really hasn't changed. Unfortunately Mr Rotten has tried so hard to intellectualise the Pistols and appease the ones he hated and to add further insult became a Trump supporter WTF.

[@jakecorbett3975]

It’s a great album, some of the lyrics are foul but it’s not to be taken seriously

[@markburgess5917]

dont worry about the cancer guy??? get the million??

[@etherealcatholic5711]

Punk is dated and boring,I believe him.

[@robertpavlicart1332]

He is fkn awesome...