Fire and Gasoline is the second solo album by British musician Steve Jones, formerly of the Sex Pistols. Released in 1989, the album was produced by Mark Dearnley and Ian Astbury, with the latter also contributing vocals, while the recording line-up consisted of Jones, bassist Terry Nails and then-The Cult drummer Mickey Curry. The album featured vocals by Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses on the Sex Pistols cover "I Did U No Wrong", a guitar solo by The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy on "Get Ready" and lyric contributions from Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe on "We're Not Saints". Jones toured in support of the album with a live band consisting of guitarists Kirk Hellie and Mike Dimkitch, bassist Nails and drummer Pete Kelly. In 2019, a remastered CD of the album was released by Rock Candy Records that included a cover of David Bowie's 'Suffragette City' as a bonus track.
Reception In 2005, Fire and Gasoline was ranked number 460 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Track listing
Personnel Steve Jones – vocals, guitar, background vocals Terry Nails – bass, backing vocals Ian Astbury – backing vocals, tambourine, vocals on "I Did U No Wrong" Mickey Curry – drums Billy Duffy – guitar solo on "Get Ready" Axl Rose – vocals on "I Did U No Wrong" Technical Mark Dearnley – producer, engineer, mixer Ron St. Germain – mixing on "We're No Saints" Stephen Marcussen – mastering Jeff Adamoff – art direction Jeff Katz – photography
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Fire and Gasoline Chart (1989) Peakposition
References
External links [ AllMusic]