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Billie Joe Armstrong playing Steve Jones' Les Paul on a stage in Paris

Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris

By Janelle Borg published

Armstrong used Steve Jones’ 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom to play Green Day protest song Know Your Enemy

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L-Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols performs in their first North American concert at The Great Southeast Music Hall on January 5, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia; R- Steve Jones' Gibson Les Paul

This Sex Pistols and New York Dolls-owned Gibson just sold for $390,000 at auction

By Janelle Borg published

The Dolls' ex-manager allegedly took the guitar as payment for his management services, later giving it to The Sex Pistols' Steve Jones

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(from left) Alexi Laiho, Nanci Griffith and Michael Nesmith

Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2021

By Jackson Maxwell published

Between them, these guitar greats had a lasting impact on death metal, country-rock, jazz, surf-rock and punk

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Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls performs on stage at KOKO on April 19, 2010 in London, England.

Late New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain to be honored with virtual Valentine’s Day concert

By Richard Bienstock published

Lineup includes Dolls singer David Johansen, members of Blondie, Sonic Youth, Sex Pistols and more

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Legendary proto-punk act New York Dolls performing live at The Old Vic Tunnels, London on the 30th March 2011.

New York Dolls guitarist and punk icon Sylvain Sylvain dies aged 69

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The NYC powerchord pioneer had been battling cancer for several years

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A guitar signed by Keith Richards, Slash and many more is up for auction to benefit New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain

By Richard Bienstock published

The legendary Dolls guitarist is undergoing treatment for cancer

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