" When Sylvain left the band to spend a few months in London, Thunders and Murcia went their separate ways.

This presaged the use of similar shock tactics and images by other punks in New York and London, such as Johnny Thunders, Sid Vicious and Siouxsie Sioux.

# London Boys ( Johnny Thunders / Walter Lure / Billy Rath )

* " Pipeline " ( song ), a 1963 song by surf rock band The Chantays, also recorded by Johnny Thunders, Hank Marvin, The Ventures and Dick Dale, the Del-Tones, Agent Orange, and Anthrax

Thunders recorded two albums with the band, New York Dolls and Too Much Too Soon.

During the early 1980s, Thunders re-formed The Heartbreakers for various tours ; the group recorded their final album, Live at the Lyceum in 1984.

* On the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds double album, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, Johnny Thunders is mentioned in the song " There She Goes my Beautiful World ", singing "... And Johnny Thunders was half alive when he wrote ' Chinese Rocks '"( although Johnny performed and recorded ' Chinese Rocks ' it was written by his friend and fellow punk rocker Dee Dee Ramone ).

The trio recorded a four-song demo tape, which won them supporting roles at the concerts of artists such as Johnny Thunders and Warren Zevon.

The track has been covered by many artists, including Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Doors and Van Morrison's Them band at the Whisky a Go Go ( 1966 ), Johnny Rivers who also recorded it live at the Whisky a Go Go in 1966, the Grateful Dead ( who often played it as a closer to their sets in 1966 and 1967 ), Jefferson Airplane used to play a hard rocking version featuring Marty Balin on lead vocals, Chris Farlowe, The Mirettes, The Rascals, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the Chocolate Watch Band, Razzy Bailey, Roxy Music, Jackie Wilson, The Jam, Johnny Thunders, The Chambers Brothers, Roger Troutman, The Toasters, Buddy Guy, The Rock Bottom Remainders, The Commitments, Cross Country, Echo & the Bunnymen, Samantha Sang, George Faith, B.

They recorded a studio version in 1990 for Days of Thunders soundtrack, which was later slightly modified for the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II ( basically discarding the responses in the second verse ).

It features " Making Monsters For My Friends " and " It's Not For Me to Know " originally recorded by Dee Dee Ramone on his album I Hate Freaks Like You which he did with I. C. L. C, and " The Crusher " from Dee Dee Ramone's short rap career as Dee Dee King, as well as a cover of Tom Waits ' " I Don't Want to Grow Up " and a cover of Johnny Thunders song " I Love You.

* Intro and Thunders were recorded by Kobi Farhi in India and Israel.

* The Replacements included a song about Johnny Thunders, " Johnny's Gonna Die ", on their first album.

Early names considered for the band included Sperm Festival and Nazi Occult Bureau, and they had not decided on a name by the time they played their first concert, supporting Johnny Thunders in Paris.

James's former Gen X colleague and then drummer for Thunders, Mark Laff, played that first gig with the band.

Jones ' first guitar was a Gibson Les Paul Junior with a P-90 pick-up, which he bought because Johnny Thunders used one.

There are only twenty seven worldscapers in existence ; Sandow, bound to Shimbo of Darktree, Shrugger of Thunders, is the only non-Pei ' an among them ( although outworlders are welcome to practice the religion, which is called Strantri ; Sandow opines it will be the first major religion to outlive its founders ).

Thunders continued to tour and record throughout the 1980s, releasing one solo album So Alone, on which Sex Pistols Steve Jones and Paul Cook guested, among others.

With Spungen acting as his " manager ", Vicious embarked on a solo career during which he performed with musicians including Mick Jones of The Clash, Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rat Scabies of The Damned and the New York Dolls ' Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, and Johnny Thunders.

Live shows often consisted of songs performed with the New York Dolls or taken from Thunders ' solo career.

Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders would later cover his composition " Great Big Kiss " on his 1979 solo album So Alone.

The track " Johnny's Gonna Die " is a reference to influential guitarist Johnny Thunders of the Heartbreakers and New York Dolls as well as being a solo artist.

These later albums of original songs penned by Feathers were released on the French label New Rose Records, whose other 1980s releases included albums by cult music heroes like Johnny Thunders, Alex Chilton, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Gun Club, and others.

Category: Johnny Thunders albums

In the beginning of the 90's, McCoy lived in L. A. with his son and new girlfriend, Johnny Thunders ' cousin Angela Nicoletti ( former girlfriend of Izzy Stradlin ).

Soon after, Hell left Television and founded a band featuring a more stripped-down sound, The Heartbreakers, with former New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan.

the Replacements had a friendly rivalry with the band, which started when Twin / Tone chose the Replacements over Hüsker Dü, and Hüsker Dü landed an opening slot at a Johnny Thunders gig that the Replacements wanted.

Thunders and Nolan formed The Heartbreakers with bassist Richard Hell, who had left Television the same week that Thunders and Nolan left the Dolls.

Dick Dale with the help of Stevie Ray Vaughan ( Grammy Nominated ), by thrash metal band Anthrax, Bad Manners, and also by Johnny Thunders.

Ben Stiller has said that Sean Penn's performance, along with other actors ' performances such as Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, is the source of the movie Tropic Thunders infamous admonition: " Never go full retard ".

In 1975 Thunders and Nolan left the band, though Johansen and Sylvain continued playing, along with Peter Jordon, Tony Machine ( an ex-assistant agent at Leber & Krebs ) and Chris Robison, as the New York Dolls, until late 1977.

Thunders formed The Heartbreakers with former New York Dolls drummer Jerry Nolan, and former Television bassist Richard Hell.

The notoriously drug-fuelled recording sessions featured a core band of Thunders, bassist Phil Lynott, drummer Paul Cook, and guitarist Steve Jones, with guest appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Steve Marriott, Walter Lure, Billy Rath, and Peter Perrett.

In late 1979 Thunders moved to Detroit with his wife Julie and began performing in a band called Gang War.

From August 1988 until his death in April 1991, Thunders performed with a band known as The Oddballs, with Jamie Heath ( saxophone ), Alison Gordy ( vocals ), Chris Musto ( drums ), Stevie Klasson ( guitar ) and Jill Wisoff ( bass ).

" Chemical Warfare " was dedicated to Johnny Thunders with whom DeVille shared a long-time friendship.

Three days before Thunders died, the band had breakfast with Thunders in a Berlin hotel, where Thunders autographed bandleader Chris Newman's passport " all my love and admiration.

The last meeting with Thunders was alluded to in the Napalm Beach song " Longtime Johnny " on their 1993 album, Curiosities.

JB Beverley and The Wayward Drifters substitute the line, " and another girl to take my pain away ", with, " with my Johnny Thunders records taking all this pain away ".

After leaving The Clash, Chimes drummed in bands including Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers briefly in 1977 and 1984, Cowboys International in 1979, Generation X from 1980 to 1981, Hanoi Rocks in 1985, The Cherry Bombz in 1986 ( with ex Hanoi Rocks members Andy McCoy and Nasty Suicide and ex Sham 69 / Wanderers / The Lords of the New Church Dave Tregunna ) and Black Sabbath on their Eternal Idol Tour in 1987-88.

These short-term bands included Hormones, with Dennis Comeau and Andre Siva, Frankenstein, The Wanderers and The Whores of Babylon ( with Dee Dee Ramone and Johnny Thunders ).