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giquePosted at 2024-11-18 15:17:31(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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How many people here believe this story or is it Jones manipulating the media to add to his punk mythology?
https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-love-bowie-but-i-was-a-kleptomaniac-i-couldnt-help-it-sex-pistols-guitarist-steve-jones-remembers-the-night-he-stole-david-bowies-gear

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Stranger09DonatedPosted at 2024-11-18 20:22:39(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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It's an old story that was first told when Bowie was still alive.

If there had not been an equipment theft at that time, Bowie or someone connected to him could have easily denied a theft took place.

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SparkyPosted at 2024-11-19 13:25:30(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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Steve Jones made amends and apologized to Woody Woodmansey for stealing his gear while on his radio program "Jonesy's Jukebox".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g1-Vkanyyk

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giquePosted at 2024-11-20 14:15:40(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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Oh this clip is classic.. thanks !!

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jrfatladDonatedPosted at 2024-11-22 09:45:10(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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there's an entry further down on that youtube thread from Robin Mayhew, insinuating/confirming it really did happen.

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hyttonrunnPosted at 2024-11-23 10:26:25(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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Funnily enough my self  & a few friends  who were  spotty teenagers not kleptomaniacs went to see   Mick Ronson at the Rainbow &  carried  out a similar  "heist" :-)  though  we were just curious  & not looking to knick anything that wasnt nailed down  to make money.To  my recollection  one of us got a  guitar strap & lead  & personally  I grabbed some  picks off the top of an amp, they were nothing special in themselves,   I thought they were  trevor bolders as they were from  his  side of the stage  but  from what I have seen  he doesnt use  a pick ,  so have  no idea who they belonged to  ! !! | I It was surprising how easy we could  just walk in the back door after the concert .


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giquePosted at 2024-11-23 10:52:41(81 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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hyttonrunn wrote:

Funnily enough my self  & a few friends  who were  spotty teenagers not kleptomaniacs went to see   Mick Ronson at the Rainbow &  carried  out a similar  "heist" :-)  though  we were just curious  & not looking to knick anything that wasnt nailed down  to make money.To  my recollection  one of us got a  guitar strap & lead  & personally  I grabbed some  picks off the top of an amp, they were nothing special in themselves,   I thought they were  trevor bolders as they were from  his  side of the stage  but  from what I have seen  he doesnt use  a pick ,  so have  no idea who they belonged to  ! !! | I It was surprising how easy we could  just walk in the back door after the concert .

Lol, great story. Well, Bowie himself, maybe as a refernce to Pete Townsend, condoned a bit of pilfering: "Well, the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar"

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neilwilkesPosted at 2024-12-21 09:06:37(77 wks ago) (Bowie General / Ziggy heist solved?)


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The story first surfaced way back in the late 1970's - 1978 IIRC - in the Melody Maker which carried an interview with Steve Jones & Paul Cook titled 'I was only in it for the piss-up & the birds after the show' or similar, and Jonsey tells the story there for the first time.

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