SEX PISTOLS Guitarist STEVE JONES Comments On Former Manager's Passing

April 9, 2010

SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones has issued the following statement regarding the passing of the band's former manager Malcolm McLaren:

"I was upset when I heard the news, as I've always had a soft spot for Malcolm. I knew him since I was 17 before the PISTOLS formed — I used to drive him around in Vivienne Westwood's car to the tailors in London in the days of the 'Let It Rock' clothing store.

"Malcolm was definitely the Brian Epstein of punk — without him it wouldn't have happened the way it did. I stayed friends with him throughout the years despite some of our differences. He came on 'Jonesy's Jukebox' [Steve's radio show] a couple of years ago, and that's a good memory. But my fondest memory of Malcolm, and I loved the guy, was his birthday gift to me when I turned 21 — he got me a hooker and some heroin."

Despite early reports that he had died in New York, McLaren's girlfriend of many years, Young Kim, 37, confirmed the impresario died of mesothelioma at a hospital in Switzerland. He was 64 years old.

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