Jones interest in music was influenced by David Bowie, Roxy Music, Iggy & The Stooges, New York Dolls and 60’s band Small Faces. By the time he was a teenager he already had fourteen criminal convictions he was the subject of a council care-order and spent a year in a remand center, which he said was more enjoyable than being at home. The Sex Pistol Steve Jones, born Stephen Phillip Jones in London, England on September 3rd 1955 turns 66 today. This is how he got there.One of Punk’s biggest icons, from stealing David Bowie’s equipment to becoming one of Rock’s most influential guitarists, we look back at Jones life Sex Pistol Steve Jones turns 66 today At its center was a young, charming, illiterate kleptomaniac - a hero for the times - Steve Jones, who became, in his own words, the 94th greatest guitarist of all time. It is the detonation point for British street culture … where ordinary young people had the stage and vented their fury and their fashion … and everyone had to watch and listen … and everyone feared them or followed them. This is the moment that British society and culture changed forever. “Steve Jones was at the center of the storm that shook the rock establishment, and we’re thrilled to have Danny and the rest of the creative team tell his story as a member of one of music’s most notorious bands - the Sex Pistols.”īoyle added: “Imagine breaking into the world of The Crown and Downton Abbey with your mates and screaming your songs and your fury at all they represent.

“It’s great to be back in business with Danny Boyle,” said Grad.

Pistol represents Boyle’s latest collaboration with FX after he executive produced and directed three episodes of Trust. The series was announced by Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX Entertainment.

Jones, Boyle, and Pearce serve as executive producers alongside Gail Lyon, Anita Camarata, Tracey Seaward, Paul Lee, Hope Hartman and wiip. Produced by FX Productions, Pistol is anchored by Jones’ book, Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, which moves from West London’s council estates to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s notorious Kings Road SEX shop to the international controversy that came with the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, which was banned by the BBC and frequently is listed as one of the most influential albums of all time. 'Better Things' To End With Season 5 On FX As Pamela Adlon Wraps Sam Fox's Story (For Now) The Sex Pistols in 1977, from left: Sid Vicious, Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones

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