It is a record....made in: UsaTracklist 1. Mercy2. Give It Up3. That's Enough4. Raining In My Heart5. With You Or Without You6. Pleasure And Pain7. Pretty Baby8. Drugs Suck9. Through The Night10. Love LettersBiography Jones and Cook decided to remain together in the wake of the Pistols' split, as they contributed session work to ex-New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders' star-studded 1978 solo release, So Alone. The pair also completed several Rotten-less tracks for a post-mortem Sex Pistols film, The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle (a few of which featured the debut of Jones on lead vocals) - "Silly Thing," "Lonely Boy," "Here We Go Again," "Black Leather," and "Friggin' in the Riggin'." By the end of the year, Jones had produced an EP for the San Francisco punk outfit the Avengers (The American in Me), while Jones and Cook had teamed up with Thin Lizzy members Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, and Brian Downey for a short-lived solo project, the Greedy Bastards (the band would issue a lone single, "A Merry Jingle," in 1979, under the truncated name of the Greedies). In early 1979, Jones and Cook supplied back-up to several tracks by ex-Runaway Joan Jett ("You Don't Own Me" and "Don't Abuse Me"), which would turn up on her debut album, Bad Reputation, while a Cook/Jones demo of her eventual breakthrough hit, "I Love Rock N' Roll," would later surface on Jett's 1994 rarities set, Flashback. A proposed new band with Sham 69 members Jimmy Pursey (vocals) and Dave Treganna (bass) ultimately failed to get off the ground, which led to Cook and Jones cutting demos with bassist Andy Allen. 1980 began with the duo appearing in the movie Ladies & Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains (alongside Clash bassist Paul Simonon), in addition to Jones contributing guitar to a pair of tracks on the Siouxsie and the Banshees' release, Kaleidoscope. By the summer, the Cook-Jones-Allen outfit, officially called the Professionals, had signed with Virgin Records and issued a self-titled debut the same year. Before a supporting tour could be launched, Allen was replaced by ex-Subway Sect bassist Paul Myers, while second guitarist Ray McVeigh was welcomed onboard, as well. A sophomore effort, I Didn't See It Coming, was issued in 1981, but a serious car accident in the U.S. ended its supporting tour prematurely, and would led to the dissolution of the Professionals the following year. Jones developed a dangerous drug addiction around this time, but it didn't prevent him from forming the new wave 'supergroup' Chequered Past in late 1982, comprised of ex-Silverhead and Detective frontman Michael Des Barres, plus ex-Blondie members Clem Burke, Nigel Harrison, and Frank Infante (with Infante being replaced by ex-Iggy Pop bassist Tony Sales). But like the Professionals, Chequered Past had a very short shelf life, as they split after issuing a lone self-titled studio album in 1984. By the mid-late 80's, Jones had cleaned up his act, as he co-wrote several songs for ex-Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor (Taylor's 1987 solo debut, Thunder) and Iggy Pop (1987's Blah Blah Blah and 1988's Instinct). Jones had also launched a brief solo recording career around this time, issuing a pair of heavy metal-esque releases - 1987's Mercy and 1989's Fire and Gasoline (which included songs co-written by Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx and the Cult's Ian Astbury, and guest appearances by Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose and the Cult's Billy Duffy). Powered by eCRATER . List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.