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“It wasn’t even worth asking John about the reunion tour”: Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn’t spoken with John Lydon since 2008

Lydon recently hit out at Sex Pistols’ comeback with Frank Carter on vocals, calling it “karaoke”

Louder · Feb 25, 2025

“They’re absolutely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the point and the purpose of it all”: John Lydon writes off Sex Pistols tour as "karaoke"

As the band prepare to head out on tour without their original frontman, Lydon has a few things to say about it

MusicRadar · Feb 21, 2025

“Almost overnight after the Sex Pistols, prog rock came to a halt”: 1977 was the supposedly the year punk killed prog. The truth is very different

Exploding the myth that progressive rock’s ‘dinosaurs’were finished off by punk

Louder · Feb 8, 2025

Sex Pistols member says he has not spoken to Johnny Rotten for years

They last played together in 2008

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn't spoke to ex-bandmate Johnny Rotten in 16 years

The Sex Pistols' guitarist Steve Jones has been estranged from Johnny Rotten for 16 years.

BANG Premier · Nov 14, 2024

"We'd get to America, and bang! Something happens. Got to get back on the plane and go home": Scott Gorham on Thin Lizzy's breakthrough, Phil Lynott, and why they always screwed up their US tours

1976 was a pivotal year for Thin Lizzy. Guitarist Scott Gorham, one half of the band’sclassic twin-guitar sound, takes a trip down memory lane

Louder · Oct 31, 2024

“I needed a guitar player. I kind of needed someone who would be the Sid Vicious to my Johnny Rotten”: Yungblud on the relatable genius of his head-turning guitarist Adam Warrington (who is more likely to buy you a beer than teach you scales)

It was meant to be. A chance encounter in east London brought Harrington into Yungblud's life, and he has been his six-string lieutenant ever since, a player who always knows how to grab the audience's attention

Guitar World · Oct 25, 2024

‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands

From the Edinburgh duo who toured with the Beatles to the ribbon-festooned Strawberry Switchblade, Scotland produced thrilling girl bands. So why couldn’t they sustain their success? A new film tells their stories

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

Adrian Edmondson: ‘I don’t think I ever fell out with Rik. But things became thinner’

The comedian and actor on his life’s two great double acts – with Jennifer Saunders and Rik Mayall. Plus why he avoids Michelin stars and adores Johnny Rotten

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

“It became cool to slag off prog, but what do you think these punk musicians did when they got home? Listened to the bands they’d been having a go at”: JJ Burnel on how Caravan inspired a Stranglers track

After falling in love with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, the bassist created Down In The Sewer as a response – and if that makes his band prog, he’s fine with it

Louder · Jul 31, 2024