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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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.
7" $4.78
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