STEVE JONES Cool Interview from Hard And Heavy Vol 5 1989

Great Interview from * Behind The Camera * with Steve Jones about Sex Pistols and himself with clips from the
promo video Freedom Fighter And Sex Pistols.

[@derin111]

I was 13 in 1976 when the Bill Grundy Show aired. By the next year I was going to Punk gigs in London every weekend. I would love the chance to re-visit that time for just one day! It was far from all good…but what a time it was!

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Legend. If I saw that music clip without the interview I wouldn't have known it was Steve Jones...

[@mcfcguvnors]

looks like the hippies he once hated

[@sj_-_]

He don't care about long hair.

[@jordanreynolds1498]

@@sj_-_ genius 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@therespectedlex9794]

@@sj_-_ He don't wear flares!

[@user-dm1ki5mh3y]

Yeah, he once looked like that...😉

[@herbert9241]

And with a tedious inevitability, rock musician gets hooked on smack. Glad to see Jonesy has put that aberration behind him and now gets off on pie & mash. That's more like it, geezer.

[@herbert9241]

@Jimmy Jenkinson - Even better; I'm 'also' vegetarian. Vegan pie & mash is pretty easy to knock up at home. I got into the habit of having it for breakfast during lockdown furlough. Probably heading for a heart attack meself if they hadn't called me back to work.

[@philipholmes5884]

I would go to a veggie restaurant w/Steve for ages around 2000/2001 when he helped our my bands last album...don't know if he still dosen't eat red meat...when we 1rsr met him in '83 he wouldn't eat a McDonald's buger but Chicken McNuggets were ok ! The girl said "would you like BBQ/Ranch or Honey mustard" Steve said "I donnit ma-a" (it dosen't matter) and the girl goes "WHAAAAT" ? Lol

[@herbert9241]

@@philipholmes5884 - Ha ha! She's lucky he didn't flob on her. Or did he?

[@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes]

Then the rock stars clean up after numerous failed attempts in Betty Ford and they write a book and lecture us for the rest of their lives about what clean living great role models they are. It's like: "duh all you did was quit drugs mate."

[@derin111]

He’s cut back on the pies these days too. (2022)

[@FloorManiac]

Never been a huge fan of his music, but I think he is one of the most fascinating characters in the music industry. I love hearing him tell stories.

[@sratus]

It's because he's so unaffected, unlike most rockstars. 100% being himself.

[@chrisbennett606]

TrainInVain agreed

[@bartlettandbosc]

Hahahaha after watching his radio show and reading his book this is fucking hilarious to watch! God bless ole Jonesy! He’s fucking awesome!

[@fanboy2015]

I watch clips from Jonesy’s Jukebox every now and then. I like it because it’s so informal and not a typical q&a interview.

[@oohkumar]

Great guitarist. Did what a lot of punk musicians didn’t do: he rocked!

[@cellardoor199991]

He looks like Bradley Cooper, in Limitless, before he takes the pill.

[@THEBYGONE]

lol

[@andypike1234]

This is best rocknroll story ever. After I stole so much equipment I had to put it in some use :D

[@RalfFinne]

I really like the Fire&Gasoline album. Some hate cos it's not punk...well, it" s not . But a good rockalbum

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

I am so shocked at the comments! I love this tune and the CD. I liked the interview. He seems down to earth, nice and honest. This is rock, not punk. Well done Jonesy! 💗

[@spookybaba]

Jealousy, more than likely.

[@eltoro969]

A guy that stole other musicians equipment in the 60/70s in England has no respect from me. People were dirt poor in England back then so he probably ended a lot of bands carriers by doing that. And here he is a grunger with a The Cult copy band living in the fucking hills in California. The guy is a douche.

[@chocomanger6873]

He's interesting to listen to and he made great music with the Sex Pistols, but this music is a joke, and the video is beyond tacky.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Yea it’s good. Steve is versatile. Besides the Pistols and this album, the Professionals and Neurotic Outsiders (a supergroup also featuring members of Guns N Roses and Duran Duran) were good projects. he’s also played with Iggy, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Megadeth, ICP (lol), even Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan!

[@cherylb2008]

Understated and under rated. He must have lost a chunk of time when he got lost in heroin. He’s lucky he came out alive considering he was the victim of abuse.

[@classicartfoundation639]

Underrated!? His solo stuff was abysmal

[@eltoro969]

He wasn't into heroin for that long really. And his solo albums are pretty mediocre. Copy of others stuff like the Cult etc. If you try to forget Sex Pistols image and just listen to their music they are really just another rock and roll band with great songs. It's Rotten who makes it edgy. Take away Rotten and their image they are just another rock band.

[@SamSam-rs8mo]

Hes not underrated you stupid clowns use that term way too much

[@RG-pe3yb]

My two heroes : Ron Asheton and Steve Jones ...

[@squirrelarch]

Gotta love Jonsey. The music he was doing then was not my cuppa but 1989 was a weird time. Even Bowie was somewhat lost.

[@Scottocaster6668]

That was the 80's man EVERYONE was lost one way or the other 😆

[@damionduffy3625]

Even here Steve's eye's were pinned. It's a hard beast to shake.

[@atlanteantruth]

The crazy thing is Steve devolved into exactly what he and his brethren were rebelling against at this point. A bloated old heavy metal rockstar.

[@anzalone138]

This is the Fabio steroids era Steve Jones.

[@TwentyTwenty90]

You read his book too then? Just finished it. Fucking brilliant

[@Crucifuxrecords]

Thanx Johan for sharing this video. I was looking for it since 30 years. I had it on VHS tape at that time that someone erased by mistake... Steve Jones rules...

[@helenwaldron7542]

Hes an utter turd, thats just my opinion and Jonhnnys, mainly so thats that.xxx🆗😅😅😅

[@JoeyLevenson]

That hair is glorious. Love Steve. Such a legend.

[@urbanwarrior3470]

But what about that coke face...lol...

[@billykokkinidis]

He looks so much like Dee Snider there

[@AlmostReady504]

Pretty much unrecognizable today. Jonesy's Jukebox can be cool sometimes. Other times he's all over the place. I'm just glad he's still around Cheers!

[@eltoro969]

The fact that he's wingin' it on every episode makes it good but that also makes it cringe. He does absolutely no research it seems. But he floats on the rock stars have respect for him I guess.

[@edrader]

lazy and boring and not real bright. loved the pistols tho

[@eltoro969]

Yup. If he wasn`t famous for being in SP no one would have watched his shows. Boring, dad jokes, has been, fake punk living in the hills in LA.

[@turntablesrockmyworld9315]

@@eltoro969 Let's me be clear, he might be many things that are not favourable, but is definitely not a "fake punk". He was the real thing, period. Most after were fakes.

[@turntablesrockmyworld9315]

@This is 86 calling Control. Come in, Control... Punk really only existed in its truest form from about 1975 to 1981. The original punk scenes were about originality and individuality. IF you listen to 70s punk there generally was no one sound. After early 1980s it was most sloganeering, bad song writing, emulating a look/fashions, sound, that is, conformity. I grew up in that time and it was much different until everyone gave up their individuality of sound.

[@GreasyBelcher]

What an interview

[@markgreet3543]

Great guitarist sounded amazing in the pistol

[@1979dashy]

The song is freedom fighter, great song

[@-Atmos1]

1989 was a good year .

[@harryroberts2403]

Fabio period Steve Jones

[@donnchadhgrant5451]

you have to give it to him, he had great hair in 1989

[@SaberToothGary]

Fucking LEGEND. Cheers, Steve!!

[@FrostedSeagull]

Wow . at 4'40 Jones says it only went Gold a year ago.

[@fasthracing]

When Steve Jones turned into Van Halen

[@vampirascoffin870]

British sammy hagar

[@chuckabbate5924]

@J A he got plenty😆😆😆

[@jestermindcrime1773]

@rj zander looks a bit more like Bon Jovi

[@therealrodhull1]

He tried to turn into Van halen - but it didnt sell many records!

[@nicolassosolic3760]

He only wishes lol He's rubbish,overrated!!! Hi from France :)

[@thewkovacs316]

i was in la in 89 and dont remember jonesy fronting a hair metal band

[@rickg8015]

If Johnny Thunders did not die they would have made some good albums together..

[@_fabio1978]

Nah, he's vegan now. PC police got him!

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

​@@_fabio1978he's vegan for his health, that's the only reason but he won't admit that

[@H3avyHaul3r]

Never heard this track back in the day, actually never saw anything about him in the 80s...

[@eltoro969]

Me neither and I was very into music in the eighties. But it may be that I just didn't recognize him.

[@nicolassosolic3760]

He's always been washed up lol

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

try The Nothings with the best he did in 83 ☠️💣☠️

[@revolutionday1]

My God....looking at him now (2017), to say that he has "let himself go", would be an egregious understatement.

[@revolutionday1]

He's currently 62. Iggy Pop is 70... I rest my case.

[@robonez]

Sammy Hagar is 70 as well now! :D

[@Nassuklovni]

A shirtless Iggy Pop at 70 is not a pretty picture eighter. If you want a fit looking 70 year old, then look at Tom Savini.

[@majorsmythe1]

He stopped drugs, booze, smoking, but replaced it with eating. Plus he's older now.

[@majorsmythe1]

Drug use. A lot of the skinny's are using drugs. May not look better but Jonesy is healthier now than when he was risking his life daily on drugs.

[@dixgun]

If his hair was cut very short in this era, put a WWII uniform on him and he could’ve been a leading man in a war film.

[@philshine3388]

How ironic! In 1976 he’s in a band that look and sound light years away from anything gone before. Totally ground breaking. And after that, without the genius of John Lydon, he’s singing about being on a f-ing freeway, in a total cliche of a band. Lydon on the other hand went on to create PIL

[@onlyjoetee]

PIL were shit 😂

[@philshine3388]

onlyjoetee Like them or hate them, you can’t deny that PIL were very different and creative surely?

[@MrVerveverve]

your not taking into account the fact that lydon had nothing to do with the pistols music. he just wrote the lyrics. clearly its the music thats the most important. its the music, the riffs, the chord sequences that make the songs as good as they are.

[@philshine3388]

@@MrVerveverve That’s a fair point, but how different would the Pistols really have sounded without John vocal style?

[@MrVerveverve]

@@philshine3388 i agree. the pistols wouldn't be the pistols without him. hes integral to them, and so is jones and matlock. just one of those bands where they wouldn't have had the impact they did without either of the members. the tunes would still have been the same without lydon, so they would still be the same musically, but without lydons lyrics attitude and vocal style obviously it wouldn't be the same.

[@Hydro_Ponik]

We love Jonesy. A real rocka..

[@ukaszs1349]

needed to check twice if this is really Steve from Pistols

[@lexvonghoul6996]

His hair is epic here

[@chrisbennett606]

Prefer to hear him sing in a British voice

[@troyalexander8228]

I remember buying fire and gasoline as a 15 year old back in 98. I was initially disappointed, as I wanted it to sound like pistols or neurotic outsiders. I came to love the album though. Even mercy has some decent tracks. I LOVE the professionals. That had serious potential. Too bad jonesy was deep in the drugs by then. Love jonesy to the end! Hope he’s feeling better.

[@philipholmes5884]

Hey Troy ! We played some Professionals songs with him in 1983 ! Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" if you want to see ! Cheers !

[@emilyp2253]

Almost 40 years progression from pub rock to pub dub

[@freddesmet259]

Energy of miss guided youth... 405

[@jimmymorgan3324]

WONDER HOW MANY TIMES. HE,S. HAD IS. BLOOD CHANGED.

[@jmt7278]

Ha, all the cassette tapes strewn all over the floor 😂 I like the long hair biker look he had then (not those trousers though 😂) Freedom Fighter is a really good song

[@whitetrailertrashdeepsouth7999]

i don't get iit, he makes it sound so easy. i'm jealous really

[@mariojorgecaeiro]

Intelligent bloke, definitely

[@Danpgood]

Mário Caeiro I met him in L.A. last year. Very smart, very funny, very cool guy 😎

[@urbanwarrior3470]

3:03 "Shooting dope. It was a nightmare really. I wasn't having fun. I just didn't know what else to do..." Funny way to put it

[@grahamjarman]

dang he looks totally different here

[@edrader]

big hair and roids

[@johnpuckett4888]

The Red Rocker Steve Jones

[@monsieurmitosis]

Steve, there’s no need to blame the drugs for the difficulties you had landing a record deal. Listening to this track in the background, particularly the god awful lyrics, I can see there was a much simpler explanation.

[@classicartfoundation639]

Lol

[@deanpd3402]

Yeah well, here in Sydney some of the people I knew in punk, including a drummer I was in a band with started sounding like the stuff Steve was doing. A natural progression really.

[@patkelly3966]

@@deanpd3402 Progression? Quite the opposite I'd say.

[@spookybaba]

Loved your albums, Mister Mitosis, Watercolour Society, and Pat. I can hear why you got your record contracts 😂😂

[@lolalopez486]

Que bueno que estaba Steve😍😍

[@annamaj2943]

Mitico Steve

[@claysoul_music]

Funny he became exactly what the Sex Pistols were rebelling against. Which just shows he doesnt give a flying f**k what anyone thinks. He's gold.

[@EvaDelCorvo]

And what’s the thing Steve became and were Pistols rebelling against?

[@THEBANDIT7979]

He let his hair grow ?

[@sean1121970]

The music clip sounded like a cross between the cult and an Australian band called the poor.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Luv what John Lydon Said About Steve Jones's Anti Drug Advert, One Look At His Face You Can Well Believe It,

[@FoolishFlock]

i am a lil'bit surprised that Steve-Jones got into 'H' (expecially really bad off on it).. with seeing what had terribly happened to Sid ~&~ Nancy or the likes of Darby-Crash(less than a year after Sid) ~&~ even also how bad off people like "Johnny-Thunders" ~&~ "Jerry-Nolan" from the New-York-Doll's! were on 'H' at around basically all the same time period! glad that he says he's off it now currently though! because once you are hooked on-it!.. it's a VERY! Hard! Fight! to just! get OFF! that Shit!! for even just a-little-while! let-alone! a-long-time! like hopefully! for the-rest of your-life! it's truly an-everyday! fight! no-matter! if you've been Clean! for just barely! #1-Month! ~OR~ very-well-over! #1-Decade! it's always! going to-be! a inner-struggle! it's truly one of the most destructive drugs around! nothing else matters when you're addicted to that CRAP!!...

[@klausrain111]

FoolishFlock You don't really understand junkies, do ya? They don't sit there and say, "Gee, it was bad for Sid, so I'd better not do it." That's part of WHY they do it, or at least keep doing it. It's called self-destruction.

[@MYEVILTWIIN]

Wonder ! how ! that ! post ! would ! have! Looked! You! Hadn’t! Found! The exclamation!

[@andrewmair7371]

The age-old Heroin Drama ... SO boring 😑

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

Walter Lure as well Rest in Powder ☠️💣☠️

[@ashrushworthtransonic6199]

What the fuck was he doing

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

in 1989, there was barely any punk rock, and what punk there was was beneath Steve in terms of what he had experienced. So basically he did his best to fit in with LA. rockers in order to get paid, and perhaps even more importantly, get laid. In terms of his guitar riffs it wasn't much of a stretch. And his vocals actually kicked ass.

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

+SILLYBILLY BILLYSILLY - I don't believe Steve Jones is 'out of it' in the least during this interview - in fact I'd lay claim to the fact that he is - completely fucking SOBER - so disagree totally with your comment...

[@loko5555]

gotta pay the bills

[@BillyJango]

I was wondering the same. He must cringe when he looks back on this. But lucky for him he is much more remembered for his Pistols days.

[@davedennison7386]

​@LetsGoMetsGo33 "There was barely any punk"....ok 😅😅😅

[@vicbittertoo]

Wow, never new Steve did hair metal, sorta cool !!!

[@welkflingers]

The smack years?

[@richarddixon9606]

Help help here comes the bear 'one for the kids'

[@andypike1234]

Never had a clue he played glam :D

[@mertustun5442]

Jonesy looks different with that style. More American, less English. I would of never thought he was Chelsea supporter if Id seen him.

[@chrisg836]

Agreed. He doesn't look racist enough to be a Chelsea fan.

[@MrZappaman420]

How zooked was Jonesy in this video?

[@markgreet3543]

Great interview huge sex pistol fan and I collect sex pistols items I've got mercy by steve jones and fire and gasoline both are really great

[@a.s.2426]

Dude basically turned into Ian Astbury.

[@sexobscura]

*At least he doesn't harp on about having meningitis, completely losing his memory, being working class and being 100% honest*

[@sexobscura]

@@GP-sv9nh true we all have our faults

[@massapower]

FIRE & GASOLINE... Incredible album.. Every TRACK KICKS !!😁👍🏻👍🏻

[@Colin-ro6lh]

Always surprised me Steve took Heroin after all he saw with Sid especially & no one had mohawk in 70's

[@markgreet3543]

I've got mercy which is really good and fire and gasoline is cool 😎

[@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse]

He looks like Bob Moran from York Way! 😂💀

[@markgreet3543]

Friggin in the friggin was great 2

[@mattsenseny4985]

His book Lonely Boy is quite.

[@mattsenseny4985]

A good book, 😊

[@JRStephens5005]

He's high here. You can tell.

[@Danimal77]

How can you tell?

[@mitchellmillard9350]

Yes he is and I'm an ex user myself

[@pigknickers2975]

looks like a right junkie don't he, I know the look

[@xdef1ne]

Definitely sad to see Steve playing that 80s garbage but good to see him straight now.

[@-TheRealThing-]

he's only 34 here!

[@geruto17760]

yeah, and he's only 65 now, right...

[@alanfrehley1373]

Sounds like Steve Harris from Iron Maiden!

[@opseudocientista7783]

Nunca tinha visto ele cabeludo

[@brucearmacost8598]

So long hair is acceptable now that it's 1989? A 34 year old man is wearing his hair in a way that he would have enthusiastically kicked someone's ass for wearing back when he was 21?

[@chocomanger6873]

Have you seen how fat John Lydon is now? Now he's rebelling against healthy food.

[@williamr3840]

Fabio!

[@_fabio1978]

Fabio phase lol

[@andrewwilson711]

Steve with the long hair so funny and ironic that he hated hippies funny guy though legend of the rhythm guitar with Johnny Ramone

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

Metal Jonesy was bad Jonesy

[@oldgit4260]

he looks well stoned

[@thestr8person]

The Underdog Nope.

[@marsoblivi0n945]

Bussarin Boi hate to say it. But he most definitely is high on herion or pharmaceutical opioids. I’m on them for an injury for the past 10 years. You can spot another user from a mile away.. glossed & pinned eyes.

[@TweedSuit]

I didn't know SJ was a Robert Plant impersonator.

[@WyattScott]

The Professionals, now that was a fantastic group not too keen on the long hair queen lol

[@christopherwelch136]

His name is Paul Cook. Say my name.

[@MurmurMetal]

Looks like Bradley Cooper

[@sdafasdfasdfsda]

The Angel of Punk Rock see's this and weeps.

[@markferguson3745]

Hard to land smoothly after all the hype.Can't blame him for how grim this period was, - too much LA,- and most need some kind of writing partner.Very little great music was made by actual solo artists.

[@itsMrNoble]

Steve Jonesing

[@SoCalDan530]

Hes a hippie! nver wouldah thought hed sell out

[@danielpatrick3761]

Was he still on the gear and booze at this point? Would explain the music if so

[@Danimal77]

He gave up alcohol, but was still a junkie for another 2 or 3 years after this.

[@philipholmes5884]

He relasped after the F&G album...that was it for 3 weeks and he's been clean since !

[@laca7676]

What is the problem? 88-89 era of hard rock...and all the 80's. No one cared about punk so he had to do something. Come on people at least he tried himself in something different and stayed by music.

[@chocomanger6873]

LOL

[@michaelwills1926]

He did what he wanted to do and gave fuckall to the rest. Brilliant really

[@Danimal77]

It's crazy how thin/muscular he was back then. He looks and sounds NOTHING like he does today. Then again, he was also on a lot of drugs at this point.

[@RossBayCult]

Steve is a Cali guy. He’s done with England. Good weather, good food, good chicks.

[@redskyatnight123]

California hasn't got much good press at the moment

[@CelebznbodysuitNeckMaskz]

Hes right outta er

[@tolvana]

Wait WHAT?

[@jayhunter76]

What’s with the hippie hair?

[@styrmugnsell4560]

Try english subtitles! At 0:23 Steve will tell EXACLY were you REALLY are...

[@edrader]

try that again in English so people know what the fuck you are talking about

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Remember seeing this after I first discovered Sex Pistols, and wondering what the Hell kinda music he was playing...but last night, talking about this clip with my Wife, somehow the damn lyrics to that song popped into my head quick as a hiccup...I reckon it WASN'T forgettable dreck...