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Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“I’ve got nothing but love for John. He was brilliant back in the day… We’ve just grown apart”: Steve Jones on the Sex Pistols’ legacy, their ill-fated second guitarist auditions and how a new singer has rejuvenated the band

Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols wears a black ballcap and plays his Les Paul Custom as he performs at Download, day-glo Marshall amps in the background.

Steve Jones has been on the road with the Sex Pistols. And like his old-guard bandmates, bassist Glen Matlock and drummer Paul Cook, he’s been reinvigorated by their vocalist, who – you might notice from our photos – isn’t John Lydon, also known as the infamous, sneering, occasionally cantankerous Johnny Rotten.

Jones says he has nothing but love for the original frontman, but also acknowledges that they’ve grown apart. Lydon, based on the poisonous darts he sometimes slings at his old pals through the media, seems to agree.

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