Johnny Thunders
American guitarist and singerWikipedia
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Sep 23, 2026
History of Punk #1
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21:57JohnGUEST
the western world uh they had an album in i want to say the 73 was the the one that yeah uh their self-titled album 1973 new york dolls um remember that personality crisis is the the lead song on that and that that's a super influential song um and a lot of people i think you hear a lot of covers like A lot of people cover this song.
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22:28JohnGUEST
Johnny Thunders played guitar in that band.
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22:32JohnGUEST
Just so you remember, we did the Murder City Devils.
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22:34JohnGUEST
They had a song called Johnny Thunders.
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22:37JohnGUEST
So many people came in and out of that band.
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22:40JohnGUEST
It's a who's who.
Sounds with Simon Tesler: Bodies (Part 1)
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39:16Simon TeslerHOST
It was very new to me.
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39:18Simon TeslerHOST
In a few minutes, the former New York doll and heartbreaker Johnny Thunders, with you can't put your arms around a memory, but this is Alanis Morissette and Head Over Feet.
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39:29speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I had no choice but to hear you You stated your case time and again I thought about it You treat me like I'm a princess I'm not used to Like you may add You ask how my day was You've already won me over In spite of me And don't be alarmed if I And don't be surprised if I love you For all that you are I couldn't help it It's all your fault Your love is thick And it's followed me whole You're so much braver Than I gave you credit for That's not lip service You've already won me over In spite of me And don't be alarmed if I fall Head over feet And don't be surprised if I love you For all that you are I couldn't help it It's all your fault You are the bearer of unconditional things You held your breath and the door for me Thanks for your patience You're the best listener that I've ever met You're my best friend, best friend with benefits What took me so long? felt this healthy before I've never wanted something rational I am aware now I am aware now you've already won me over in spite of me and don't be alarmed if I fall Head over feet And don't be surprised if I love you For all that you are I couldn't help it It's all your fault You've already won me over In spite of me And don't be alarmed if I fall Head over feet And don't be surprised if I love you It's all your fault
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43:51speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
doesn't pay to try all the smart boys know why it doesn't mean i didn't try i just never know why Big deal, I'm still alive So old And when they go They let you know You can't put your arm around a memory Don't try Don't try And you've got no name Cause you're living with me We're one and the same And even though they don't show The scars are so old And when they go They let you know You can't put Don't try You can't put your arm around a memory Don't try Don't try
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47:23Simon TeslerHOST
Head Over Feet from Alanis Morissette, and then You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory, written and recorded by the outlaw guitarist Johnny Thunders for his first solo album, So Alone.
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47:37Simon TeslerHOST
In the mid-1970s, Thunders had been one of the originators of New York's glam punk scene as part of the New York Dolls.
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47:45Simon TeslerHOST
And then as the drugs took hold, he came to London with some of the remnants of the dolls under the new name, the Heartbreakers.
Clint Boon on Manchester Chronicles & Inspiral Carpets (#300)
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5:51Clint BoonGUEST
But knowing or believing at the time that you couldn't do it, you know, kids from Oldham like me couldn't become pop stars and end up on the television and end up in a band and end up doing gigs.
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6:01Clint BoonGUEST
Seeing the Pistols that night with the Clash and the Buzzcocks and Johnny Thunder's Heartbreakers, that was December of 76.
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6:09Clint BoonGUEST
And that was the moment where I just thought, it's absolutely obvious that I can do this.
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6:13Clint BoonGUEST
I can be in one of these bands.
Episode 165
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68:52BrodyHOST
Follow that up with Screaming Demons and We March from A Tribute to George Romero.
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68:56BrodyHOST
We finish with Johnny Thunders in Cold Blood from Punk Rock Halloween Vol.
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69:02BrodyHOST
2.
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69:04BrodyHOST
All right.
Episode 557: Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French
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39:25Jay Jay FrenchGUEST
Well, I knew the Dolls individually because I used to deal to a couple of the guys anyway in the park.
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39:29Jay Jay FrenchGUEST
And I knew Johnny Thunders because he was a client and he was always the worst fucking guitar player in the fucking...
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39:35Jay Jay FrenchGUEST
I mean, he made Neil Young sound like Yngwie Malmsteen.
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39:37Jay Jay FrenchGUEST
This fucking guy was fucking awful.
The Dark Room: Gary Lachman - Touched by the Presence
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22:13Gary LachmanGUEST
and joined television, Tom Verlaine's band, because Richard Hell had left.
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22:17Gary LachmanGUEST
And because he joined, he started the band called The Heartbreakers with Johnny Thunders from The Dolls who had broken up.
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22:23Gary LachmanGUEST
And so Fred did that.
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22:25Gary LachmanGUEST
And then Clem said, I was living in New York, writing very bad poetry and starving, working as a messenger.
The Big Takeover Show – Number 609 – September 21, 2026
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47:42Jack RabidHOST
Otherwise, he would have all just died young.
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47:44Jack RabidHOST
much like Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan and Dee Dee Ramone and a lot of the other junkies that were on the New York scene in the late 70s.
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47:56Jack RabidHOST
I'm glad he got to be that old, though.
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47:58Jack RabidHOST
The last couple of Dead Boy shows I saw with their modern lineup, I thought were really quite good.
The Ledge #734: RIP Cheetah Chrome
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69:52Scott HudsonHOST
Both Jeff Dahl and the Cowgirls were terrific, but having Chrome in his band seemed to give Dahl extra motivation, and the two of them played off each other in jaw-dropping style.
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70:02Scott HudsonHOST
For a fan of that Dead Boy slash Snoozy slash Johnny Thunder sort of thing, you could hardly do better.
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70:09Scott HudsonHOST
And Cheetah also recorded a single with Dahl.
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70:13Scott HudsonHOST
And I've got both of those tracks here.
37 MINS LATER
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107:44Scott HudsonHOST
Jenny Raven's choice of the Ramones' song, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, is brilliant.
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107:49Scott HudsonHOST
They may have been headbangers, but they were Ronnie Spector fans.
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107:53Scott HudsonHOST
Members of Johnny Thunder's Heartbreakers, the Dead Boys, and Mink DeVille must have been honored to appear on this.
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107:59Scott HudsonHOST
And yes, Cheetah Chrome is on, from what I've read, most of the album, if not all of it, including... that already mentioned cover of the Ramones, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Mike Ness of Social Distortion
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42:02Scott LippsHOST
...
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42:02Scott LippsHOST
Johnny Thunders.
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42:03Mike NessGUEST
It's an homage.
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42:04Scott LippsHOST
It's an homage.
#1069 9/14/26 Punk Rock Demonstration Radio Show with Jack
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106:02JackHOST
That was Kriegert's Hunder and heard Annie before Drapslag with Bang Bang Down You Go, that band from Estonia.
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106:10JackHOST
Heard some lives with Burn before Annie and some Cheap Kiss with I Wanna Be a Junkie Like Johnny Thunders and the Limewires before Cheap Kiss.
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106:18JackHOST
That's what's called the art of hypocrisy.
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106:20JackHOST
you've been listening to the punk rock demonstration.
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