{"id":4889,"date":"2019-04-24T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2019-04-24T19:22:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T19:22:39","slug":"gone-but-not-forgotten-johnny-thunders-poly-styrene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4889","title":{"rendered":"Gone But Not Forgotten – Johnny Thunders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Stevenson\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

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John Anthony Genzale<\/b>\u00a0(July 15, 1952 \u2013 April 23, 1991) Otherwise known as the legend that was Johnny Thunders.\u00a0 What could possibly be said that hasn’t already been said.\u00a0 He was the lead guitarist in the New York Dolls.\u00a0 He fronted possibly the finest of all American ’77 punk bands and went on to have varying degrees of success in his own rite with some amazing backing bands and releasing some of the best records ever from any decade. ‘Que Sera Sera’, ‘Hurt Me’, ‘So Alone’ do I need to go on?\u00a0 If you don’t own them why don’t you own them?.\u00a0 His solo shows ranged from car crash but amazing to religious experience and amazing to simply just being out there one of a kind guy and amazing.<\/p>\n

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There have been several films about Johnny from the aborted and dark ‘Born To Lose’ The Last Rock And Roll Movie with its numerous cuts to the wonderful ‘Looking For Johnny’, with a fantastic array of stars talking about their friend and fellow musician to the recent drama about his last days in New Orleans that’s yet to hit the shops.\u00a0 Johnny met a tragic end on this back in ’91 and I can remember where I was when I heard the news that almost broke my heart.<\/p>\n