- Johnny Thunders was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
- His parents were of Italian, Russian-Jewish, and German-Jewish ancestry.
- He was part of the New York Dolls in the early 1970s.
- He formed The Heartbreakers with former New York Dolls drummer Jerry Nolan.
- He later moved to Detroit and performed in a band called Gang War.
- He released an album with The Black Cats called Que Sera Sera in 1985.
- In 1988 Thunders formed The Oddballs with Jamie Heath and Alison Gordy.
- He joined up with John, Sam and Peter of The Golden Horde for a tour in 1990.
- Thunders died of drug-related causes on April 23, 1991 at the Inn on St. Peter Hotel in New Orleans.
- The Orlando Sentinel reported that he died of an overdose of cocaine and methadone.
- Other sources said the autopsy found evidence of advanced leukemia.
- His final recorded work was a version of “Born To Lose” with Die Toten Hosen, recorded 36 hours before his death.
- He was survivord by his wife Julie Jourden and four children.
- Rumors of foul play surrounded his death.
- The New Orleans police weren’t interested in re-investigating the matter further.
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During the early 1980s, Thunders re-formed The Heartbreakers for various tours; the group recorded their final album, Live at the Lyceum, in 1984. The concert was also filmed and released as a video and later a DVD titled Dead Or Alive.
How did Johnny Thunders get his name?
The song’s main character was, in fact inspired by the Marlon Brando movie The Wild One. “It’s about a rocker. I wrote it after Wild One was released.” Ray Davies said of “Johnny Thunder.” New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders took his stage name from the song’s title.
What band was Johnny Thunders in?
Music groups
What is Johnny Thunders name?
John Anthony Genzale
What happened to New York Dolls?
The following year they signed with Mercury Records and released New York Dolls, produced by Todd Rundgren. Their 1974 follow-up, the aptly named Too Much Too Soon, gave title to the band’s dissolution as its members struggled with drug and alcohol addictions.
What drugs did Johnny Thunders do?
He was using heroin, and saving the Methadone so that he could have a big weekly high as well.” It was at this point that Johnny decided to fly his soon-to-be wife Julie Jordan, John Jr (Julie’s two- year-old, from a previous relationship) and their baby, Vito, to London.
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