
Steve Jones on the Sex Pistols' Real Story
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You Know, Chugging Eighth Notes on the U U on the Guitar?
I wouldn't say the gin engine and the eighth notes were so key to the style. What was your inspiration for that chugging ith note thing, as far as down strokes on the on the power cord? Where did that come from in your mind? Like an instinct to keep the bow moving, to have a driving feeling. I don't like it when there was holes in songs. When you're playing and there's holes, you know, power cords, and you're golden, if you just keep that going in every song. And it just seemed that's what i needed to the play, to make it fill full in the hole.
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