Neurotic Outsiders
- Maverick
- Warner Bros.
Matt Sorum
Billy Idol
Steve Stevens
Steve Jones
John Taylor
Neurotic Outsiders was a British-American rock supergroup founded in 1995, consisting of Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses, and John Taylor of Duran Duran. The first line-up featured Billy Idol and Steve Stevens (together with McKagan and Sorum) but they were soon replaced by Jones and Taylor.
Originally a gathering of friends jamming together at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, they eventually released one eponymous album on Maverick Records in September 1996, and briefly toured Europe and North America. The album was followed up by the Angelina 5-song EP in 1997, which was a Japanese-only release.[1]
The band was originally named Neurotic Boy Outsiders after an article in The Guardian Taylor had read in the 70s. The "Boy" was dropped at the request of Sorum and McKagan.[2]
They reunited briefly in April 1999 for three shows at the Viper Room.
This was not the first time that Guns N' Roses members and Steve Jones had collaborated. Axl Rose from Guns N' Roses, and Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy, and Mickey Curry, all from The Cult - which Matt Sorum played with both before and after Guns N' Roses - all also made guest appearances on the Steve Jones solo album Fire and Gasoline.
This would also mark the first of two collaborations between Steve Jones and John Taylor. The second collaboration was on Duran Duran's 2015 album Paper Gods.
Former members
- Last lineup
- Duff McKagan – guitar, bass, lead and backing vocals
- Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals
- Steve Jones – guitar, lead vocals
- John Taylor – bass, lead and backing vocals
- Previous members
- Billy Idol – lead vocals (1995)
- Steve Stevens – guitar (1995)
Discography
Track listing for album
All tracks composed by Steve Jones except where indicated
- "Nasty Ho" – 4:32 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
- "Always Wrong" (John Taylor) – 3:25 (lead vocals: John Taylor)
- "Angelina" – 2:55 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
- "Good News" – 3:32 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)
- "Better Way" (Steve Jones, John Taylor) – 4:22 (lead vocals: Steve Jones & John Taylor)
- "Feelings Are Good" (John Taylor) – 3:23 (lead vocals: John Taylor)
- "Revolution" – 3:48 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)
- "Jerk" – 4:10 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
- "Union" – 4:29 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
- "Janie Jones" (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) – 1:53 (lead vocals: Steve Jones & Duff McKagan)
- "Story of My Life" – 4:10 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
- "Six Feet Under" (Steve Jones, Duff McKagan) – 4:00 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)
Non-album B-sides
Release | Song | Single |
---|---|---|
August 1996 | "Seattle Head" (Duff McKagan) - 4:22 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan) | "Jerk" |
January 1997 | "Spanish Ballroom" (Steve Jones, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, John Taylor) - 4:02 (instrumental) | "Angelina" |
"Planet Earth" (Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andrew Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor) - 3:00 (lead vocals: John Taylor & Steve Jones) | "Angelina"[3] |
References
External links
- Neurotic Outsiders fansite
- v
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- Nick Rhodes
- John Taylor
- Roger Taylor
- Simon Le Bon
- Stephen Duffy
- Simon Colley
- Andy Wickett
- Alan Curtis
- Jeff Thomas
- Andy Taylor
- Warren Cuccurullo
- Sterling Campbell
- Duran Duran
- Rio
- Seven and the Ragged Tiger
- Notorious
- Big Thing
- Liberty
- Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
- Thank You
- Medazzaland
- Pop Trash
- Astronaut
- Red Carpet Massacre
- All You Need Is Now
- Paper Gods
- Future Past
- Danse Macabre
- Arena
- Live at Hammersmith '82!
- A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011
EPs and remixes
- Carnival
- Master Mixes
- Decade
- Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran
- Greatest
- Strange Behaviour
- The Essential Collection
- Singles Box Set 1981–1985
- The Singles 1986–1995
- From Mediterranea with Love
- "Planet Earth"
- "Careless Memories"
- "Girls on Film"
- "My Own Way"
- "Hungry Like the Wolf"
- "Save a Prayer"
- "Rio"
- "Is There Something I Should Know?"
- "Union of the Snake"
- "New Moon on Monday"
- "The Reflex"
- "The Wild Boys"
- "A View to a Kill"
- "Notorious"
- "Skin Trade"
- "Meet El Presidente"
- "I Don't Want Your Love"
- "All She Wants Is"
- "Do You Believe in Shame?"
- "Burning the Ground"
- "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)"
- "Serious"
- "Ordinary World"
- "Come Undone"
- "Too Much Information"
- "Perfect Day"
- "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
- "Out of My Mind"
- "Electric Barbarella"
- "Someone Else Not Me"
- "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise"
- "What Happens Tomorrow"
- "Nice"
- "Falling Down"
- Duran Duran Video 45
- Duran Duran
- Dancing on the Valentine
- Sing Blue Silver
- Arena (An Absurd Notion)
- 6ix by 3hree
- Decade
- Greatest
- Live from London
- Live at Hammersmith '82!
- A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011
- Arcadia
- Neurotic Outsiders
- The Devils
- The Power Station
- Swahili Blonde
- TV Mania
- John Frusciante
- Dominic Brown
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Reportage
- Tours
- All You Need Is Now
- Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983
- Making Patterns Rhyme
- Drum
- Eilean
- Yasmin Le Bon
- Amber Le Bon