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In his witness statement, Mr Jones said Mr Lydon’s manager “blocked” a 2018 request from the makers of the Netflix TV show The Crown to use the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen in an episode of the series. He added: “Mr Lydon is not interested in this TV show, he wants to stop it.” “If there was a TV show that Danny Boyle wanted (Mr Lydon) to do, none of us would have a problem.” The band’s former guitarist also told the court: “If the shoe was on the other foot, we wouldn’t be in this position right now. Mr Jones also accepted that he was one of the executive producers of Pistol, but added: “I ain’t doing a lot.”
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“This is not about slagging anyone off in this TV series at all.” © Provided by PA Media He also told the court: “I just want him to get on board with this (the TV show) and have some faith. Mr Jones said in the course of his evidence on Friday that he had not spoken to Mr Lydon since 2008. The Sex Pistols were formed in 1975 and disbanded in 1978, but have performed live shows together a number of times since then, most recently in 2008. The barrister asked Mr Jones: “Your view of him is that he is a total dick, correct?” Mr Cunningham then referred to another passage of Mr Jones’ book in which he described Mr Lydon as a “total dick”, before saying that “every now and then he does something you have to commend him for”. Mr Cunningham asked: “Do you dislike Mr Rotten (Lydon), the annoying little brat?” Mr Jones replied: “I think there’s a lot of bands who resent each other.” Mark Cunningham QC, representing Mr Lydon, put it to Mr Jones that the passage was “evidence of your resenting the prominence of Mr Lydon”. The group Sex Pistols, signing a new recording contract with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace in London, (l/r) Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, bass player Sid Vicious and the group’s manager Malcolm McLaren (Archive/PA) Giving evidence from California on Friday afternoon, Mr Jones was read extracts of his book in which he described Mr Lydon as “the annoying little brat with the great bone structure who’s always asking for more”. Mr Jones and Mr Cook argue that, under the terms of a band agreement made in 1998, decisions regarding licensing requests could be determined on a “majority rules basis”.īut Mr Lydon, who has previously told The Sunday Times he thinks the series is the “most disrespectful s*** I’ve ever had to endure”, argues the licences cannot be granted without his consent. The six-part series, which is being made by Disney, is based on a 2016 memoir by Mr Jones called Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol. Mr Jones and the band’s former drummer Paul Cook are suing the Sex Pistols’ former lead singer, real name John Lydon, to allow their songs to be used in Pistol, which is directed by Danny Boyle and is due to air next year. Former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones has told the High Court he thinks Johnny Rotten is “a total dick” in a bitter dispute over the use of the punk band’s songs in an upcoming television series.
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