The Adventures of John and Rambo...

[Snoogans4Jay]

Well, some of you KNEW this thread was going to be reborn here..... .....the first few stories are directly from Glen's book and are true...... .....I may put up a fictional line, but for now there is no way I can improve upon reality
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Iinstallment one:

Apparently, according to Glen Matlock... .....Rambo was doing security for John while the Pistols were performing in Santiago, Chile (HEY RAMBO, people are PAID to do that at these events, you can take a break... ....er.... .....maybe I should word that differently ). Anyhows..........a guy tried to jump up on stage in front of John . Well.. ....Rambo could not allow that, or apparently wait for REAL security to take care of it , so off he ran at break neck speed across the stage---------eyes fixed firmly on his man----when all of a sudden, out of the shadows loomed a monitor. THUD (Stupid sneaky fucking monitors ) He ran right smack into it head on. WHUMP. (Picture cartoon character whomping into brick wall ).

Afterwards, Glen states, all of the band stood around looking at the bone that you could now see from the leg wound.... ......Steve seemed to be the most gravely concerned stating "poor guy" with a wink at Glen. (Apparently there had been an altercation involving Steve, Cookie, and Rambo and some drinks earlier so he was........well........."sympathetic" to the situation. )

Stay tuned for further adventures of Rambo and John

[Tao~]

That is so funny!!! I knew they had fun together...but I never thought they would come into such *misfortune*.....How bad for our Rambo? That must have hurt like HELL.....
Keep us tuned in Snoogs....that is a great story...... ;D

[devildog]

Ahahaha. It's probably mean to laugh, since the guy broke his foot, but still. The images! XDD
I didn't know if I wanted to buy Glen's book, but now I'm convinced that I absolutely have to!

[Tao~]

Me too...Devildog!!! Snoog's stories are great!!!! I MUST own Glen's book.......The sooner...the better!!!......

[Snoogans4Jay]

As I stated on the Glen thread (we have a GLEN thread now ).........here we go with further adventures of John and Rambo:

Okay so Glen is on stage, 2003, playing bass in the ever beloved Sex Pistols . He notices something in his spotlight ("hmmm why the HELL is that thing so fucking DIM?")... ....finally this last gig he looks over his shoulder........RAMBO!! On the monitor! What the FUCK? " Glen says to Rambo "hey DUDE, off my monitor and out of my spotlight please" (thinking to himself, dammit Sid took that spotlight for Satan KNOWS how many year and now I have THIS pint sized joker?!) Rambo, looking at Glen with some disgust , states, "no man, I have to look out for JOHN! See?! There he IS ." Of course Rambo realizes John could be pounced upon any minute by hoards of women/men.......he MUST be ever vigilant (which is why the poor thing looks so fucking WORRIED every time you see him)..........Glen has no sympathy.... ...he insists so reluctantly Rambo climbs off his perch. Very stressful for the poor little guy . As soon as the song is over, Rambo runs to John and explains the entire sordid story . Glen tells Jonesy "here we go".. .....before he even finishes the sentence though, here cums our dear Johnny........red faced and quite belligerent........."Why you yell at my mate, how DARE you tell him to get down. You CAN be replaced you know"....... ......To which Glen replied "okay so go ahead then" . Confused John says "Whut ?" Glen rephrases: "Go ahead then, replace me".... .....John realizes there are 30,000 people waiting for an encore.... ......he states "er.... ....Rambo!! Stay out of Glen's WAY........sorry Glen, it was the HEAT you know"-- (stupid heat making my Baby look like a jackass)..... ......I am sure Rambo gave him NOTHING later that night.....poor dear..... ...Glen smirked off to his spotlight.... ....unencumbered by pugnacious pintsized protectors.....

[Tao~]

Pugnacious Pint-sized Protector!!!!......I am dyin' here... that installment was too funny!!!! I love these adventures and the emoticons make the whole story.......Thank you for the funny side of John...(and Rambo)......

[Snoogans4Jay]

ON WE PRESS to the further adventures of Rambo and John as related by Glen and now me

SOooooo, the setting is a show in Belgium in 1996. John is DRUNK , having been partaking with the Leftfield dudes A FANatic is attempting to get up close and personal with our Johnny and we all know who CAN'T have any of that ----OFF He goes to get hisman---and promptly tosses the interloper BACK to the mosh pit from whence he came . And, that, dear reader, SHOULD have been the end of our story But NOOOOooooooooo

HERE comes VENUE security.........and our man Rambo has refused to wear a band pass ID ........so naturally they think HE is the interloper and attack our boy , right in front of his Johnny , whom we might remember is a tad bit drunk Well this put Johnny in quite the quandary . As Glen hypothesized -- John was no doubt thinking "my mate, bouncers, radio mike . Bouncers, my mate, radio mike. Radio mike, bouncers, my mate " Well of course RAMBO won out and THWACK! The bouncer went down slow motion style <--this emoticon usually means something else but it seemed to fit here---------Out came the Belgium Red Cross and carted the downed bouncer off the stage on a stretcher

Needless to say, damages were sorted out of court , and John and his Pintsized Pugnacious Protector are still protecting each other to this day

[Tao~]

Rambo looks so pretty in pink.....That was a terrific story!!! Dumb security....they should have obviously SEEN it was Rambo all along........Poor Glen.....I feel for him....He couldn'r catch a break.....but I guess in the long run he DID come out a winner.....Well good for him.....Great story......

[Snoogans4Jay]

Let us add a few visuals of our Rammy to this thread.........nothing like pictures ;D

Rambo, to reiterate, is John Stevens, a friend of John's since they were like 15 or so I read. He is John's friend, minder, bodyguard, hairdresser, sidekick,.... er..... ...and.... ....etc.

Rambo and John (and sometimes Nora)

Notice Rambo behind John

That is Rambo with his back to us

See Rambo there in the red "movie usher" vest?

Rambo and John

See Rambo over to the left? He got cut off--stupid photographer

Rambo not getting too close to Miss Nora

My favorite picture of Rambo with John ;D (notice Miss Nora in the back)

John trying to explain to Rambo that he looks like a painter and together they look like gay mimes

at the hotel........doesn't Rambo look thrilled with the photographer?

Keeping a lookout behind Johnny

Why John always be doing that when Rambo is behind him? Nice vest Rammy

[Snoogans4Jay]

Rambo, darlin', that hairstyle just does NOT work on your head



If you painted his head orange, and his hair green....he would SO look like a pumpkin

[Tao~]

Well...I just can't help but laugh when I see our *little man* in these shots........He is so a *man of mystery*....but ever the vigilant *Pint-sized Pugnacious Protector*......I love him!!!
And yes....he does look like a pumpkin in the last batch!!!!!....

[elisabeth]

Next to the pictures one, I think this is my favorite thread in the whole forum, I just literally laughed my *ss off while reading these, and I told these stories to all my friends, they've kind of accepted the fact that I go on about him 24/7, but I'm getting glens book as soon as possible! I wish I could find the picture of young Johnny and Rambo together on the net, I mean the one that's in his autobiography. But I'll make a small contribution to this thread, with my favorite picture of them together:



and while I'm at it, another one, Johnny catches the attention at first but then I noticed the figure on the back round, I love it how he's always there!



Anyway I'm anticipating new stories! ;D

[Tao~]

Those were too cute!!! Little Rammy is always around.....And Johnny has the sweetet expression in those!!!!!!!.....

[Snoogans4Jay]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THANK YOU for posting pictures of our Rammy (oh yeah, and Johnny ).........I do that too, look for Rammy in every live video and every picture He usually just be boogieing away over to the side...hee heee....and of course he is the MAN IN ACTION whenever someone comes near our Johnny..... I loved the Crystal Palace Bootleg (why did I just capitalize bootleg ) where REAL security obviously has the situation well in hand, but Rammy just HAS to come running out and chase the guy (no doubt so John can see HIM be the hero ).........GO RAMMMY

We need more INFO on this little Pint sized Pugnacious Protector.. ..and YES I want to find that picture of Johnny and Rambo from Johnny's book too... ......I SO need a new scanner....

Things we know about Rambo....

Real name ----John Stevens

Birthday -----Feb. 14 (he just turned 50)

Job description-----minder for Johnny, business partner (of our Johnny), hairstylist (of our Johnny and possibly himself), jewelry maker (made Johnny's PiL ring), bodyguard (for our Johnny), world traveler (with our Johnny)........ can you see a pattern here

Fave sport ----Arsenal fan

[elisabeth]

I'm really thrilled, I finally saw that clip of ''When security takes their job too seriously...'' Holland 1996 It was just as good as the story, well almost, because i have to admit, Snoogs is one hell of a storyteller . I'm really impressed by their loyalty to each other. Rambo got to Johnny incredibly fast and a few moments later Johnny didn't hesitate for one tenth of a second to do the same for him. I didn't quite catch what happened to the security though, and he was such a huge guy. Well actually what I wanted to say is that, Rambo gained a huge amount of plus-points in my eyes, like he didn't have enough already, we need more stories, NOW!