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------------------------------------------------------------The Professionals were an English punk rock band active from 1979 to early 1982 and again from 2015 to 2024. They were formed by ex-Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook after that band's demise.[1] The Professionals split in 1982, before reforming in 2015 under the leadership of Cook.

Biography
1979–1980: Formation and recording of debut album
The Professionals were formed in 1979 by guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook, both formerly of the Sex Pistols. In the previous year, Johnny Rotten had left the Sex Pistols, and both Cook and Jones had sung lead for the late Sex Pistols recordings "Silly Thing" and "Lonely Boy".[2] For these recordings, Lightning Raiders bassist Andy Allan was employed as a session musician. After the Sex Pistols officially split and broke ties with manager Malcolm McLaren, the line-up of Cook, Jones and Allan formed the Professionals and signed with Virgin Records, the same label as the Sex Pistols. The band were first managed by Dave Hill, who had managed Johnny Thunders and was managing the Pretenders.[3]

In July 1980, the Professionals released their first single, "Just Another Dream",[4][5][6] which also included a video promo. The release was followed by a second single "1-2-3" in October,[6][7][8] which reached No. 43 in the UK Singles Charts. Shortly after the second single's release, Cook and Jones had plans to release the band's debut self-titled album that same year.[9] However, legal problems followed as Allan had no recording contract with Virgin and sued the record company, claiming that he had been neither credited nor paid by them. Consequently, Virgin's compilation album Cash Cows, which featured the Professionals' track "Kick Down the Doors", was withdrawn and the album was shelved.[10][11] After Allan left the band, he was replaced by ex-Subway Sect bassist Paul Myers, with Ray McVeigh also joining the band as a second guitarist.[6] The new line-up of the Professionals later re-recorded previous material so that Allan would not be owed any further royalties, but their debut album would remain unreleased until 1981. The band recorded radio sessions for John Peel's Radio 1, which aired on 10 November 1980, to promote the planned release of the single "Join the Professionals" that same month.