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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 · 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’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.
Johnny Thunders was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as a member of bands such as the ‘New York Dolls’ and ‘The Heartbreakers.’. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family, personal life, career, and achievem.
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 as a...
Apr 23, 1991 · Johnny Thunders. 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.
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.
Johnny, who was a human encyclopedia of rock, also changed his nickname to Johnny Thunders. The nick was inspired by a comic hero of the wild west of DC Comics. Still remained a problem, since the voice of Johnny used to come down after a pair of songs.
