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John Anthony Genzale (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of New York Dolls. He later played with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist.
Nov 7, 2020 · Thunders died under extremely mysterious circumstances. As Loudwire reports, on April 23, 1991, he was found in a "ransacked" New Orleans building, with his body twisted and a "significant" — yet arguably not fatal — amount of drugs in his system.
Nov 10, 2022 · Brilliant, self-destructive, hugely influential, Johnny Thunders was a voice of nature who made helped make the TV Yellow Les Paul Junior one of the coolest electric guitars ever.
Jul 15, 2016 · Johnny Thunders’s story is so steeped in doomed glamour and junkie mythology that somewhere along the line the man that was John Anthony Genzale has been lost in the telling, but to know one you have to know the other.
Apr 23, 2022 · From the New York Dolls to the Heartbreakers and 'Hurt Me', we're looking at the life and legacy of the punk forebearer Johnny Thunders and his wild ways.
Johnny Thunders (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), born John Anthony Genzale, Jr., was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s.
Apr 23, 1991 · A guitarist for the influential glam rockers New York Dolls, and a solo artist who inadvertently documented his descent into heroin addiction. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 1990s. Born. July 15, 1952 in Queens, NY. Died.
John Anthony Genzale (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of New York Dolls. He later played with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist.
John Anthony Genzale, known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of New York Dolls....
Johnny Thunders is the archetypal punk guitarist, making use of power chords but infusing enough energy into his performances to make people stand up and take notice. The blues touches he adds into his playing is a nod to his musical heroes, and is a great method for spicing up a simple punk progression.
