Steve Jones

Surly Was a Punk Rocker

Why I'm Fine With the 'Hipster Flip' Phenomenon

As the lease was set to expire on the Pasadena condo we're currently renting, I, my husband and our young spawn were in the market for a home to buy. Spring selling season is upon us and we wanted to buy while the market is still crapped out. Plus, having just closed escrow on our old place back in ... More >>

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 5. Animal Collective I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, mi ... More >>

Punk Singer Steve Ignorant (Finally) Brings Crass to America: Interview

photo by Damon Allen DavisonSteve Ignorant and band​ Crass, the commune-living, hippie anarchist punks whose DIY way of recording and promoting had as much an impact on the genre as their brand of boot-in-your face hardcore, disbanded more than 25 years ago, having never toured the U.S. beyond ... More >>

NIGHTRANGER: NIGHT NYMPHS

And the Jukebox Sailed On

KROQ brings back everyone's favorite Sex Pistol radio jock. Will they allow Steve Jones to be his burpy self?

EXCLUSIVE Photos: Steve Jones's Debut at KROQ, Live on Air for the First Time in Two Years

This Sunday saw Steve Jones, the radio DJ Los Angeles misses the most, present his Jonesy's Jukebox live on air for the first time in nearly two years. LA Weekly was invited into the KROQ studio to capture the moment so many have longed for, and we watched the Sex Pistol sail through his two hour sh ... More >>

Best News of the Week!: Steve Jones' "Jonesey's Jukebox" Returns to LA Radio on KROQ

Steve Jones, back on the airwaves​West Coast Sound's Kevin Bronson is reporting through his great Buzzband LA site that Steve Jones (aka "Jonesey," aka "The Sex Pistol Who Said "Fucking Rotter" on the BBC Back When It Was Edgy") will be back on LA's airwaves with his much-missed show Jonesey's ... More >>

Interview: Beloved DJ Joe Sib On Growing Up Punk Rock in LA

Joe Sib, unplugged​Joe Sib -- Side One Dummy Records co-owner, former Wax frontman and former Indie 103.1 DJ (he currently hosts Complete Control on Star 98.7) -- gets nostalgic in his one-man show, California Calling: Growing Up Punk Rock, which he's been touring for a year and performs at th ... More >>

A Punk Rock Interview with Shepard Fairey, Featured Artist for Alternative Press Magazine's 25th Anniversary Exhibit

Shepard Fairey, the DJ​Although his most recognizable (and controversial) work is 2008's Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, influential street artist Shepard Fairey's biggest motivation comes from connecting with music, not making splashy headlines. Old school album art, flyers and T-shirts from band ... More >>

Steve Jones Thanks Malcolm McLaren For Hooker and Heroin

​Our favorite former Sex Pistol (and yours), LA DJ Steve "Jonesy" Jones (come back to commercial radio! please! we miss you!) has just issued his statement on the death of Malcolm McLaren: "I was upset when I heard the news, as I've always had a soft spot for Malcolm.  I knew him since I was ... More >>

Still A Pistol: PR King Mitch Schneider Looks Back (Ozzfest) And Forward (TMZ)

Celebrating 15 years in the publicity business this month, the Mitch Schneider Organization is more than a PR company, it's a bonafide taste maker. It's garnered both the trust of the music world's biggest artists and promoters (Sex Pistols, X, Coachella, Ozzfest) and consistent consideration from u ... More >>

A Fresh New Scent

American Idol Petition Drive: Simon Cowell's Replacement Should Be Steve "Jonesy" Jones

We going to go ahead and say out loud what a few friends have been mumbling privately: Jonesy. We'll say it again, more clearly: Steve Jones, former guitarist for the Sex Pistols, former host of Jonesy's Jukebox on Indie 103.1, honest, no-bullshit music fan, should take Simon Cowell's retired posi ... More >>

The Italian Jobs: Ducati Motorcycles Teams with Rockers Steve Jones, Billy Morrison and More at Palihouse and the Roxy

View the Ducati All Stars slideshow by Timothy Norris here. Last Saturday night a scrum of rockers and Ducati motorcycle enthusiasts rolled into Pahilhouse in West Hollywood for a pre-show meet-and-greet and crotch-rocket enthusiasts happy hour. The rock-star looking ones, as opposed to the cyclis ... More >>

The Nightlife Before Christmas

Jonesy's Jukebox Returns -- Kind of -- Via Ryan Kavanaugh's IAMROGUE.com Platform

Steve Jones' legendary daytime talk show, "Jonesy's Jukebox," has returned to the airwaves -- or the digital version of them -- with a daily one-hour show on a website called IAMROGUE.com. Yes, it's true: "Jonesy's Jukebox" is back. Kind of. Fans of the show, which aired for five glorious years on ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Oprah/KFC Backlash, Lebowski Fest, Video Game Girls Burlesque, Anthony Kiedis Gets Iggy Pop's Sweat in His Eye

Mother's Day may already be a Hallmark holiday but that didn't stop Oprah, KFC and El Pollo Loco from turning it into a full-blown, corporate flame (grilled chicken) war over the weekend. Is nothing sacred? As Gendy Alimurung reported on Saturday, "The latest installment in our continuing coverage o ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Anthony Kiedis Gets Iggy Pop's Sweat in His Eye, Receives Stevie Ray Vaughn Award

View more photos in the "MusiCares: Anthony Kiedis, Iggy Pop, Ronnie Wood, Steve Jones @ Club Nokia" slideshow. Colin Young-WolffAnthony Kiedis at the fifth annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit"I'm not crying, that's just Iggy Pop's sweat in my eye," joked Anthony Kiedis at the MusiCares fifth annual ... More >>

The Day the Music Died: The End of Indie 103.1

Henry Rollins, music director Mark "Mr. Shovel" Sovel and DJ Darren Revell talk about the shutdown

Steve Jones Releases Statement on the Future of Jonesy's Jukebox

Steve Jones has released a farewell note to his fans via his publicist after the shuttering of Indie 103.1 earlier today, and hints that Jonesy's Jukebox may return elsewhere on the dial. Here is the press release: STEVE JONES AND HIS FLAGSHIP "JONESY'S JUKEBOX" RADIO SHOW BID FAREWELL TO INDIE 10 ... More >>

Today at 12 Noon: Randall Roberts on Jonesy's Jukebox Jury, Indie 103.1 FM

Once in a while we writers like to pry ourselves away from the computer, crawl out of our caves and indulge in other media like, say, radio or podcasting. Today from 12 noon - 2 p.m. PST, L.A. Weekly Music Editor Randall Roberts will guest live on Indie 103.1 FM's Jonesy's Jukebox Jury with host Ste ... More >>

Jonesy's Jukebox Debuts Four New Guitar-Heavy Prince Songs, Hints at Upcoming Live Shows

Steve Jones debuted four new Prince songs on Jonesy's Jukebox today, and they fit right in with the station's rock-heavy playlist. The four songs, "Crimson and Clover," "Colonized Mind," "Wall of Berlin" and "4ever," featured many long solos and lots of Hendrix/Creem/Santana-esque riffs -- heavy roc ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Downtown Art Walk, Jonesy's Jukebox Jury, Morrison Hotel Photo Exhibit

Perhaps we were still recovering from last weekend's Detour Festival, or perhaps it's that damn cold going around, but this weekend was relatively mellow in Los Angeles. Even then, L.A. Weekly managed to make the rounds and partake in some exceedingly cool events. We hit up the city's hottest phot ... More >>

Election '08: Joe On Jonesy's Jukebox Jury

On Friday October 10th I had the privilege of guesting on Jonesy's Jukebox Jury on Indie 103.1 FM, hosted by the legendary Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols. Jonesy is one of my favorites, not just because of his seminal place in rock history but also because of how wonderfully he's reinvented himself ... More >>

Super Tuesday

Ed Banging; Ponytail checks out; rock-star mash-up; Lemmy see that

Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25

Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25 By Randall Roberts Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Fuck you Johnny Rotten for wasting most of your No Future -- the first two PiL albums excepted -- making mediocre music and stealing album titles from Flipper. Fuck you Steve Jones for waxing your ches ... More >>

Joy Division to the World

Ian Curtis’ afterlife seems like it’s been one big after-party

Rock Picks: Ruins, Beirut, Turbonegro, Metric

Also, Bill Callahan, Emmylou Harris and more picks for the week of October 4 –11

Young Guns

Spindrift, Crooked Cowboy and how the New West was won

Eddie Vedder, Mickey Avalon and Red Hot Chili Peppers at Hullabaloo

Uplifting mofo party

They Come in Colors...

Snap, Crackle, Punk

The Year in Live Music

Nightranger

SMASHIN' FASHION

Last night's Paul Smith store opening bash on Melrose was a rousing and rosy affair befitting its pink exterior and attracting a huge crowd full of fashionable and friendly people, many of whom were actually there to shop as well as schmooze. It was so relaxed in fact, that I really didn't even ne ... More >>

Nightranger

Ready for Her Close-Up

Searching for fame in all the wrong places

Letters

One Less Vice

Roseanne Barr’s Domestic Policy

The working-class hero knows you’re hurting and wants to help

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