Neurotic Outsiders was a British-American rock

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founded in 1995, consisting of

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of the

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and

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, and John Taylor of

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. The first line-up featured

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and

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(together with McKagan and Sorum) but they were soon replaced by Jones and Taylor. Originally a gathering of friends jamming together at the

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in Los Angeles, they eventually released one

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album on

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in September 1996, and briefly toured Europe and North America. The album was followed up by the ''Angelina'' 5-song EP in 1997, which was a Japanese-only release. The band was originally named Neurotic Boy Outsiders after an article in

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Taylor had read in the 70s. The "Boy" was dropped at the request of Sorum and McKagan. They reunited briefly in April 1999 for three shows at the Viper Room. This was not the first time that Guns N' Roses members and Steve Jones had collaborated.

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from Guns N' Roses, and

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, and

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, all from

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- which Matt Sorum played with both before and after Guns N' Roses - all also made guest appearances on the Steve Jones solo album ''

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''. This would also mark the first of two collaborations between Steve Jones and John Taylor. The second collaboration was on

's 2015 album ''

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''.

Former members

;Last lineup *

– guitar, bass, lead and backing vocals *

– drums, backing vocals *

– guitar, lead vocals * John Taylor – bass, lead and backing vocals ;Previous members *

– lead vocals (1995) *

– guitar (1995)

Discography

Track listing for album

All tracks composed by

except where indicated # "Nasty Ho" – 4:32 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones)'' # "Always Wrong" ( John Taylor) – 3:25 ''(lead vocals: John Taylor)'' # "Angelina" – 2:55 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones)'' # "Good News" – 3:32 ''(lead vocals: Duff McKagan)'' # "Better Way" (Steve Jones, John Taylor) – 4:22 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones & John Taylor)'' # "Feelings Are Good" (John Taylor) – 3:23 ''(lead vocals: John Taylor)'' # "Revolution" – 3:48 ''(lead vocals: Duff McKagan)'' # "Jerk" – 4:10 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones)'' # "Union" – 4:29 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones)'' # " Janie Jones" (

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, Mick Jones) – 1:53 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones & Duff McKagan)'' # "Story of My Life" – 4:10 ''(lead vocals: Steve Jones)'' # "Six Feet Under" (Steve Jones,

) – 4:00 ''(lead vocals: Duff McKagan)''

Non-album B-sides

References

External links

Neurotic Outsiders fansite
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