The Sex Pistols were supporting the 101′ers at the Nashville rooms, and that’s when Joe met Sid and all The Sex Pistols. Sid walked into the venue in a shiny gold Elvis Lame jacket on he said, ‘Where did you get that jacket?’ and they were like, stuck-up you know, not saying much; but Sid was great.

Sid could be quite intimidating but when you got to know him he was a beautiful intelligent guy - and no one ever really says that much. We were really good friends, me and Sid. Well, all of them really, but Sid was more in our group than theirs [The Sex Pistols] he was John’s [Johnny Rotten] mate but he hung out with us more. We were in a squat together and were really close. We were the only ones who stuck up for him when it all happened in New York.

As I said, he was intelligent, but so much of it is like being a boiled sweet and getting sucked down to the inner, he was a much more complex guy than how he was perceived to be.