7/5/2023 0 Comments Johnny rotten steve jones![]() ![]() “There’s a lot of praise in the book as well,” Jones said. ![]() At a hearing on Friday, Lydon’s lawyer, Mark Cunningham, took Jones through extracts from the guitarist's book, including a passage describing Lydon as an “annoying little brat.” The fractious relationship among the bandmates is at issue in the case. He contends that music licenses can’t be granted without his consent, but Jones and Cook say licensing requests can be decided by a majority of band members. Lydon has slammed the Disney-backed “Pistol” as “disrespectful” and is refusing to grant permission for the songs to be included. Testifying in the legal dispute among the bandmates, Jones disclosed that he was stung when Lydon’s manager blocked an offer to use the Sex Pistols’ punk anthem “God Save the Queen” in another series, award-winner “The Crown.” Jones and drummer Peter Cook are suing Lydon at Britain’s High Court for the right to license the band’s music for the Danny Boyle-directed series “Pistol,” which is based on Jones’ memoir “Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol.” ![]() LONDON – Former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones said Friday that he dislikes former bandmate John Lydon and hasn’t spoken to him since 2008 but denied that a TV series about the band would make the singer once known as Johnny Rotten look bad. ![]()
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