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Sex Pistols' Disney feud - Bitter lawsuit, 'a***hole' rant and Danny Boyle comeback
Disney+ - but it has not been an easy road to get here.Pistol, a new biopic six-part mini series by Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, is based on a 2016 memoir by band member Steve Jones called Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol.However, it recently became the subject of a court battle between The Sex Pistols band members, after singer John Lydon wanted to prevent the band's songs being used in the programme.As Pistol drops on Disney+, Daily Star has taken a closer look inside The Sex Pistols feud.In 2021, Sex Pistols singer John Lydon took his fellow band members to court, in a legal battle over the use of the band's music in the new mini series Pistol.He wanted to block the makers of Pistol from using their music in the series, but instead, band members Steve Jones and Paul Cook sued the singer in order for the songs to be used.In court, guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook argued that, under the terms of a band agreement made in 1998, decisions regarding licensing requests could be determined on a 'majority rules basis'.However, John Lydon argued that licences could not be granted without his consent.A High Court judge later ruled they could invoke majority voting rights and the music was approved for use in the series.A joint statement by Steve Jones and Paul Cook following the ruling, read: "It brings clarity to our decision-making and upholds the band members’ agreement on collective decision-making."It has not been a pleasant experience, but we believe it was necessary to allow us to move forward and hopefully work together in the future with better relations."Following the court ruling, each of the band members had very different reactions to the ruling - from anger, to regret
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The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde broke veggie lifestyle after romp with Sex Pistol star
pop star Chrissie Hynde has told how a bathroom romp with Sex Pistol Steve Jones drove her to eat meat.The Pretenders singer revealed she devoured chicken after sneaking off to have sex with the guitarist at a party in London.Describing the bizarre encounter during a radio interview with Jones, Chrissie said: “Do you know what I remember about that party was there was a turkey or a chicken and I ate a piece of it.“I still remember that because of course, it was a huge violation for me.“I was so hungry and after what I’d just been up to in the bathroom, I thought, you know.“I was already working with ‘the man downstairs’ and I thought: `F*** the chicken’.”Hynde, 70, became a vegetarian aged 18 in 1969 and is a long-standing eco-activist and animal rights campaigner.Jones, 66, has told how Hynde was one of his conquests after the pair met before they were famous in the ’70s.The American singer worked at a King’s Road boutique called SEX owned by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and former Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren.The chicken revelation came as the pair reminisced over the times “when we had sex many years ago”.Chrissie said of Jones: “I think when I didn’t have a place to live and I used to come around to the studio, I think he used to give me one.”Jones said he remembered `another spot as well’, adding: “It was at a party - in the bathroom.”The interview, first broadcast on the Jonesy’s Jukebox radio show in Los Angeles, has now emerged after featuring in a new series of podcasts.Introducing the podcast episode, Jones said: “It’s a very funny interview.”Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones and Paul Cook recently joined Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams at Danny Boyle’s Pistol premiere.The God Save The Queen hitmakers
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