People remember Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten, but Steve Jones was clearly the Pistol with musical talent. Never Mind the Bollocks has some great guitar riffs
+MADFERIT MAN indeed you did, but I've seen SP vids where there are 2 guitarists and 1 bass player. At least that's how they looked to me, and I wonder if there was a time before Matlock left when he played with the rest of them or am I imagining it all?
***** Yes, on reflection (and viewing a few Pistols vids) I believe you are correct, I wonder how they sounded live, cos on the record (Pretty Vacant)) it has at least 2 guitar tracks in the mix, Steve Jones, play's the rhythm and lead guitar most notably at the intro, where you can hear the riff over the first A chord and later when he play's the solo's, so much for keeping it simple, too many words, what can I say? Enuff!
Thread Bear He loves to jam with anyone practically. Check out his radio show KLOS 😁. He jams with many of the guests 😁. Doesn't have to be only punk musicians. He jams with many different types of musicians 😁. The videos for his radio show are here on TH-cam on the KLOS TH-cam page 😁. Check it out! 😁.
He's always come across as down to earth with no airs or graces. Although not a virtuoso I think he's a better musician than many people realise, even including himself. Anyone aspiring to play in a band could learn a lot just by listening to him.
He makes a Fender scream with my old band in 1983 ! Ok he kicked the overdrive pedal and it was feedback ! But check it out anyway ! Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" it even has famous groupie Pamela Des Barres dancing in Black leather & Silly thing ! Cheers !
@@LeahDyson-kq4bdactually that’s Waldo from the heartbreakers who played on that. He was definitely a better guitar player than both, but he didn’t have that aura like those two had.
YOU understood nothing ! I said "why he couldn't play" because I don't understand WHY this girl told so on her comment ! she said he couldn't play ! what's the meaning ??? he played with the sex pistols ,no ? he made concerts with them ,no ? I don't understand why this girl said "he couldn't play "
Unassuming and honest about his guitar skills but Steve you are up there with the best, it's all about ideas and originality and consider you were so young back in 76/77 when you came up with these riffs and solos but they still sound so GOOD today. That's always the acid test!.
Steve Jones did the guitar and bass parts on Bollocks except Glen did bass on Pretty Vacant, Sid was sick in hospital and did nothing, Johnny did most of the lyrics but him and Glen both wrote submission, as far as I've heard, anyway who cares, the stars aligned and the Pistols came and kicked the music industries ass
Actually Sid PLAYED on Bodies, Submission, Belsen Was a Gas and Holidays in The Sun, the latter 2 having been written and ALL the 4 recorded after Glen Matlock had already left the band in several sessions at Wessex Studios in '77: then Steve Jones re-recorded almost ALL the bass lines over both Glen's and Sid's leaving just a couple of the original chords played by each one of them in a few songs of NMTB including Bodies!
Steve told me Glen played on "Anarchy" & Sid is on punch ins on "Bodies" and maybe "GSTQ" type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" to see a gig we did with him in 1983 ! Cheers !
I love his rhythmic playing, it's very fun to play along to tunes like Anarchy, you can tell future guitarists were immensely inspired by him like Kurt Cobain, also a lot of this sounds very much influenced by Ron Asheton of the Stooges!
Ron Asheton in my opinion was the original punk rock guitarist, laid the groundwork for what was to come. The word gets thrown around a lot these days but he truly is underrated
Remember he then went on and played in other bands after the Pistols. More hands-on time, equals more experience and more heart - thus improved playing :)
Because how he is playing them songs NOW isnt the same way he played on the Bollocks Album... am I in a time flux? Relax your brain - its just TH-cam....
+Max Heinrich Gutzmann Liebow holy fuck are you an idiot... I as talking about the album, and you should have deduced that by the fact that I used teh word "album" in my comment. Thank God this is just TH-cam, if this was driving you would've hit a tree.
Sorry Im not able to keep up with this "discussion". I work, have a family .etc and dont find much time or thrill on "You-Tube debates" - Ill leave you to it. Enjoy yourself. Besides dont take it too hard, its just my opinion, not a penis....
Much of their music was actually quite jolly and in a major key. The juxtaposition of the guitar parts and Lydon's sneering vocals is what made them so unique.
@@detroitfunk313 So, throw the 3rds out, basically, so it's not so "nice" and friendly. Although, I do hear a bit of genuine full major chording in Steve's stuff for the big sound but it's not that emphasized. He keeps it tight and tough sounding, yet full.
a legend!! for those who haven't already, watch the classic albums dvd, dispels the myth the pistols couldn't play. never mind the bollocks is one of the greatest debut albums by any band ever! if not simply one of the greatest albums ever!!
I know. Jones is and was always a good player. He just used to play down his ability to fit in with the punk image. There's some very nice guitar playing buried in that Pistols album.
wow he's fucking great, actually he's a real genius... with simple chords he could sound great and play brilliant riffs. in this video he looks a bit sad, dont know... it seems that he feels disappointed of himself cause he thinks he can't play, and cause there have been many "great" guitarists after him, like those who play metal... just my impression. we love ya Steve!
+Luudh uruk He's from England. It is what we do best - feeling disappointed with ourselves.. and then turning that into something good, or bad, depending on the "judge". I guess the whole world is like that really.. Okay.. I will go now. I love his radio show. I just found it - 'Jonesy's Jukebox'
+Luudh uruk its much better for someone who has limited musical skills producing something so brilliant that changed music forever than some virtuoso steve vai boring shit, thats why hes a guitar hero.
jesus what a wholesome humble dude, so many of rock legends you see spit out some crazy licks and act like it's whatever, but even after all that time Steve Jones is still just stoked that he figured it out
Taking the best bits of Eddie Cochran, Johnny Thunders, Ronnie Wood and Mick Ronson - and moulding it into something entirely his own. Jonesy is one of the greats. Don’t let anyone tell you any differently.
I totally agree with those 4 sources of Steve's playing. As a deep fan of Steve's playing, here are few more that I think had a strong influence on Steve that might not be as obvious. Jimi Hendrix. That's right! Steve was flipped out by Purple Haze when it first came out and bugged his neighbor to keep playing the single over and over. I think this had deep effect on his musical development and life path. I can hear a strong Hendrix influence in Steve particularly on the controlled noise atmospherics he likes to make live and on stuff like Anarchy with the feedback swells. James WillIamson. Steve played along with Raw Power to learn guitar and I can hear a strong influence there with the tight, precise chord changes, big full sound, and rhythmic aggression. Steve's chord choices on EMI with I-IV pattern on the chorus sound very Williamson-like and I'm sure that's where he got it. Pete Townshend. Steve's mentioned Pete as an influence but said it wasn't one of his biggest. But I think Steve picked up some cues from Pete from the way Pete showed that you can fill up the space in a single guitar band with a big, full crunch and tight, precise rhythmic playing that sounds massive. Plus, Pete showed that you can do interesting tasty fills and things that hold attention without being a super lead virtuoso. You can hear some Who in the Pistols, too. Brian May. Steve was a fan of early Queen and that treble-boosted/AC30, midrangy rhythm sound of May definitely sounds like an influence to me. Chuck Berry. Steve saw Chuck live when he was young and the influence is obvious. Maybe even more than Keith Richards, Steve was able to tap into what was exciting about Chuck's lead sound and apply it to some very modern, futuristic rock 'n' roll that still sounds fresh. Berry's rhythm and lead playing are both big influences on Steve. Tom Scholz. Steve was a big Boston fan though wouldn't admit it until years later. Like Scholz, Steve created a massive wall of sound that had a quintessential 70's midrange bite, but kind of futuristic sounding. But still totally classic rock 'n' roll. Steve had already developed his own core sound by the time he heard Scholz. But I believe Scholz and Boston's first album were an influence on Steve totally getting into guitar overdubs with Chris Thomas on Never Mind The Bollocks. Also, somewhat of an influence on Steve's playing and developing a similar massive wall of sound and close midrangey rhythm tone. And finally, Phil Spector. Not a guitar player but Steve's said that he literally wanted to develop a guitar wall of sound like Phil Spector's wall of sound and that Spector was a big influence on his. Another reason for Steve getting heavily into overdubbing and studio time.
He's being disingenous. There's no way someone who couldn't play was pulling all those little pentatonic licks out of nowhere. I think he spent a long time learning blues rock riffs and licks.
I love how genuinely proud he is of his guitar licks. AND HE SHOULD BE! They are among the most recognizable and influential guitar licks of all time. How many musicians heard those songs and took up guitar because of him. And he is humble and flattered that he is thought of in such high regard. That's how he comes across to me in this interview.
This comes from the dvd "Classic albums - Never mind the bollocks". It's one of the bonus parts from this dvd. Don't know of there is more of this, but it's all i got.
His tone sounds awesome. I can totally relate to him when it comes to not knowing how to read music and teaching yourself how to play guitar... making the most out of simple powercord progressions. I think Les Paul's naturally brings the best out of the person who's playing it. Dude is a legend in my book.
Stephen .Wells Chris Thomas who produced the album said that Jonesy was one of the tightest players he’d ever recorded and he’s recorded all the big names. Jonesy could do countless overdubs in very little time as whilst he’s not a guitar virtuoso he’s got rock-solid timekeeping skills
If you bought a guitar and followed a few pistols guitar lessons on here I am confident in saying you'd be able to play a few of these within a yr, regular practice,I play intermediate level & these are on basic level, that ain't negative,some of the best songs contain basic or few chord's, great hobby 👍
It’s almost made to think how good they were. Jones was one of Britain’s finest guitarists, and rotten is easily the best front man ever to be associated with punk
The solos in anarchy are genius!! I loved them in 1978 when i had no idea how to play guitar and i love them even more in 2020 after having played guitar for 30 plus years. Jonesy is a great writer and player, just great feel and ear for the hook.
To your point... check out some of the TH-cam reaction videos of Anarchy. Whenever it gets to one of the two solo breaks in that song, the reactor almost invariably has a reaction like "oh!". An unconscious visceral reaction. Powerful stuff. Jonesy came up with some brilliant stuff that genuinely moved people and still does.
' I really didn't know how to play!". LoL says the guy who wrote and played guitar and bass on one of the most influential albums ever written ...I bought nmtb when I was 12.. I'm 55 now..I still feel the same way as when I first opened the album and put in on my turntable......llol😂 cheers from Vancouver BC Canada 👍
He used a MXR Phase 90 in the days with Glen. He didn't use any other pedals in the 70's. He turned them all the way up, just like Johnny Thunders. Today Steve uses a Danelectro Daddy'o Distortion pedal, that has alot todo with his tone today. I have written alot about his gear, alot of the info out there has come from me. I asked Steve alot of questions before, and also studied all his gear ect. He used Musicman Amps as well in the 70's during the Scandanavian tour
Kim Thayil did an amazing job with MC50, and I have absolutely no complaints. However, I did think at one point what it would have been like to have had Steve Jones and Brother Wayne Kramer together.
Even more amazing when you think of all the classics he DIDN'T show….Satellite, Holidays in the Sun, Pretty Vacant etc, etc, etc……inspired me to play guitar in 1977, absolute legend.
Interviewer was asking about other topic, found him in a good mood and be broke down NMTB guitar parts. Priceless. Bands in the future will watch this to cover the tunes. Well done, interviewer. Well done
If you see the full docu, the interviewer was asking him about the rumour that Chris Spedding had played the guitar parts on 'Skcollob'. Steve finally laid to rest 'that old chestnut' with his demonstration here.
Quite amazing how many of these AC/DC took away and worked on , PROBLEMS is pure Malcolm Young using a great sound and filling it out for angus to go on, after hearing the Pistols. only good for 1 album and rotten turned into a sad capitalist twa* but at the time that bollocks album was sublime anarchy.
Comes across as very modest and humble, I think without a doubt this guy changed how rock would sound in the future, before the pistols there was mostly blues rock which was pretty boring to listen to for most, then along came the Steve and suddenly we had power chord rock which was fresh and exciting, without a doubt influenced the likes of Maiden and Leppard, not only that some of the more established bands followed suite with a heavier sound, look at Thin Lizzy, Judas priest, Scorpions all changed to this heavier power chord sounding crunch, yeah some bands were already using it namely Sabbath and Kiss but I think it took the pistols sound to really get the whole rock bandwagon rolling, one of the most important groups in the history of rock.
He's one of my best mates. By the way, he's a great lad, so humble and really quite ordinary for somebody who can play the guitar like he does. I talk to him every week and I love it. He's as funny as f@ck and a blast to just yap about anything to.
steve jones: bar chord whiz kid. simple yet so original. more innovative player than most realize. sure, maybe those other british cats belting out recycled freddie king style blues lines like, say, peter green were technically better players, but jones' work is more original.
Fascinating to see those great riffs being played in isolation and to hear how they came about - great point he makes about how close his sound is to Ted Nugent & Deep Purple
I was 21 and living for a year in Chicago when this album came out. They played the Sex Pistols at La Mere Vipere - anyone remember?? True punk club. I like to turn it up at 65 years old. I give you a Testimonial !!
Strongly advise any noob picking up a bass or guitar and learning, to do Seventeen (I'm A Lazy Sod was its original title) . Maybe the easiest Pistols number.
Get an Epiphone SG Special. I love mine, light as hell. On the other end of the scale I was looking at the 3 ££grand Gibson Les Pauls yesterday. Saw the white one. Three thousand...
Those solos are super fucking hard to play. Dont listen to anything Mr. Jones says, dont listen to anyone. Just know: that shit this guy presents is not easy to play. Cuz its not.
I want to know who's Steve's dentist, because I like his new set of teeth! Incredible work done.. apart from that I love these videos, brilliant tone on that Gibson. good riffs!
I always knew he used a Twin(s) during the Pistols days, but was under the impression that Twins had somewhat of a 'clean' sound as compared to Marshalls, and wondered how he would get such superb, crunchy tone from the Fenders. Any info about this would be helpful.
The Twin that Jonesy used was a master volume model, so he could crank the preamp to get some crunch but keep it under control with the master. It also had somewhat rare Gauss speakers, which distort differently than the Oxford or JBL speakers normally found in Silverface Twins. The other tone “secret” is that the guitars were a mix of his white Custom with humbuckers & his black Custom with P90s. You can really hear the P90s on Bodies & Holidays In The Sun, which are my 2 favorite tracks as far as guitar tone.
Amazing how he reveals his playing...and what a powerhouse he is in Pistols concerts. Just a wall Of guitar sound. What a great band. Will always Admire the Sex Pistols for being who they are.
People remember Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten, but Steve Jones was clearly the Pistol with musical talent. Never Mind the Bollocks has some great guitar riffs
+Curtis Phillips Matlock had the talent, but was too talented for the music the pistols were aiming to put out, which is why he was replaced by Sid.
+MADFERIT MAN he wasn't replaced with Sid glen Matlock was
Redyoshi64 that's what I said
+MADFERIT MAN indeed you did, but I've seen SP vids where there are 2 guitarists and 1 bass player. At least that's how they looked to me, and I wonder if there was a time before Matlock left when he played with the rest of them or am I imagining it all?
***** Yes, on reflection (and viewing a few Pistols vids) I believe you are correct, I wonder how they sounded live, cos on the record (Pretty Vacant)) it has at least 2 guitar tracks in the mix, Steve Jones, play's the rhythm and lead guitar most notably at the intro, where you can hear the riff over the first A chord and later when he play's the solo's, so much for keeping it simple, too many words, what can I say? Enuff!
Perhaps not a "musician's musician", but who gives a damn? He knows how to make that guitar scream and shout. That's what counts.
Thread Bear He loves to jam with anyone practically. Check out his radio show KLOS 😁. He jams with many of the guests 😁. Doesn't have to be only punk musicians. He jams with many different types of musicians 😁. The videos for his radio show are here on TH-cam on the KLOS TH-cam page 😁. Check it out! 😁.
He's always come across as down to earth with no airs or graces. Although not a virtuoso I think he's a better musician than many people realise, even including himself. Anyone aspiring to play in a band could learn a lot just by listening to him.
He makes a Fender scream with my old band in 1983 ! Ok he kicked the overdrive pedal and it was feedback ! But check it out anyway ! Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" it even has famous groupie Pamela Des Barres dancing in Black leather & Silly thing ! Cheers !
If a person gets a kick from simply strumming an A chord , they are playing music .
most rock/metal/punk/ blues guitarists are not a "musician's musician"
The sound of Steve's guitar and Rotten's voice totally complimented each other. The Pistols stood for something that you couldn't ignore in 1977.
John had said that they got lucky that Steve’s tone and his vocals matched so well
Now we have something we can't ignore again and everybody's conforming and complying.
Same for my birthday in 77
1975 and then some
Steve can make a three chord riff amazing. It's in his soul, pure rock n roll.
While others play a thousand notes per second and say nothing
He was influenced by Johnny thunders he played on London boys song and I didn't even realize because it sounded so much how thunders would always play
@@LeahDyson-kq4bdactually that’s Waldo from the heartbreakers who played on that. He was definitely a better guitar player than both, but he didn’t have that aura like those two had.
Steve Jones is a legend
A Heavy Metal guy too haha
Yes
Absolute legend.
Yes Sean ! Check him out with my band in 1983 ! Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" ! Cheers !
I know everybody gets called a legend these days but Steve Jones is truly deserving of that title. Funny, talented, raw and real. 🎸🎶💥🔥🌠🔊
You are a legend for this comment.
@@ZXSPEX LEGENDARY comment.
@@DiogenesOfCa that is a legendary affirmation. You are a legend.
@@seang3019 and you're a legend for acknowledging the legendariness of his praising for the other guys legendariness
Finally a camera operator that understands what guitar players want to see.
Yeah but Steve's a semitone down though
steve jones is the most criminally underrated guitarist in the history of rock and roll
I agree!
Wrong genre
And the Winger dude.
Did most of the bass for never mind the bollocks, brilliant guitarist
@Sir Kyushu Steve's guitar swings like no one else's
“He can play guitar like ringin’ a bell”.
I actually don’t believe the guy knows how talented he is. What a legend
yeah his parts are really simple but a really tight guitar player i think his talent is in his timing
Jonesy B God
@@emilytvmusic Yep, instantly identifiable touch, I feel like I could pick him out of ten guys playing the exact same thing.
"Pretty good for someone who couldn't play, back then." Not bad, at all, I say. I always loved his attitude whilst playing. One of the coolest ;-)
what do you mean by "he couldn't play" ?
Stan Green dude couldn't play when he joined the pistols makes ya think how talented he is
I did not understand : why he couldn't play ?
Stan Green because he didn't learn quick enough. How's that hard to explain?
YOU understood nothing !
I said "why he couldn't play" because I don't understand WHY this girl told so on her comment !
she said he couldn't play ! what's the meaning ???
he played with the sex pistols ,no ? he made concerts with them ,no ?
I don't understand why this girl said "he couldn't play "
Unassuming and honest about his guitar skills but Steve you are up there with the best, it's all about ideas and originality and consider you were so young back in 76/77 when you came up with these riffs and solos but they still sound so GOOD today. That's always the acid test!.
yes, the sex pistols will never sound shit!
Seventeen is literally the same chords as blitzkrieg bop
Type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" a gig from 1983 with my old band ! Cheers !
@@bt3743 the chords may be the sams but the progression, rythm and overall structure are completely different....
@@bt3743 Along with about ten thousand more 😁
Steve Jones did the guitar and bass parts on Bollocks except Glen did bass on Pretty Vacant, Sid was sick in hospital and did nothing, Johnny did most of the lyrics but him and Glen both wrote submission, as far as I've heard, anyway who cares, the stars aligned and the Pistols came and kicked the music industries ass
Actually Sid PLAYED on Bodies, Submission, Belsen Was a Gas and Holidays in The Sun, the latter 2 having been written and ALL the 4 recorded after Glen Matlock had already left the band in several sessions at Wessex Studios in '77: then Steve Jones re-recorded almost ALL the bass lines over both Glen's and Sid's leaving just a couple of the original chords played by each one of them in a few songs of NMTB including Bodies!
Steve told me Glen played on "Anarchy" & Sid is on punch ins on "Bodies" and maybe "GSTQ" type in "The Nothings & Steve Jones" to see a gig we did with him in 1983 ! Cheers !
Sid played on Bodies and God Save The Queen
Sid has bass low in mix on Bodies and God Save the Queen.
GSTQ may be only Sid. Sounds like it to me.
Glen played on Anarchy.
Everything else is Steve
@@philipholmes5884 PHIL DO YOU MAKE A COMMENT ON ALL STEVE JONES VIDEOS?
I love Steve's attitude in this video. So down to earth, not taking himself too seriously and yet you can see he's rightfully proud of his work.
“Steve Jones is the tightest rhythm guitar player I have ever heard in my life.” - Bill Price (Engineer, NMTB, London Calling)
- The speed helps to tighten up the things, specially if you are good anyway.
I admire steve jones as a musician and I like that he can't read music but made some of the greatest riffs
M8, he couldn't read period until Filthy Lucre.
@@sammencia7945 reading music is pretty useless for the average guitar player to be honest, not much point.
I just love this guy. He could do more with 4 chords than most guys could do with 1000. Also, one of the most refreshingly honest voice s in music.
The last thing Steve said, "I should be getting paid to teach people how to play Never mind the bollocks". I would gladly pay for the vid. ££££
"Pretty good for someone who couldn't play back then" ;)
Steve Jones can make even one note sound punky. Love it.
This must be the definitive electric guitar tone!!
I love his rhythmic playing, it's very fun to play along to tunes like Anarchy, you can tell future guitarists were immensely inspired by him like Kurt Cobain, also a lot of this sounds very much influenced by Ron Asheton of the Stooges!
Ron Asheton in my opinion was the original punk rock guitarist, laid the groundwork for what was to come. The word gets thrown around a lot these days but he truly is underrated
I don't believe he couldn't play... that album is played masterfully and the guitar sound is amazing.
Remember he then went on and played in other bands after the Pistols. More hands-on time, equals more experience and more heart - thus improved playing :)
Max Heinrich Gutzmann Liebow What? How can later experience affect previous performance... are you in a time flux?
Because how he is playing them songs NOW isnt the same way he played on the Bollocks Album... am I in a time flux? Relax your brain - its just TH-cam....
+Max Heinrich Gutzmann Liebow holy fuck are you an idiot... I as talking about the album, and you should have deduced that by the fact that I used teh word "album" in my comment. Thank God this is just TH-cam, if this was driving you would've hit a tree.
Sorry Im not able to keep up with this "discussion". I work, have a family .etc and dont find much time or thrill on "You-Tube debates" - Ill leave you to it. Enjoy yourself. Besides dont take it too hard, its just my opinion, not a penis....
Much of their music was actually quite jolly and in a major key. The juxtaposition of the guitar parts and Lydon's sneering vocals is what made them so unique.
@@detroitfunk313 So, throw the 3rds out, basically, so it's not so "nice" and friendly. Although, I do hear a bit of genuine full major chording in Steve's stuff for the big sound but it's not that emphasized. He keeps it tight and tough sounding, yet full.
Punk music is often, ironically, in the major key. If you took away the high gain and the angry vocals it would sound like country!
Seems like a really chill dude. In fact, they all are, even Rotten.
For the moment. Everybody has their chill moments. That doesn't mean they weren't dirty rotters.
Cupper with Jones and Cookie, no worries, the bassist too...John Lydon would be tough.
BayviewFinch i think they would have said fucking rotters lol
“Even Rotten”....haha
@@barrysilcock2010 A thumbs up from Grundy.
a legend!! for those who haven't already, watch the classic albums dvd, dispels the myth the pistols couldn't play. never mind the bollocks is one of the greatest debut albums by any band ever! if not simply one of the greatest albums ever!!
Absolute bullshit to claim thet they couldnt play.
I know. Jones is and was always a good player. He just used to play down his ability to fit in with the punk image. There's some very nice guitar playing buried in that Pistols album.
wow he's fucking great, actually he's a real genius... with simple chords he could sound great and play brilliant riffs.
in this video he looks a bit sad, dont know... it seems that he feels disappointed of himself cause he thinks he can't play, and cause there have been many "great" guitarists after him, like those who play metal... just my impression.
we love ya Steve!
+Luudh uruk He's from England. It is what we do best - feeling disappointed with ourselves.. and then turning that into something good, or bad, depending on the "judge". I guess the whole world is like that really.. Okay.. I will go now.
I love his radio show. I just found it - 'Jonesy's Jukebox'
+Robert Where did you find it, is it online or something else?
It is on a DVD apparently.
+Robert Thanks Robert
+Luudh uruk its much better for someone who has limited musical skills producing something so brilliant that changed music forever than some virtuoso steve vai boring shit, thats why hes a guitar hero.
Fucking awesome! When I was 14 I listened for hours trying to figure out how to play all these song. Minus the speed lol. Early guitar hero of mine
wow I've been playing Anarchy wrong for years
There are different ways of laying it. Steve has changed how he plays it over the years as he got better at playing.
2:46 "the intro goes like this" BAM!! Instant Anarchy in the UK. Jonesy weaponised the simplest chords. Such an incredible sound.
Chapter Guide:
No Feelings 0:26
Seventeen 0:53
New York 1:41
-NY Solo 2:11
Anarchy 2:46
-Solo1 3:21
-Solo2 3:48
EMI 4:01
Problems 4:42
Bodies 5:18
Steve Jones, top bloke and a fine guitarist.
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This makes me want to buy a guitar. Even thoughi know I'd never play it and it'd just sit in my room taking up space.
My friend taught me the intro to Pretty Vacant and I was hooked. Get a guitar!
They look nice on the wall anyways.
Copacetic buy one goddammit
How come there are two Jam songs at 3: 25 ?
Steve Jones is the kind of bloke you meet in the local boozer whos friendly enough but you wouldnt want to fuck with him
+chairmanmeow1973 Yeah he has the menace of Mr Blonde in Reservoir dogs.
Looks a lot like him too
jesus what a wholesome humble dude, so many of rock legends you see spit out some crazy licks and act like it's whatever, but even after all that time Steve Jones is still just stoked that he figured it out
Taking the best bits of Eddie Cochran, Johnny Thunders, Ronnie Wood and Mick Ronson - and moulding it into something entirely his own. Jonesy is one of the greats. Don’t let anyone tell you any differently.
I totally agree with those 4 sources of Steve's playing. As a deep fan of Steve's playing, here are few more that I think had a strong influence on Steve that might not be as obvious.
Jimi Hendrix. That's right! Steve was flipped out by Purple Haze when it first came out and bugged his neighbor to keep playing the single over and over. I think this had deep effect on his musical development and life path. I can hear a strong Hendrix influence in Steve particularly on the controlled noise atmospherics he likes to make live and on stuff like Anarchy with the feedback swells.
James WillIamson. Steve played along with Raw Power to learn guitar and I can hear a strong influence there with the tight, precise chord changes, big full sound, and rhythmic aggression. Steve's chord choices on EMI with I-IV pattern on the chorus sound very Williamson-like and I'm sure that's where he got it.
Pete Townshend. Steve's mentioned Pete as an influence but said it wasn't one of his biggest. But I think Steve picked up some cues from Pete from the way Pete showed that you can fill up the space in a single guitar band with a big, full crunch and tight, precise rhythmic playing that sounds massive. Plus, Pete showed that you can do interesting tasty fills and things that hold attention without being a super lead virtuoso. You can hear some Who in the Pistols, too.
Brian May. Steve was a fan of early Queen and that treble-boosted/AC30, midrangy rhythm sound of May definitely sounds like an influence to me.
Chuck Berry. Steve saw Chuck live when he was young and the influence is obvious. Maybe even more than Keith Richards, Steve was able to tap into what was exciting about Chuck's lead sound and apply it to some very modern, futuristic rock 'n' roll that still sounds fresh. Berry's rhythm and lead playing are both big influences on Steve.
Tom Scholz. Steve was a big Boston fan though wouldn't admit it until years later. Like Scholz, Steve created a massive wall of sound that had a quintessential 70's midrange bite, but kind of futuristic sounding. But still totally classic rock 'n' roll. Steve had already developed his own core sound by the time he heard Scholz. But I believe Scholz and Boston's first album were an influence on Steve totally getting into guitar overdubs with Chris Thomas on Never Mind The Bollocks. Also, somewhat of an influence on Steve's playing and developing a similar massive wall of sound and close midrangey rhythm tone.
And finally, Phil Spector. Not a guitar player but Steve's said that he literally wanted to develop a guitar wall of sound like Phil Spector's wall of sound and that Spector was a big influence on his. Another reason for Steve getting heavily into overdubbing and studio time.
Very well stated!
This man is so humble.
What he created has inspired and influenced generations of creative people!
True legend! 🙌🏾
No it hasn't
@@rcweekends9370 Yes it has lmao, Nevermind The Bollocks is one of the most influential albums ever
@@guiltyhxc lmao, sure.
@@rcweekends9370 yes it has🖕🏻
He's being disingenous. There's no way someone who couldn't play was pulling all those little pentatonic licks out of nowhere. I think he spent a long time learning blues rock riffs and licks.
I love how genuinely proud he is of his guitar licks. AND HE SHOULD BE! They are among the most recognizable and influential guitar licks of all time. How many musicians heard those songs and took up guitar because of him. And he is humble and flattered that he is thought of in such high regard. That's how he comes across to me in this interview.
3:23 my favourite solo
This comes from the dvd "Classic albums - Never mind the bollocks".
It's one of the bonus parts from this dvd.
Don't know of there is more of this, but it's all i got.
His tone sounds awesome. I can totally relate to him when it comes to not knowing how to read music and teaching yourself how to play guitar... making the most out of simple powercord progressions. I think Les Paul's naturally brings the best out of the person who's playing it. Dude is a legend in my book.
As a Pistols fan that was fascinating viewing for me. I'm no musician myself but its clear to see how good Steve Jones really is.
Stephen .Wells Chris Thomas who produced the album said that Jonesy was one of the tightest players he’d ever recorded and he’s recorded all the big names. Jonesy could do countless overdubs in very little time as whilst he’s not a guitar virtuoso he’s got rock-solid timekeeping skills
If you bought a guitar and followed a few pistols guitar lessons on here I am confident in saying you'd be able to play a few of these within a yr, regular practice,I play intermediate level & these are on basic level, that ain't negative,some of the best songs contain basic or few chord's, great hobby 👍
Steve is an even better guitarist now than he was back in the day ironically
If you're interested it comes from the dvd extras of the documentary of NMTB on the classic albums series,
He's awesome, simple, but killer!
Give me Steve Jones’ tone, attack and expression over a thousand shredders.
He is very humble
A incredible guitar player and you can tell he's a good bloke!
It’s almost made to think how good they were. Jones was one of Britain’s finest guitarists, and rotten is easily the best front man ever to be associated with punk
The solos in anarchy are genius!! I loved them in 1978 when i had no idea how to play guitar and i love them even more in 2020 after having played guitar for 30 plus years. Jonesy is a great writer and player, just great feel and ear for the hook.
To your point... check out some of the TH-cam reaction videos of Anarchy. Whenever it gets to one of the two solo breaks in that song, the reactor almost invariably has a reaction like "oh!". An unconscious visceral reaction. Powerful stuff. Jonesy came up with some brilliant stuff that genuinely moved people and still does.
' I really didn't know how to play!". LoL says the guy who wrote and played guitar and bass on one of the most influential albums ever written ...I bought nmtb when I was 12.. I'm 55 now..I still feel the same way as when I first opened the album and put in on my turntable......llol😂 cheers from Vancouver BC Canada 👍
Great fun. Steve jones was brilliant.
I would rather hear Steve Jones play than Clapton, Van Halen or any other idiot "shredding."
Steve Jones is my spirit animal.
Behold the awesome power of Steve Jones. Steve’s stuff is the roughest, toughest most brutal most iconic punk ever created. I never get tired of it.
How fantastic to hear these riffs stripped back. Steve takes a lot of flak for idiots, saying he can't play but he sure as hell can!
He used a MXR Phase 90 in the days with Glen. He didn't use any other pedals in the 70's. He turned them all the way up, just like Johnny Thunders. Today Steve uses a Danelectro Daddy'o Distortion pedal, that has alot todo with his tone today. I have written alot about his gear, alot of the info out there has come from me. I asked Steve alot of questions before, and also studied all his gear ect. He used Musicman Amps as well in the 70's during the Scandanavian tour
i thought he used the phase 45 back then...was the 90 out at that time?
Great player Mr Jones - Talent!
Can you imagine Stevie Jones playing with Buddy Holly? :D He's right though. A lot of Holly's hits we're done using few chords & short simple riffs.
Song Its So Easy . . . Same chords . . . E A D
Yes the kid from Lubbock, Texas was alright wasn't he? He would have got on great with Steve.
Kim Thayil did an amazing job with MC50, and I have absolutely no complaints. However, I did think at one point what it would have been like to have had Steve Jones and Brother Wayne Kramer together.
Ha ..when he said that ...I thought yep ..he's spot on .
Even more amazing when you think of all the classics he DIDN'T show….Satellite, Holidays in the Sun, Pretty Vacant etc, etc, etc……inspired me to play guitar in 1977, absolute legend.
The professionals had alot of bangers too
This guy is my guitar hero!
Interviewer was asking about other topic, found him in a good mood and be broke down NMTB guitar parts.
Priceless.
Bands in the future will watch this to cover the tunes.
Well done, interviewer.
Well done
If you see the full docu, the interviewer was asking him about the rumour that Chris Spedding had played the guitar parts on 'Skcollob'. Steve finally laid to rest 'that old chestnut' with his demonstration here.
A very, very underrated guitarist and so influential on those who came after the Sex Pistols.
And the press said he couldn't play. No wonder they hated the idiotic media.
Steve is a master of original riffs.
Quite amazing how many of these AC/DC took away and worked on , PROBLEMS is pure Malcolm Young using a great sound and filling it out for angus to go on, after hearing the Pistols. only good for 1 album and rotten turned into a sad capitalist twa* but at the time that bollocks album was sublime anarchy.
Great riff composers are rarer than virtuosos, its very difficult to write an iconic piece. Hugh Cornwell was the same. So is the edge from U2.
Comes across as very modest and humble, I think without a doubt this guy changed how rock would sound in the future, before the pistols there was mostly blues rock which was pretty boring to listen to for most, then along came the Steve and suddenly we had power chord rock which was fresh and exciting, without a doubt influenced the likes of Maiden and Leppard, not only that some of the more established bands followed suite with a heavier sound, look at Thin Lizzy, Judas priest, Scorpions all changed to this heavier power chord sounding crunch, yeah some bands were already using it namely Sabbath and Kiss but I think it took the pistols sound to really get the whole rock bandwagon rolling, one of the most important groups in the history of rock.
He's one of my best mates. By the way, he's a great lad, so humble and really quite ordinary for somebody who can play the guitar like he does. I talk to him every week and I love it. He's as funny as f@ck and a blast to just yap about anything to.
cool story bro
jing jing jing jing jing
steve jones: bar chord whiz kid. simple yet so original. more innovative player than most realize. sure, maybe those other british cats belting out recycled freddie king style blues lines like, say, peter green were technically better players, but jones' work is more original.
beautiful music
beautiful talent from this effing PUNK
I'm proud to like them
its funny because all sex pistols tabs on internet are wrong.
Jonesy was a natural he just had a gift
What a top bloke and an amazing band in the day, ripped up the rule book and shat all over it...brilliant....Jonesy, your a star.
He has always had an awesome tone. He has always stood out because you know its him from his tone. Amazing.
"Steve Jones is about the tightest rhythm guitarist I have ever heard in my life."
- Bill Price
Fascinating to see those great riffs being played in isolation and to hear how they came about - great point he makes about how close his sound is to Ted Nugent & Deep Purple
That was was on the one riff... Bodies I think
Watched this Vid so many times. Fantastic riffs. We play some in our band.
Damn why can't there be more of this, I love to see the whole thing. Is there a complete version? Steve jones is badass.
Dave Murray of Sex Pistols.
Always by the side and modest. ♥️🤘
I was 21 and living for a year in Chicago when this album came out. They played the Sex Pistols at La Mere Vipere - anyone remember?? True punk club. I like to turn it up at 65 years old. I give you a Testimonial !!
That tone is just 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Steve.. definetly my favourite Pistol of them all... and without his guitars there would'nt be the whole modern rock up to this day.. respect MAN...
Strongly advise any noob picking up a bass or guitar and learning, to do Seventeen (I'm A Lazy Sod was its original title) . Maybe the easiest Pistols number.
Still one of thee most influential guitarists of all time. So humble... yet so amazing.
Very, very effective simplicity. Genius of simplicity, indeed. That really was the sound of the Pistols. Totally unmistakeable. Incredibly catchy.
Greatest guitar player ever in my book!
For someone who couldn't play SJ was a fucking genius
NMTB is the best Rock 'n' Roll album of all time
Maaan I've always wanted an SG or Les Paul, too bad they're so fucking expensive.
hahaha maan its the same with me :S fucking expensive
LeonardoRenato Launch Yep , I'm gonna get me an jackson v instead
Get a Burny like Steve's playing in this clip. They're not too expensive and very good guitars!
tk1873 Nah,Already got me a Jackson.
Get an Epiphone SG Special. I love mine, light as hell. On the other end of the scale I was looking at the 3 ££grand Gibson Les Pauls yesterday. Saw the white one. Three thousand...
Those solos are super fucking hard to play. Dont listen to anything Mr. Jones says, dont listen to anyone. Just know: that shit this guy presents is not easy to play. Cuz its not.
steven jones!!!
is the beeeeesssstttt!!!
At 1.30 Buddy Holly could have put some lyrics over that - he did with Peggy Sue chords DAE
humble saying he couldn't play but he's in my top ten guitarists ever. cheers mate
He’s not just being humble he’s mocking the dummies who said the Pistols couldn’t lay.
Greatest video on youtube ever !!!!! Love Steve Jones guitar style !!!!
A chilled geezer who vented absolute fury through his guitar
I want to know who's Steve's dentist, because I like his new set of teeth!
Incredible work done.. apart from that I love these videos, brilliant tone on that Gibson. good riffs!
I always knew he used a Twin(s) during the Pistols days, but was under the impression that Twins had somewhat of a 'clean' sound as compared to Marshalls, and wondered how he would get such superb, crunchy tone from the Fenders. Any info about this would be helpful.
Just cranked them i think
Les Paul into fender twin volume full
You just make the level higher than the master volume. That creates distortion in any amp that has those controls.
The Twin that Jonesy used was a master volume model, so he could crank the preamp to get some crunch but keep it under control with the master. It also had somewhat rare Gauss speakers, which distort differently than the Oxford or JBL speakers normally found in Silverface Twins.
The other tone “secret” is that the guitars were a mix of his white Custom with humbuckers & his black Custom with P90s. You can really hear the P90s on Bodies & Holidays In The Sun, which are my 2 favorite tracks as far as guitar tone.
so fucking tight as a player: incredible playing made to look so simple
I love when really successful musicians say stuff like "I cant really play". Steve is the man!
Those stickers bug the shit outa me. Not sure exactly why.
Amazing how he reveals his playing...and what a powerhouse he is in Pistols concerts. Just a wall
Of guitar sound. What a great band. Will always
Admire the Sex Pistols for being who they are.
Incredible guitar songwriting. All the best songs are straight forward.
damn! there is no Holidays in the Sun, Pretty Vacant and GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! and i would like to see the solos too...
+Chris Lowe
yeah i know but i would have an orgasm seeing him playing that
And no Belsen Was a Gas, Satellite, Did You No Wrong, No Fun, Stepping Stone, I Wanna Be Me or Road Runner!