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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. He was also suffering from advanced leukemia, according to Loudwire.
Nov 10, 2022 · published 10 November 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, 2nd right. (Image credit: Chris Walter/WireImage) 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.
About Johnny Thunders. 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...
Nov 28, 2017 · November 28, 2017. Johnny Thunders Taken from the S/S13 issue of Another Man. To mark the 40th anniversary of the Heartbreakers’ L.A.M.F. album, we remember the punk musician through five people who encountered him or have been inspired by him. Text Joobin Bekhrad.
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. April 23, 1991 in New Orleans, LA. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles.
