Johnny Thunders
Following in the footsteps of his idol Keith Richards, Johnny Thunders (born John Anthony Genzale, Jr.) lived the ultimate rock & roll life, spending most of his days wasted and churning out tough, sloppy three-chord rock & roll. He made his greatest impact as a member of the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s. During the late '70s, he was a familiar figure on the New York punk scene, both with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. Thunders kept performing and recording until his death in 1991, turning out a series of ...[more]
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Despite now being hailed as one of punk rock's most important and enduring statements, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers' banshee wail of a debut, L.A.M.F., screamed in silence upon its 1977 release, doing a commercial nosedive worthy of an FAA investigation. Admittedly, the record didn't stand much of a chance in the soft rock quagmire of the late '70s, but its odds certainly weren't helped by abysmal distribution (the group's label, Track Records, went belly up soon after the record's rel [ read more ]
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A thirty-minute performance of JOHNNY THUNDERS live in New York City in 1982. Nine songs of raw and rugged rock'n'roll, including the hot-shit title track, "In Cold Blood."
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VINYL FORMAT. When former New York Dolls/Heartbreaker John Anthony Genzale died in 1991, he'd experienced just about all the ups and downs rock 'n' roll could possibly lay on one man. By the end of his solo career, abruptly shut down by heroin abuse, he had played an impressive number of live shows. This 1990 unplugged concert closed that circle and showed the many sides of a gifted guitarist and punk rock legend.
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The Doris Day song? Yes. Done by Johnny in his own weird way. This didn't appear on the Thunders album 'Que Sera Sera' but the 'B' side tracks 'Short Lives' and 'I Only Wrote This Song For You' do come from there. The cover photos come from the Nina Antonia book 'In Cold Blood'. They show a very young Johnny as a choir boy next to an older Johnny being held in jail.
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An unstoppable compilation from the driving force behind legendary NY punk bands the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers! Thunders' "live fast, die young lifestyle" became the stuff of legend, and everyone from the Sex Pistols to MC5 has cited his music as an influence. Eighteen tracks including: "Jet Boy," "Born to Lose," "Chinese Rocks," "It's Not Enough," "Pirate Love," "Blame It On Mom," "Pipeline, "I Only Wrote This Song For You," "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory," "Little Bit Of Whore," "M.I. [ read more ]
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Originally released in 1983 as an analog cassette-only, New Too Much Junkie Business was one of ROIR'S best-ever selling cassettes. It has now been digitally remastered and repackaged for CD release. Ex-New York Dolls and Heartbreakers leader, the late Johnny Thunders, represents the pure unadulterated New "Yawk" Rock n' Roller. Walk down St. Mark's Place or Alphabet City in NYC even today and you will see dozens of Johnny Thunders look-a-likes, sound-a-likes and wanna-be's. A talented musician, singer, [ read more ]
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An 18-track collection taken from an April 4, 1987, Heartbreakers gig at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, In the Flesh captures Johnny and the boys, with special guest, ex-New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane, on one of those "had to be there" nights that, sadly, didn't come around nearly enough in J.T.'s career. Unlike a lot of Thunders live recordings, this one is conspicuous by the absence of the side banter and stoned drivel that spiced up so many of his shows. Johnny comes acro [ read more ]
CD $16.13
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Although the title Endless Party may have summed up the life of Johnny Thunders, the subtitle Greatest Hits Live is a bit misleading. One might expect this to be a compilation of Johnny's best live performances of his best-known tunes. The fact is, this sounds like just another live set from Thunders and company. Since any given Thunders set is going to feature many of the same tunes, almost ANY live Johnny Thunders could be called Greatest Hits Live. The performances are decent, but the s [ read more ]
CD $19.94