Steve Jones, from Sex Pistols, once stole equipment from David Bowie, and the story is pretty funny.
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In a recent interview with The Guardian, Steve Jones was asked whether it was true that he nicked equipment from David Bowie at Hammersmith Odeon during Ziggy Stardust's last show in 1973. The answer was yes.
The same man that farted as he passed Lisa Marie Presley to test her 'coolness' also broke into the Hammersmith Odeon for a heist.
Jones explained that David Bowie was performing two nights in a row at the Hammersmith Odeon, so after the first night, they left the set how it was. As he knew his way around the theatre, he sneaked in and took what he could from the stage.
"I knew the Hammersmith Odeon like the back of my hand, I used to bunk in there all the time. I was like the Phantom of Hammersmith Odeon," he joked.
"It was about two in the morning. I stole a little minivan and I got in. There was no one there, other than a guy sitting on the fourth or fifth row, asleep - he was snoring. It was dead silent." It turns out that security guards do sleep on the job like the movies.
"I tiptoed across the stage, and I nicked some cymbals, the bass player's [amplifier] head - a Sunn amp it was - and some microphones. I got Bowie's microphone with his lipstick on it!" That's quite the keep.
Steve Jones Fessed Up To David Bowie
Jones then explained that he did tell David Bowie what he did, and made amends with one of the band members he stole from.
"I kind of did, on a phone call. He knew I'd done it; he thought it was funny," he said after being asked if he admitted his foul deed. That sounds like Bowie.
He expressed that he felt bad especially for Mick Woodmansey, the drummer he took the cymbals from.
"I actually did make amends with Woody. He came on my radio show a few years back, and I thought I'd tell him live, when we were on the air, what I did."
In the end, he gave Woodmansey $300, which made him "well happy."
Hrrmpf, everyone with any bit of memory left over from 1968-69 remembers that Paul Anka actually penned "My Way" specifically for Frank Sinatra. Bowie can claim whatever he wants, but the fact remains that Anka and Sinatra were the first to put the words and that tune out there.