Celebrate 50 Years of Punk w/ Sex Pistols' Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock @ History, Sept 21

Sex Pistols survivors Glen Matlock, Steve Jones & Paul Cook will be fronted by London tattoo artiste Frank Carter at History.

You can get advance tickets for the 50 Years Of Punk celebration at History right here. 

R.I.P. Seymour Stein of Sire Records, 1942-2023

Remembering Sire label boss Seymour Stein – who signed The Ramones, Talking Heads and Dead Boys – with a few interviews.

While record man Seymour Stein – who sadly died of cancer at age 80 – will undoubtedly be remembered for his foresight in signing The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Dead Boys, discovering" Madonna and releasing important early recordings by Radio Birdman, The Saints, The Undertones and others on his Sire Records imprint, one of my favourite recordings he released probably won't get any attention at all.   

Seymour's numerous contributions to the music business began with stints at King Records under boss Syd Nathan, serving as a clerk at Billboard Magazine where he helped develop the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1958 before getting hired as an assistant to producer/promoter/label owner George Goldner of Red Bird, Blue Cat, Gee, Roulette, Tico, End, Gone, etc. It was while Seymour was working with Goldner at the Brill Building that he connected with producer Richard Gottehrer (The Strangeloves, Angels, The McCoys, etc) which led to their joint venture Sire Productions in 1966 which later became Sire Records. 

Among the indie label's earliest productions was a one-off single released in March 1968 by a group from Spokane, Washington called The Jam which had nothing to do with Paul Weller's group of the same name. Hidden on the the flip of the throwaway A-side "Loving Kind Of Way" is The Jam's timeless power pop gem "Something Gone" penned by band member Terry Smith, arranged by Dexter Foote (also responsible for The Mickey Finn's freakbeat classic "Garden Of My Mind")  and produced by Seymour Stein. Well, at least that's what how the label credit reads. When I asked Seymour about the mysterious Sire recording by The Jam some 30 years later, he had zero recollection of the session that resulted in Sire S-5001, the band or even the fantastic tune. Go figure. 

In any case, have a listen to Seymour's greatest production, The Jam's largely overlooked classic "Something's Gone" followed by a few interviews – including a hilarious exchange about the Sex Pistols with Steve Jones for Jonesy's Jukebox in which it soon becomes apparent that Seymour has no idea that he's speaking with the group's guitarist – and keynote addresses. Check out a fond recollection of Seymour's famous love of fine food penned by former Barenaked Ladies manager Nigel Best right here. 

Happy Birthday Steve Jones!

Celebrating the 67th birthday of Pistols guitarist and radio personality Steve Jones with a couple of recent interviews. 

That time Robyn Hitchcock appeared on Jonesy's Jukebox

Here's Robyn Hitchcock's 2017 appearance sans the lame tunes (King Tuff, Datsuns) that Steve Jones likes to feature on his show.  

John Lydon isn't happy with Danny Boyle's new Sex Pistols series

John Lydon is voicing his displeasure with being left out of the loop during the making of the biographical miniseries Pistol.  

Danko Jones release A Rock Supreme in April

The new Danko Jones album A Rock Supreme – produced by GGGarth Richardson – is out April 26. 

Here's the scoop...
It's long been clear that the Canadian hard rock trio Danko Jones lives and breathes – and even sweats and bleeds – rock n' roll. The group's namesake front man loves to talk about it (check out his long-running “The Official Danko Jones Podcast” for proof); he loves to write about it (as his new book, “I've Got Something To Say: 10 Years of Rock and Roll Ramblings,” pointedly captures); and he loves to sing about it, as evidenced by a number of the group's best-loved songs (“I Gotta Rock,” “Rock Shit Hot,” “Do You Wanna Rock,” etc.).

On the group's new album, A Rock Supreme, Danko Jones – the man and the band – up the ante considerably from the moment the very first words blast from the speakers: I'm in a band, and I love it / All I want to do is play my guitar and rock and roll. There's no midlife crisis here, no softening with age, no signs of self-doubt – just 11 fist-pumping (literally, in the case of “Fists Up High”) jolts of sonic adrenaline with nary a ballad in sight.

“'A Rock Supreme' is the name of our new studio album. There are 11 songs on it, and they're all fantastic,” says Jones. “Trust me – we know what we're doing when it comes to hard rock.”

Produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and featuring cover artwork by Ulf Lunden (Graveyard, Europe, Bombus), A Rock Supreme – which is available now for pre-order – will be released on April 26 via M-Theory Audio (U.S.), Rise Above (UK), Indica (Canada, AU, NZ) and AFM (rest of the world). All digital pre-orders include three instant downloads – the previously released singles “We're Crazy” and “Burn In Hell,” and the newly-released “Dance Dance Dance,” which can now be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other digital platforms.

Recently, Danko Jones premiered the track “Dance Dance Dance” on Jonesy's Jukebox with host Steve Jones (see below). The band will soon hit the road for a two-week headlining tour  in the Western U.S. with support from the amazing Nashville Pussy and recent European tour mates Prima Donna. A complete list of the band's upcoming concerts follows the album's track listing and the Jonesy's Jukebox clip. For tickets and more info, go the official Danko Jones site right here.

DANKO JONES - A Rock Supreme

1.    I'm In A Band 
2.    I Love Love 
3.    We're Crazy 
4.    Dance Dance Dance 
5.    Lipstick City 
6.    Fists Up High 
7.    Party 
8.    You Got Today 
9.    That Girl 
10.    Burn In Hell 
11.    You Can't Keep Us Down 

DANKO JONES on tour with Nashville Pussy and Prima Donna

Wednesday, February 6th at 172 in Las Vegas, NV (only date without Nashville Pussy)
Thursday, February 7th at The Nile in Mesa, AZ
Friday, February 8th at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA
Saturday, February 9th at Marty's on Newport in Tustin, CA
Sunday, February 10th at The Observatory in San Diego, CA
Wednesday, February 13th at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA
Thursday, February, 14th at Discovery Ventura in Ventura, CA
Friday, February 15th at The Ritz in San Jose, CA
Saturday, February 16th at Slim's in San Francisco, CA
Sunday, February 17th at Harlow's in Sacramento, CA
Tuesday, February 19th at Wild Buffalo House in Bellingham, WA
Wednesday, February 20th at Dante's in Portland, OR
Thursday, February 21st at El Corazon in Seattle, WA
October 13th to 18th on Megacruise departing from San Pedro, CA

Iggy Pop @ The Sony Centre, Saturday

Listen to Iggy discuss his dream of playing Caesar's Palace followed by an exchange with Peter Gzowski in 1977.