London Cowboys

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The The London Cowboys is a punk band formed by punk renegades Steve Dior and Barry Jones, formerly of The Idols in the 1980s.

The band was somewhat of an enigma and although these two remained (pretty) constant and wrote the material they were joined by a constant succession of other artists in the revolving roster. These included Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols, Phil Lewis and Gerry Laffy from Girl, Jerry Nolan from the New York Dolls, also Alan D'alvarez - known as AD'A and reportedly of Scotland yard's D10 section - and a dozen other less notable players.

They recorded several albums including "Animal Pleasure", "Tall in the Saddle", and "Onstage" a live album. There was a fourth album 'in the can' recorded under the working title "Whip It Out" which, although never formally released, spawned the single "Dance Crazy/Bleed Me". This featured the last real incarnation of the band - Steve Dior, Barry Jones, Gerry Laffy, Alan D'Alvarez and Jerry Nolan.

Steve Dior now plays in The Delinquents

After leaving the London Cowboys Alan D'Alvarez breifly joined London pseudo punk rockers Better Than You before returning to obscurity