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  The History of Rock Music. Johnny Thunders: biography, discography, reviews, links
Thunders went on to form the Heartbreakers (1), who were, basically, an updated version of the New York Dolls for the punk generation.
Johnny Thunders died in April 1991 at the age of 38 of a drug overdose in a New Orleans hotel.
Johnny Thunders died in april 1991 at the age of 50 of a drug overdose in a New Orleans hotel.
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 Splendid E-zine reviews: Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders was one of the original purveyors of the sin-ridden, guitar-based rock 'n' roll experience.
Unfortunately, Thunders was also the poster boy for the fucked up, heroin-soaked, alcohol drenched 70s rock 'n' roll lifestyle, which ultimately ended in his presumed methadone OD in 1991.
Thunders' guitar has always had a nasty, slightly sloppy sound to it and this unique six-string signature is in true form as it writes out one of his final musical chapters.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/jul-10-00/johnny.html   (302 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders: NY Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first time I met Johnny Thunders was a few years back in Peter Crowley’s office at the New York City nightclub Max's Kansas City.
I knew who Thunders was – that he'd played in the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers and so on – but wasn't aware that he spent most of his days and nights in local rock clubs removing himself as far from a sober existence as humanly possible.
Thunders had just come off his disastrous Anarchy in the U.K tour with the Pistols where he'd spent the most of his time shuttling from canceled gig to canceled gig across the English countryside.
www.nyrock.com /thunders.asp   (756 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders and his impact on English Punk Music
Johnny Thunders first gained recognition as a member of the First calling himself Johnny Volume, the guitarist joined the high school band Johnny And The Jaywalkers.
Despite the promise of all this activity Thunders was found dead in a hotel room in New Orleans, Louisiana in mysterious circumstances in 1991.
Despite Thunder's drug dependency, the autopsy failed to reveal the cause of death although later reports cited a heroin overdose.
www.webtribe.net /~giaco/johnnythunders/biography.html   (401 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Thunders, Johnny (1952-1991), American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Born John Anthony Genzale, Thunders was the lead guitarist for the...
Thunder is the explosive sound produced by an ordinary lightning discharge.
encarta.msn.com /Johnny_Thunders.html   (97 words)

  
 Smokebox.net: Archives: Johnny Thunders - Born To Lose
What is it about Johnny that intrigues me? What is it about tragedy that compels me? Certainly the New York Dolls figure prominently in the development of the entire punk movement as it took root in New York City and spread overseas like an STD carried inside the starched pleats Malcolm McLaren’s fancy pants.
Johnny’s brother in law talks of the guitarist's disdain for the twelve hour workday; and of kicking the shit out of him one time when Thunders comes home loaded on Quaalude powder he got from his buddy, Heartbreaker Walter Lure.
When Johnny was on form, he could charm a snakepit of a crowd, snapping out of drugged lethargy to deliver all that rock ‘n’ roll ever promised to be: Freedom, Subversion, Style and Release.
www.smokebox.net /archives/music/thunders201.html   (1585 words)

  
 trakMARX - MEMORIES OF JOHNNY THUNDERS
I'll never forget Johnny Thunders, a thrashing hurricane of hair and fl leather, skidding up to the mike and doing the 'what colour are his eyes?' bit with Johansen, then careering off again, splattering discordant riffs all over the place.
By this time, Johnny was shacked up with former queen of the Los Angeles groupies Sable Starr, who he had met when the Dolls hit the West Coast: 'I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18.
Johnny told me that one of his reasons for doing the album was because he couldn’t do ballads or slowies with his previous groups.
www.trakmarx.com /2004_02/05_thunders.htm   (5405 words)

  
 AMZ - September 2000 - Johnny Thunders
Thunders and his "talking" guitar, with the overall theme being self-destructive, blues-based, soul-drenching, hard rock, here going back to 1984 and Belfast, Ireland where Thunders and crew shook the crowd to its knees on a jarring and jerky rock and roll panic!
Not only is Thunders skilled in the art of imprecision, there's absolutely no one who can put their own identity and unique fashion to someone else's song quite like he can!
Johnny Thunders is an acquired taste, plain and simple - the poor man's Jagger and Richards.
www.music-reviewer.com /09_00/jthunders.htm   (389 words)

  
 Amazon.com: So Alone: Music: Johnny Thunders   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thunders sounds like he's having real fun for one of the few times in his career, and he's infectious enough that the two ex-Pistols forget their own selves and just get lost in the ride with him.
Johnny's singular brand of loyalty, a 'street cred' whose contradictions glared, meant 'defiance' darkened into a helpless betrayal of all expectations, personal and professional, and for much of his last decade, betrayal of his own talent.
In a way, it's Johnny's tour de force, as he touches on a remarkable range of musical styles, influences, and perhaps more importantly, themes and emotions that never made it to the Heartbreakers album and were mostly filtered through David Johansen's words and vocals in the New York Dolls.
www.amazon.com /So-Alone-Johnny-Thunders/dp/B000005JBG   (2151 words)

  
 BP Fallon | Johnny Thunders
BP Fallon and Johnny Thunders at the New Inn, Dublin in April 1990
You meet Johnny in 1972 in the after midnight of a dentist's surgery in Harlem.
Johnny gathers his plastic bag of medications and in the street we hug.
www.bpfallon.com /mygen_thunders.html   (691 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders - Music Downloads - Online
Thunders kept performing and recording until his death in 1991, turning out a series of records that inadvertently documented his descent into heroin addiction.
For most of the '80s, the only Johnny Thunders product available was haphazard compilations of live tracks and demos.
After years of abuse, Johnny Thunders was found dead in a New Orleans hotel room in April of 1991.
musicstore.connect.com /artist/102/049/2/1020492.html   (505 words)

  
 Tom Watson: Johnny Thunders Best
For the unitiated, Thunders was the lead guitarist at age 17 for the New York Dolls and, along with David Johansen and the gang, cut two classic records before flaming out in the mid-70s.
Mar 4, 2005 1:53:34 PM Johnny thunders is easily the most influential guitarist of the Punk scene and was hands down the most talented guitar player around town.
Johnny thunders was exellent but i would say when Jerry Nolan plays with Johnny, their playing is off the roof.
tomwatson.typepad.com /tom_watson/2004/02/johnny_thunders.html   (3489 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The complex bittersweet sound is a standard that many bands aspire to emulate and it is universally hailed as Johnny Thunders' masterpiece.
Many rumors surround Johnny's death at the St. Peter House in New Orleans, Louisiana in April, 1991.
What is known for certain is that Johnny's room (no. 37) was ransacked and most of his possessions were missing (passport, makeup, clothes).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Thunders   (1208 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders : So Alone - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Following the drug-fueled implosion of the Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders bounced back with his first solo outing, So Alone.
A cover of the Chantays' classic instrumental "Pipeline" leads things off, and is a teasing reminder of what a great guitarist Thunders could be when he put his mind to it.
The record's indisputable masterpiece is "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory," a wrenching, surprisingly literate ballad in which Thunders seems to acknowledge that his junkie lifestyle has doomed him to the abyss.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,175377,00.html   (370 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/johnnyblackband
His new CD, JOHNNY BLACK NYC is a brutal document of life in NYC.
On bass is Jill Wisoff who toured with Johnny Thunders & whose film credits include Wellcome to the Dollhouse.
Walter Lure from Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers appears on Born to Lose & Loved you to Death which is also the title song from the film about Johnny Thunders written by Johnny Black now in pre-production.
www.myspace.com /johnnyblackband   (143 words)

  
 Jungle Records - JOHNNY THUNDERS
Johnny never kept a diary of course, so this has been put together from various sources including Nina Antonia's definitive biography, 'Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood', and my own diaries from 1981-91.
I put this together after Johnny died, thinking it might be interesting for a booklet inside a box-set or something, although I realise now it was probably also to help the grieving process.
Nina Antonia’s introduction to her update of the official biography of Johnny Thunders - ‘Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood’.
www.jungle-records.demon.co.uk /bands/johnnyt.htm   (265 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders Cyber Lounge   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This lounge is where the cyber spirit of Johnny Thunders hangs out.
"Johnny Thunders is the rock 'n' roll Dean Martin of heroin" says Richard Hell.
Not associated with Johnny's estate or anybody else.
home.eol.ca /~ifftay/thunders.htm   (170 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - AOL Music
Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers - D.T.K.+ L.A.M.F. Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers - D.T.K. Format, Country, Year, Label, Comments.
With Thunders leading the band, the Heartbreakers toured America and Britain,...
Download, listen and watch Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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 Johnny Thunders - Live in Cold Blood   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The legendary, self-destructive prince of the N.Y. punk scene, Johnny Thunders wore his heart on his sleeve and expressed it through his stellar guitar playing.
LIVE IN COLD BLOOD is rare footage of Thunders playing a 30 minute concert in his beloved city in 1982.
Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, and John Cena's biceps star in "The Marine," a white-knuckle action adventure of truly Brian Bosworthian proportions.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/johnny_thunders_live_in_cold_blood   (387 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders was a true original, many copied his look but his guitar playing and his music remain unique.
His life might not always have been bright, but he certainly makes our lives as bright as can be.
Johnny once said that a good rock n'roll book should be 90% pictures and 10% text, I think he would say the same about a rock n'roll website.
johnnyt13.tripod.com   (170 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders Cyber Lounge   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Welcome to the new home of the Johnny Thunders Cyber Lounge.
I'll hoist one for Johnny and get on with the show.
Here's a couple of Johnny Thunder links: Wild West Stuntman and Lego Action Man.
www.thunders.ca   (176 words)

  
 Johnny Rao   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Johnny Rao joined the David Johansen Group in 1978 having played on the
Johnny then went on to create yet another
Johnny Rao, always a pleasure to see and hear.
www.johnnyrao.com   (161 words)

  
 YouTube - The Heartbreakers - Pipeline / Chinese Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, "Born to Lose"
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - London Boys
youtube.com /watch?v=sjVT-mIEOF4   (201 words)

  
 Motor City Music - Releases - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
By the 1980’s there was a large club scene happening in Detroit, and the Silverbird was a west-side hotspot that had turned into a punk club for a short time.
Johnny Thunders was actually living in Dexter, Michigan (outside of Detroit) with his family in 1979.
Thunders formed Gang War with MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, and had played the previous year in Detroit and Ann Arbor, This Johnny Thunders show was exclusive to Detroit.
www.motorcityjams.com /thund-releases.html   (226 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders News
News about Johnny Thunders continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
New York Cultural Icon Johnny Thunders (Of New York Dolls fame) may...
Founding member Johnny Thunders went on to make some of his own spectacular music, and a rare live CD, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers: Down to Kill, has just been...
www.topix.net /who/johnny-thunders   (234 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He made his greatest impact as a member of the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s.
Actress became the New York Dolls in 1971 and Genzale renamed himself Johnny Thunders.
After recording two acclaimed but unsuccessful albums, the Dolls broke up.
www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R++++20197   (512 words)

  
 Johnny Thunders - Dead or Alive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Johnny Thunders - Dead or Alive to receive a rating.
New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders lived life on the edge, with debauchery and drug addiction part of his everyday existence--and also the cause of his untimely death.
DEAD OR ALIVE captures Thunders live in concert with a 1984 show that reunites him with his post-Dolls band, the Heartbreakers, for electrifying live performances of glam-influenced punk classics like "Sad Vacation," "Hurt Me," "Too Much Junkie Business," and, of course, "Chinese Rocks." more »
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