Cook 'n' Jones News 1998/99

NEWS NEWS NEWS

NEWS 1998/99

Compiled by Phil Singleton 'Philjens'

22nd December 99
"Top Of The Pops 2" broadcast today on BBC2, included The Greedies 1979 TOTP's performance of "A Merry Jingle". (See "The Swindle Years")

12th December 99
Out now in Europe, (January 2000 release in the UK), is "The 76 Club" (Almafame).
The CD features the complete Burton-on-Trent concert from '76. The first 5000 copies come with a bonus CD featuring excerpts of Steve & Paul's infamous KSAN radio interview from January '78. Sid & Johnny's KSAN interview is also featured. The excerpts cover material not included on "Some Product".

25th November 99
Steve is producing 6 tracks on a forthcoming Nirvana tribute album (Cleopatra Records) due for release next Spring. The remaining 6 tracks will be produced by Ronnie King.

24th October 99
The Steve Jones produced record "ALot To Learn" by The Nothings, is due for re-release on CD in November. Recorded in '83, the CD comes with 2 extra, previously unheard tracks, produced by Jones.

17th October 99
Melanie C's album "Northern Star" (Virgin) featuring Steve Jones (see below), is released on 18th October.

15th October 99
Steve features on "Family Affair" & "Woman Dream", both included on the Iggy Pop CD "Nuggets" (Jungle), due for release 18th October. The CD is a compilation of Iggy demos, rarities and live tracks, and also features Glen Matlock on "Batman Theme" & "You Really Got Me".

20th September 99
Paul Cook & Glen Matlock both attended the launch of the Sex Pistols book "Satellite" in London on 7th September.

12th September 99
Steve Jones plays on Mel C's forthcoming album "Northern Star" (Virgin), due October. The track is "Be The One". Steve has also recorded "Independence Day", & "I Want You Back" (to be included in the UK Didgi-pack single "Goin' Down") with Mel.

"The Filth And The Fury!" movie has now been put back to 2000. There will be a soundtrack album, which will include other artists besides the Pistols.

25th August 99
The Steve Jones produced single "Lit Up", by Buckcherry was released in the UK on 23rd August (Dreamworks). It is backed by a previously unreleased song "Late Night In Voodoo", plus a CD-ROM Video of "Lit Up".

The "News Of The World", dated 22nd August ran a feature on Sporty Spice entitled "Sporty's a Pistol packin' punk!" The article refers to her peformance in April with The Neurotic Outsiders and pays particular attention to Steve Jones. "I didn't even know who he was when he started chatting!" The quotes are taken from the NME dated 21st August.

26th July 99
"West Heath Yard" featuring Paul Cook begins a repeat run on Channel 4 Tuesday 27th July as part of C4's late night 4 Later programming. "West Heath Yard" starts at 1.15 am, (i.e. Wednesday morning).

20th July 99
Paul Cook was spotted at the recent Aerosmith "Toxic Twin Towers" Wembley gig.

5th June 99
Steve Jones plays on Joe Strummer's forthcoming album "Rock, Art, And The X-Ray Style" (Casbah Records) due for release in September. Steve appears on an instrumental track, "Ocean Of Dreams".

1st June 99
The Sex Pistols documentary "The Filth and The Fury!" is set for an Autumn/Winter release by 4 Films. It is hoped that the film's first official showing will be at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Steve Jones has now finished shooting the movie "Four Dogs Playing Poker".

16th May 99
For pictures & details of Mel C with the Neurotic Outsiders, visit Trust The Process. The 3 songs performed by Mel C at the gig on 26th April were "White Wedding", "Pretty Vacant, & "Anarchy In The UK". The site confirms that further Neurotic Outsider gigs are being planned for the next few months.

15th May 99
Quote from NME 15th May 99, "...we can take comfort in the knowledge that our pop stars, as ambassadors abroad, are in no way embarrassing us. Take Mel C, for example, who recently joined John Taylor & Steve Jones' band the Neurotic Outsiders onstage at Johnny Depp's Viper Rooms in LA for a rendition of "Anarchy In The UK". Only - hurgh! - she changed the lyrics! "I am an anarchist", she growled "I am a Sporty Spice...". God help us all."

2nd May 99
The Neurotic Outsiders were joined on stage by Sporty Spice, Mel C for their concert on 26th April at LA's Viper Room. Mel C sang 3 songs with the group including "Anarchy In The UK". The Cult's Billy Duffy & Ian Astbury again joined the group on stage.
Check out MTV News.

25th April 99
"Buckcherry" gets a UK release on 26th April (Polydor). The album & the group are picking up coverage in the UK metal press. The May edition of new magazine, "Rock Sound" carries a 12 track various artist compilation CD, which includes the Buckcherry track "Dead Again". A US single, "Lit Up",has been taken from the album. Check out the Review Section.

Rock Sound also has a feature on the group. Of Steve Jones, singer Joshua Todd says,"Steve was a fan of our shows in LA. I was walking down the street one day & he just pulled up next to me in his Mercedes & we started rapping. He called our A&R guy cos he thought it would be so good to work with us & we had a really great time."

18th April 99
Steve's acting career continues. He is set to appear in the film "Four Dogs Playing Poker", playing the character Tommy Mannering. Fellow Neurotic Outsider John Taylor also appears in the movie as Dick Pickering. Filming is currently underway. (Steve is interviewed on John Taylor's site Trust The Process).

Paul features on two tracks on The Physicals "Skulduggery" CD released 19th April (Overground). The disc is a retrospective compilation on The Physicals' career which lasted from '78-'80.

14th April 99
The Neurotic Outsiders gig on the12th April was cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances”. The Cult joined the band on stage on 5th April and performed ‘Love Removal Machine’, Wild Flower’ & ‘Bodies’.

11th April 99
Paul features in the new Channel 4 series "West Heath Yard". The series is showing in the "4 Later" late night slot & began it's weekly run on Saturday 3rd April ( 00.50AM 4th April ). The series is billed as a "humorous look behind the scenes of the music business" & stars Edwyn Collins. Paul plays Pablo, the drummer of Expo 70.

2nd April 99
Update to April 1st information. According to the Los Angeles Viper Room's web site, the Neurotic Outsiders are playing there every Monday in April, (5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th). Can anyone confirm what happened to the Roxy date?

1st April 99
The Neurotic Outsiders are playing a one-off gig at the Roxy in Los Angeles on 5th April.

1st April 99 According to the Observer newspaper, the title of the forthcoming Pistols documentary is "The Filth And The Fury".

23rd March 99

The Buckcherry album that Steve has produced will be released on 6th April 99 in the USA . Singer Joshua Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson have confirmed that Steve Jones is playing and singing background on the record. Steve had contacted them because he had seen them live, and liked what he saw. Joshua and Keith have said Steve has brought out the best in their music and has a great "ear for music". As Keith Nelson put it "After all, he is the godfather of punk".

(Thanks to Erik Pettersson)

6th March 99
Steve Jones played guitar on an encore of "Anarchy In The UK" at a 3 Colours Red concert at the Electric Ballroom in London in Feb. Glen Matlock played the bass! Furthermore, Paul Cook turned up for the after gig party! Steve has now returned to the US.

1st March 99 PIL "Plastic Box" 4CD set is out today.

22nd Feb 99 Along with "I didn't See It Coming" all the Virgin albums are to be re-released in Japan on April 5th, complete with "card covers". ("Bollocks", "Swindle", "Some Product", "Sid Sings", "Flogging", "Kiss This" , & "Lucre Live").

Pistols movie is still being edited. No release date has been set.

20th February 99
At last! The Professionals "I Didin't See It Coming" album is to be released on CD on 5th April. In Japan! This is a one off pressing & should be available through import & mail order specialists. It will be packaged with a special card cover.

11th February '99
Paul appears on Vic Godard's new album "Long Term Side Effects" (Tugboat Records), doing backing vocals!

26th Jan 99 "Humanary Stew - A Tribute To Alice Cooper" (featuring Steve Jones, see below) is in the shops now (Eagle Records).

24th January '98
Steve is set to appear on the Tracy Ullman show in the US in her forthcoming series.

16th January '99
"Young Guns (Go For It)" series (BBC2 TV) reviewing top groups from the '80's featured Bananarama as its subject on the 15th January edition.

Sarah Dallin & Keren Woodward from the group described how they'd met Paul in a club, then he turned up at the door of the YWCA they were staying in! The girls then livedat Steve & Paul's rehearsal rooms in Denmark St, London, for a year.

The programme took Sarah & Keren back to Denmark St, and the outside toiletwas still there! A snippet of "Little Boys" then followed as the girls mentioned that Paul & Steve formed a group "The Professionals". They allowed them to do backing vocals (on which tracks?!) and learnt some guitar chords.

It was Paul who suggested they get a group together & of course produced & played on their 1st single "Aie A Mwana" (see "Postscript Professionals")

"...Bless him. But refused to be in this film!" added Sarah.

The sequence featured photos of Paul with the girls, the girls with guitars,plus a shot of the cover of "The Professionals" CD (the Virgin '97 release).

Unfortunately, Paul's absence seemed to give rise to Malcolm McLaren's inclusion in the programme. Apart from one disastrous meeting with him he had nothing to do with the group but still tried to claim some credit.

Paul, WHERE WERE YOU?!!

28th October '98
Neurotic Outsiders have definitely split. However Steve will be reuniting with Duff McKagan & Matt Sorum on a version of Alice Cooper's Elected", featured on a forthcoming Alice Cooper tribute album due for release in January '99.

Steve has recently been playing some small LA gigs with Michael Des Barres as "The Usual Suspects". Michael Des Barres was of course in Chequered Past with Steve in the early 80's. Steve also played on Des Barres' solo album, "Somebody Up There Likes Me" in '86.

Steve has just finished co-producing an album for US band Buckcherry (Dreamworks Records) due for release soon.

Steve stars in the movie "Mascara" which has been released in the US, but has not yet appeared in the UK.

28th October '98
Paul has no current touring or recording plans. He was interviewed on Talk Radio on 23rd Sept along with photographer Dennis Morris. Asked if it was likely he would be working with Steve again, the answer was "no" due to Steve being based in LA & Paul in London.

28th October '98
The movie "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" (see "The Swindle Years"), is due for release on video in the US. US VH-1 showed the film in the summer. No UK release is scheduled.

28th October '98.
"Never Mind The Bollocks" is re-released 28th October to coincide with the 21st Anniversary of the album's release. It's available in CD & vinyl formats.

The CD (Virgin CDVP2086), comes packaged with a 32 page booklet featuring photographs by Dennis Morris, plus pictures of "Bollocks" memorabilia.

The vinyl issue (Virgin VT2086), is pressed in pink vinyl & is limited to 2000 with each copy individually numbered.

Pistols documentary. Julian Temple is currently directing a documentary on the band which is due for a February '99 premiere. It will be edited by Niven "Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" Howie.
Steve, Paul, Glen & John will be providing audio interviews for the film.
The film is expected to be given a limited cinema release, followed by a video release, & finally a showing on Channel 4. The project has been backed by Four Films.

The "Filthy Lucre Tour" video has been shelved for the time being.

News 2000