Lonely Boy
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780099510536
ISBN-10: 0099510537
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 131 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: CORNERSTONE
ISBN-10: 0099510537
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 131 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: CORNERSTONE
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Notă biografică
Steve Jones was born in West London in 1955. He founded the Sex Pistols in 1972 with Paul Cook and Wally Nightingale and was their guitarist until the band broke up in 1978. He is a musician, record producer and actor. He lives in Los Angeles, where he hosts Jonesy's Jukebox on 95.5 KLOS FM and www.955KLOS.com every Monday to Friday between 12.00-2.00pm.
Descriere
From the Kings Road of the early seventies, through the years of the Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and to his self-imposed exile in New York and Los Angeles where he battled with alcohol, heroin and sex addiction - caught in a cycle of rehab and relapse, this is the story of an unlikely guitar hero who, with the Sex Pistols, changed history.
Recenzii
Radio
X,
9/16/16
"From being a young oik in Hammersmith to being a sex addicted, burnt out addict in L.A., Steve Jones has led a bloody interesting life. He was the man who kick started the Sex Pistols, one of the most influential bands in British music, and ended up as one of the least likely guitar heroes in rock 'n' roll."
"A raw, vanity-free dive into a life marred by an abused childhood, petty crime, and addictions to drink, drugs, and sex, but rescued by Jones's relentless aspiration for a better life."
—London Times Magazine, 11/5/16
"A hilarious and at times harrowing read."
—MOJO
"Jones's autobiography is anything but quaint.... His book's title speaks volumes, although these stories are told without sadness.... Through the fame years,Lonely Boyis often eye-wateringly funny.... He's 'a semi-retired sexual deviant who doesn't really act out so much any more,' which is sensible. His book's a delight."
—The Guardian
"A brutally frank autobiography."
—The Mirror
"The Sex Pistols guitarist details his life-an impoverished Sixties childhood, sexual abuse and dalliances with crime-in a way that is both moving and candid."—The Telegraph, "Top 50 Books of the Year 2016"
"An absolute riot of revelation...[Jones] owns up to his failings with a colourful candour that is moving."
—The Telegraph, "Best Rock Biographies and Music Books for Christmas 2016"
"Never Mind the Bollocks, here's a great Sex Pistols memoir...Paints a portrait of just how 'dangerous' punk rockers and punk music were in the UK during the mid and late '70s, when it always had a harder, more political edge than U.S. punk...Jones's memoir is-like a great punk-rock song-short, hard-hitting and Pretty Decent."
—Houston Press
"With his memoir,...Jones elucidates the Dickensian childhood that underpins his band's glamorous nihilism as well as the multiple addictions-heroin, alcohol, stealing, and sex-that almost took him to an early grave."
—GoodReads.com
"A bloody good story...Jones' own voice speaks loud and clear throughout Lonely Boy, a brutally honest and level-headed memoir."
—Record Collector
"[A] funny, filthy-mouthed memoir."
—NME
"What's special about this book is its story arc, which will make the most hardened punk well up...A poignant, honest, drily humorous rump-fest from a lost soul found."
—MOJO
"A book that's sometimes raucously funny."—Uncut
"If you live in the Los Angeles area, you've probably heard Jonesy's Jukebox, the guitarist's popular radio show, and if that's the case, you already know how refreshingly honest and funny the guy can be. That's the same kind of energy he brings to Lonely Boy...His struggles with drugs, alcohol, and sex addiction are handled with the punk icon's irresistible storytelling style that combines raw honesty and un-PC humor."
—NoEcho.net
"The book shows off Jones' wry humor and blunt assessments of himself as he parses his life...As a whole, the book provides a fresh look at the punk movement 40 years removed from the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols."
—RollingStone.com
"[A] gleefully coarse autobiography...Throughout Jones' tome, he leans into the language of London's street culture...It's a tale told without censorship or self-pity...Ribald stories lurch across every page, making Lonely Boy a must-read."—New York Observer
"Lonely Boy is the complete autobiography: unfailingly honest, presented warts and all...The band, which for so many years has lived largely in lore, is humanized here. We get to see the people behind the group, the struggles that came with becoming a symbol for punk youth, and the effects of having to live up to that image...Lonely Boy is an eminently readable autobiography. Jones holds nothing back, his scars on display for all to see...Sex Pistols fan or not, Lonely Boy is an entertaining read that leaves no stone unturned."—A.V. Club
"Raw, open, and disarmingly honest...There's something very refreshing about Jones' honesty, and to hear the story of the birth, brief life, and grisly death of the Sex Pistols told in his voice-the working class scouse accent all but leaps from the pages-is a delight for anyone who cares about rock music at the end of the 20th century...He's witty, he's self-deprecating...Reading Lonely Boy, you can't help but feel compassion for Jones and his mates...The angst of end-of-the-century class-obsessed England in general and depressed urban London in particular, is palpable when Jones recounts his youth."—Buffalo News
"The cocksure guitarist...kicked off the British punk movement...He's also penned a long-awaited autobiography, Lonely Boy that, along with music and mayhem, finds him discussing his multiple chemical addictions, his abusive childhood, kleptomania, and how he conquered them all."—Metro New York
"A good read...Lonely Boy is in some ways a tragic story, and shows just how long it can take to even begin to undo the damage done by child sexual abuse...The book...shows that being a victim of child sexual abuse doesn't mean you can't go on to be a legend."—Male Psychology Network
—The
Portable
Infinite
"Very personal."—US Weekly
"Lonely Boy is a times confessional, at others profane, it is often laugh out loud funny and on more than one downright sad. There is an unexpected level of emotion and honesty...While it features everything you'd expect from a rock star bio, it avoids the pitfall of becoming a cliché."—My Big Honkin Blog
—Rock
Cellar
—Esquire
"With characteristic candor, Jones shares the sordid details of his dysfunctional, working-class, West London upbringing...The book captures the hooligan panache and Cockney rhyming slang that have enthralled listeners of Jones' long-running KLOS (Los Angeles) radio show...For fans of punk history, and punk guitar, Lonely Boy is full of surprising little revelations...Lonely Boy is a close cousin to Dee Dee Ramone's 1997 'as told to' autobiography Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones...Both books are essential reading for anyone interested in the birth of punk rock."—Guitar World
"The book, like few other rock chronicles of recent vintage, actually reads the way its subject thinks...And it's all written in an unaffected patois peppered with cockney slang and coarse language...The real meat of the book, naturally, is his recounting of the short history of the Sex Pistols. It's well-trodden ground, but there's actually some fresh insight to be found through Jones' lens."—Portland Mercury
"Filled with brutally honest accounts of [Jones's] life."—Los Angeles Daily News
"Chronicles the rise and fall of the punk band as well as a lifetime of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll."—New York Daily News
"Capture[s] what it was like to be a Sex Pistol in that upheaval of mad, tabloid-fed notoriety, fame and occasional violence in mid-'70s England...Jones, despite his womanizing and penchant for theft, is sympathetic and you're happy he has made it this far in one piece, sense of humor intact and destructive impulses at bay."—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"Brutally honest...Lonely Boy is not only the best of the Sex Pistols autobiography, it is among the best rock books ever. Jones has an amazing talent for storytelling and even it his memory was not the best at times, it is still an amazing story of survival in the heartless music business. And while Jones may have felt lost in the post-Punk 80's...[he] should be proud of himself for withstanding one of rock's most mythical, and trying eras."
—Music-News
"A sweaty sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll journey with dollops of humor, honesty and bratty tongue in cheek pathos."—Goldmine
"Lonely Boy pulls no punches."—LA Weekly
"Lonely Boy proves what [Jones's] listeners already knew-he's got more than his share of amazing stories, and an ability to tell them with wit and a survivor's sense of perspective, all of which make the book almost impossible to put down."
—Midnight to Six
"The book manages to be both comprehensive and conversational."—New Noise
"Lonely Boy is ultimately a tale of triumph, as Jonesy confronts his addictions, comes to terms with those who wronged him, and lands his first steady job as the host of his own radio show, Jonesy's Jukebox"—The Arts Fuse
"As someone who was there from the beginning Jones has many yarns to spin when it comes to sex, drugs and rock n' roll...A humorous, revealing and tough tell-all that gives the fan reader exactly what it wants but also would give the casual reader a unique look at what turns a young boy into a cat burglar, foul mouth yob, guitar legend, recovering addict and eventually a Hollywood celebrity."—Punk Globe
"A true-life survivor's story...An entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking read."—Guitar Player
"Reveals the brief but impactful two-year history of the English punk band from the inside out...Jones is more than honest about his life and hides nothing...Any fan of the Sex Pistols should read this."—Curled Up with a Good Book
"The story of a true rock survivor."—Goldmine
"[A] scabrously delightful memoir."—The Daily Beast
—Music
Connection
"[An] engaging memoir...[Jones is] a born storyteller... He has a way with sudden bursts of simple truths...He also sizes up the Sex Pistols better than anyone previously."—Waterbury Sunday Republican-American
"It is often said that without The Sex Pistols, there would be no punk rock, and as the founding guitarist of The Sex Pistols, a lot of rock music's roots go back to Steve Jones. In this memoir, the host of Jonesy's Jukebox covers all facets of his life-he has done plenty as a musician, producer, actor and host since the Pistols disbanded for the first time in the late 1970s-and fortunately, for our entertainment, he writes just like he speaks."—Downtown Magazine
"A sprawling autobiography that recalls his days growing up in London in the late '60s, to his present-day life as a DJ in California...The book [has] a certain authenticity that's sometimes lost with other ghost-written autobiographies."—PopMatters
"Grade-A f*cking refreshing...From the outset of his new memoirLonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the guitarist and unlikely punk rock revolutionary tells his life story with the same maelstrom of honesty and audacity with which he has always played."—Mass Appeal
"An acute sensitivity shines through the thuggishness...Steve Jones wrestles triumph from tragedy with wit and warmth."
—Austin Chronicle
"From being a young oik in Hammersmith to being a sex addicted, burnt out addict in L.A., Steve Jones has led a bloody interesting life. He was the man who kick started the Sex Pistols, one of the most influential bands in British music, and ended up as one of the least likely guitar heroes in rock 'n' roll."
"A raw, vanity-free dive into a life marred by an abused childhood, petty crime, and addictions to drink, drugs, and sex, but rescued by Jones's relentless aspiration for a better life."
—London Times Magazine, 11/5/16
"A hilarious and at times harrowing read."
—MOJO
"Jones's autobiography is anything but quaint.... His book's title speaks volumes, although these stories are told without sadness.... Through the fame years,Lonely Boyis often eye-wateringly funny.... He's 'a semi-retired sexual deviant who doesn't really act out so much any more,' which is sensible. His book's a delight."
—The Guardian
"A brutally frank autobiography."
—The Mirror
"The Sex Pistols guitarist details his life-an impoverished Sixties childhood, sexual abuse and dalliances with crime-in a way that is both moving and candid."—The Telegraph, "Top 50 Books of the Year 2016"
"An absolute riot of revelation...[Jones] owns up to his failings with a colourful candour that is moving."
—The Telegraph, "Best Rock Biographies and Music Books for Christmas 2016"
"Never Mind the Bollocks, here's a great Sex Pistols memoir...Paints a portrait of just how 'dangerous' punk rockers and punk music were in the UK during the mid and late '70s, when it always had a harder, more political edge than U.S. punk...Jones's memoir is-like a great punk-rock song-short, hard-hitting and Pretty Decent."
—Houston Press
"With his memoir,...Jones elucidates the Dickensian childhood that underpins his band's glamorous nihilism as well as the multiple addictions-heroin, alcohol, stealing, and sex-that almost took him to an early grave."
—GoodReads.com
"A bloody good story...Jones' own voice speaks loud and clear throughout Lonely Boy, a brutally honest and level-headed memoir."
—Record Collector
"[A] funny, filthy-mouthed memoir."
—NME
"What's special about this book is its story arc, which will make the most hardened punk well up...A poignant, honest, drily humorous rump-fest from a lost soul found."
—MOJO
"A book that's sometimes raucously funny."—Uncut
"If you live in the Los Angeles area, you've probably heard Jonesy's Jukebox, the guitarist's popular radio show, and if that's the case, you already know how refreshingly honest and funny the guy can be. That's the same kind of energy he brings to Lonely Boy...His struggles with drugs, alcohol, and sex addiction are handled with the punk icon's irresistible storytelling style that combines raw honesty and un-PC humor."
—NoEcho.net
"The book shows off Jones' wry humor and blunt assessments of himself as he parses his life...As a whole, the book provides a fresh look at the punk movement 40 years removed from the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols."
—RollingStone.com
"[A] gleefully coarse autobiography...Throughout Jones' tome, he leans into the language of London's street culture...It's a tale told without censorship or self-pity...Ribald stories lurch across every page, making Lonely Boy a must-read."—New York Observer
"Lonely Boy is the complete autobiography: unfailingly honest, presented warts and all...The band, which for so many years has lived largely in lore, is humanized here. We get to see the people behind the group, the struggles that came with becoming a symbol for punk youth, and the effects of having to live up to that image...Lonely Boy is an eminently readable autobiography. Jones holds nothing back, his scars on display for all to see...Sex Pistols fan or not, Lonely Boy is an entertaining read that leaves no stone unturned."—A.V. Club
"Raw, open, and disarmingly honest...There's something very refreshing about Jones' honesty, and to hear the story of the birth, brief life, and grisly death of the Sex Pistols told in his voice-the working class scouse accent all but leaps from the pages-is a delight for anyone who cares about rock music at the end of the 20th century...He's witty, he's self-deprecating...Reading Lonely Boy, you can't help but feel compassion for Jones and his mates...The angst of end-of-the-century class-obsessed England in general and depressed urban London in particular, is palpable when Jones recounts his youth."—Buffalo News
"The cocksure guitarist...kicked off the British punk movement...He's also penned a long-awaited autobiography, Lonely Boy that, along with music and mayhem, finds him discussing his multiple chemical addictions, his abusive childhood, kleptomania, and how he conquered them all."—Metro New York
"A good read...Lonely Boy is in some ways a tragic story, and shows just how long it can take to even begin to undo the damage done by child sexual abuse...The book...shows that being a victim of child sexual abuse doesn't mean you can't go on to be a legend."—Male Psychology Network
"The
story
of
the
Sex
Pistols
has
been
told
and
mis-told
several
times.
Maybe
this
book
is
the
first
one
that
explains
where
it
all
came
from,
not
from
someone's
ego,
or
imagination,
but
from
West
London,
retold
by
the
only
real
member
of
the
band...Very
moving
stuff."
"Very personal."—US Weekly
"Lonely Boy is a times confessional, at others profane, it is often laugh out loud funny and on more than one downright sad. There is an unexpected level of emotion and honesty...While it features everything you'd expect from a rock star bio, it avoids the pitfall of becoming a cliché."—My Big Honkin Blog
"Details
[Jones's]
fast-paced
life,
a
sweaty
sex,
drugs
and
rock
and
roll
journey
with
dollops
of
humor,
honesty
and
bratty
tongue
in
cheek
pathos."
"Fantastic...Jones
confesses
to
the
kind
of
sordid,
outlaw
upbringing
that
would
make
even
Keith
Richards
blush...Lonely
Boy
is
unique
amongst
rock
star
memoirs:
Jones
is
the
real
deal,
and
he
isn't
afraid
to
put
it
all-the
good,
the
bad,
and
the
truly
ugly-out
there
for
all
to
see."
"In
his
new
memoir,
Lonely
Boy...Jones
owns
the
band's
history
point
by
point,
from
its
grittiest
details
to
its
echoing
continuance
in
new
music...Lonely
Boy
is
exciting
because
it's
about
a
Sex
Pistol-singular,
not
plural.
It
isn't
a
timeline
detailing
the
band's
every
move;
it's
far
more
captivating...Jones
is
an
entertaining
storyteller...Lonely
Boy
isn't
contrived
or
dishonest-it's
an
open
conversation
about
the
experiences
that
were
most
important
to
Jones'
development
as
a
musician
and
person.
The
Sex
Pistols
created
one
of
music's
most
memorable
rebellions.
This
is
the
story
of
the
musician
who
helped
them
make
it."
—Elmore
Magazine"Absolute
unflinching
detail,
with
a
nod
and
a
wink
and
a
pinch
of
Cockney
slang...[A]
painfully
honest...must-read
memoir."
—Noisey's
VICE"With characteristic candor, Jones shares the sordid details of his dysfunctional, working-class, West London upbringing...The book captures the hooligan panache and Cockney rhyming slang that have enthralled listeners of Jones' long-running KLOS (Los Angeles) radio show...For fans of punk history, and punk guitar, Lonely Boy is full of surprising little revelations...Lonely Boy is a close cousin to Dee Dee Ramone's 1997 'as told to' autobiography Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones...Both books are essential reading for anyone interested in the birth of punk rock."—Guitar World
"There
are
pungent
anecdotes
throughout
the
book...[Lonely
Boy
is]
distinguished
by
Jones's
sense
of
humor,
his
way
with
self-deprecating
anecdotes
and
a
candor
that's
as
bracing
as
the
opening
riff
of
the
Pistols's
'God
Save
the
Queen.'"
—Washington
Post"The
book
serves
as
both
a
history
of
the
Sex
Pistols
and
a
personal
journey
through
the
life
of
Steve
Jones...In
this
candid
account
of
his
life,
Steve
Jones
shows
how
one
boy
from
West
London
started
an
entire
movement
that
would
forever
change
the
face
of
his
generation,
making
Lonely
Boy
a
must
read
for
all
fans
of
rock
and
roll.
Delve
into
the
deep,
dark
world
of
punk
rock
and
pick
up
your
copy
today."
—BackstageAxxess.com"Punk
music
was
once
described
as
the
'sound
of
chaos,'
and
its
reign
on
the
charts
was
very
brief...A
new
book
by
Sex
Pistols
guitarist
Steve
Jones
offers
tales
from
that
time
that
will
shock
even
the
most
jaded
fan...It's
a
walk
through
musical
history."
—WABC
TV"The book, like few other rock chronicles of recent vintage, actually reads the way its subject thinks...And it's all written in an unaffected patois peppered with cockney slang and coarse language...The real meat of the book, naturally, is his recounting of the short history of the Sex Pistols. It's well-trodden ground, but there's actually some fresh insight to be found through Jones' lens."—Portland Mercury
"Filled with brutally honest accounts of [Jones's] life."—Los Angeles Daily News
"Chronicles the rise and fall of the punk band as well as a lifetime of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll."—New York Daily News
"Capture[s] what it was like to be a Sex Pistol in that upheaval of mad, tabloid-fed notoriety, fame and occasional violence in mid-'70s England...Jones, despite his womanizing and penchant for theft, is sympathetic and you're happy he has made it this far in one piece, sense of humor intact and destructive impulses at bay."—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"Brutally honest...Lonely Boy is not only the best of the Sex Pistols autobiography, it is among the best rock books ever. Jones has an amazing talent for storytelling and even it his memory was not the best at times, it is still an amazing story of survival in the heartless music business. And while Jones may have felt lost in the post-Punk 80's...[he] should be proud of himself for withstanding one of rock's most mythical, and trying eras."
—Music-News
"A sweaty sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll journey with dollops of humor, honesty and bratty tongue in cheek pathos."—Goldmine
"Lonely Boy pulls no punches."—LA Weekly
"Lonely Boy proves what [Jones's] listeners already knew-he's got more than his share of amazing stories, and an ability to tell them with wit and a survivor's sense of perspective, all of which make the book almost impossible to put down."
—Midnight to Six
"The book manages to be both comprehensive and conversational."—New Noise
"Lonely Boy is ultimately a tale of triumph, as Jonesy confronts his addictions, comes to terms with those who wronged him, and lands his first steady job as the host of his own radio show, Jonesy's Jukebox"—The Arts Fuse
"As someone who was there from the beginning Jones has many yarns to spin when it comes to sex, drugs and rock n' roll...A humorous, revealing and tough tell-all that gives the fan reader exactly what it wants but also would give the casual reader a unique look at what turns a young boy into a cat burglar, foul mouth yob, guitar legend, recovering addict and eventually a Hollywood celebrity."—Punk Globe
"A true-life survivor's story...An entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking read."—Guitar Player
"Reveals the brief but impactful two-year history of the English punk band from the inside out...Jones is more than honest about his life and hides nothing...Any fan of the Sex Pistols should read this."—Curled Up with a Good Book
"Jones'
memoir
bristles
with
a
vivid
sense
of
time
and
place...The
dishy
account
will
interest
fans
of
early
punk
rock."
—Milwaukee
Shepherd-Express"A
fascinating
read,
in
part
because
Jones
is
a
brilliant
story-teller,
but
also
because
he's
got
plenty
of
stories
to
tell...As
anyone
who's
listened
to
Jones
long-running
radio
show
(Jonesy's
Jukebox)
knows,
he
can
be
wildly
entertaining.
It
should
come
as
no
surprise
then
that
his
memoir
is
just
as
compelling.
It's
been
a
long
time
coming,
considering
how
many
books
have
been
devoted
to
Jones
and
his
former
bandmates
over
the
years,
but
Lonely
Boy
was
well
worth
the
wait."
—Blurt"The story of a true rock survivor."—Goldmine
"[A] scabrously delightful memoir."—The Daily Beast
"The
Sex
Pistols
guitarists
tells
his
story
of
the
band
that
caused
a
paradigm
shift
in
music."
"In
Lonely
Boy,
Jones
chronicles
his
personal
demons-including
addiction,
recovery,
and
relationships-as
well
as
the
struggles
with
those
involved
with
the
Sex
Pistols.
It's
honest
and
vulnerable."
—Los
Angeles
Times"With
a
new
memoir,
the
famed
punk
rocker
airs
some
dirty
laundry
and
sets
the
record
straight...Jones
confesses
to
the
kind
of
sordid,
outlaw
upbringing
that
would
make
even
Keith
Richards
blush...Lonely
Boy
is
unique
amongst
rock
star
memoirs:
Jones
is
the
real
deal,
and
he
isn't
afraid
to
put
it
all-the
good,
the
bad,
and
the
truly
ugly-out
there
for
all
to
see."
—Israel
Book
Review"[An] engaging memoir...[Jones is] a born storyteller... He has a way with sudden bursts of simple truths...He also sizes up the Sex Pistols better than anyone previously."—Waterbury Sunday Republican-American
"It is often said that without The Sex Pistols, there would be no punk rock, and as the founding guitarist of The Sex Pistols, a lot of rock music's roots go back to Steve Jones. In this memoir, the host of Jonesy's Jukebox covers all facets of his life-he has done plenty as a musician, producer, actor and host since the Pistols disbanded for the first time in the late 1970s-and fortunately, for our entertainment, he writes just like he speaks."—Downtown Magazine
"A sprawling autobiography that recalls his days growing up in London in the late '60s, to his present-day life as a DJ in California...The book [has] a certain authenticity that's sometimes lost with other ghost-written autobiographies."—PopMatters
"Grade-A f*cking refreshing...From the outset of his new memoirLonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the guitarist and unlikely punk rock revolutionary tells his life story with the same maelstrom of honesty and audacity with which he has always played."—Mass Appeal
"An acute sensitivity shines through the thuggishness...Steve Jones wrestles triumph from tragedy with wit and warmth."
—Austin Chronicle