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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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 ]

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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 ]

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The title After the Dolls: 1977-1987 implies some grand overview of that time period, but the subtitle, "Track and Jungle Records Studio Sessions," really gets to the heart of the matter. Johnny Thunders didn't get into the studio as often as one might think, and recorded for one label after the other, so the options get pared down rather quickly. In fact, After the Dolls: 1977-1987 culls tracks from just three albums: L.A.M.F., Que Sera Sera, and Copycats. There are only three tracks from   [ read more ]

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There are few rock artists of any genuine significance whose catalogs are more of a mess than Johnny Thunders, and we pretty much have the artist himself to blame for that. While Thunders helped create two stone classic albums with the New York Dolls, once he struck out on his own, his seemed more interested in going for the fast buck than building a career (doubtless a product of his decades-long junk habit), and when you get past the Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F. and Thunders' So Alone,    [ read more ]

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