I like the early New York Dolls, but I wasn't a massive fan, they were just a decent band imo. On the other hand i was a huge fan of The Heartbreakers and Johnny Thunders; this is his first solo release and something he never managed to better, again imo. The line up who played on this record is just a who's who of artists I love: -
- Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Pistols.
- Paul Gray and Steve Nicol - Eddie and the Hot Rods
- Chrissie Hynde - The Pretenders
- Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy (yep....I love them)
- Steve Marriott -Small Faces
- Patti Palladin - Snatch
- Walter Lure and Billy Rath - The Heartbreakers
- Peter Perrett and Mike Kellie - The Only Ones
- Steve Lillywhite - producer extraordinaire
I got to see Thunders quite a few times, and the Heartbreakers, and he was mostly good to great, but the last time I saw him playing has left a bad memory as he was completely wasted, missing chords, forgetting lyrics and playing for far too short a time. Sad really.
It's 20 years this month since he died/was murdered...who knows, I guess we never will.
RIP Mr Genzale and many thanks for the great music.
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To say I love this album is an understatement.....Love this!!
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Cheers Neil! Love this Heartbreakers linked series.To me Thunders walked a tightrope between sloppy drivel,and gut wrenching genius. As an English punk i found his work unusualy loose and laid-back, in comparison to the U.K. punk rock bands. Pretty sure i got this already on both vinyl,and cd, (not sure that i still got them)-There's some good retrospective cd's/dvd's out there.
ReplyDeleteHeck! i even like the Kinks song his name came from...I suppose a heartbreakers linked series cant go past without mentioning the name Richard Hell?
Johnny Thunders always reminds me of another Punk genius from over-the-water, Stiv Bators! Being of the same era,and with similar musical style, do you know if they ever got together?(musically)(lol)(to release a vinyl/cd)
Thanks a fuckin' million! I haven't heard this in a long while and now my mouth's watering!! Cheers ;)
ReplyDeleteHey thanks! These are high quality tunes.
ReplyDeleteNo worries pink :)
ReplyDeleteI found a copy of the "supposed" Dee Dee/Johnny and Stiv album lurking on an external hard drive.
One of my faves from the old days,surely his top,every track is a winner...cheers
ReplyDeleteDefinitely prefer 'So Alone' to 'LAMF'. Not that LAMF sucks, but I never thought it was as great as some made it out to be, whereas I love So Alone. Just blogged something to that effect myself.
ReplyDeleteHeard that Dee/Johnny/Stiv recording once too. Saw pretty convincing evidence of who was ACTUALLY playing on it, but damned if I can remember who it was now...