I saw Johnny Thunders — with the New York Dolls on U.K. TV in 1973 — I immediately connected with the reckless abandon that was apparent in every gesture, every guitar-hero pose he struck. And then there was the rawness of the band’s approach at a time when mainstream rock was still mired in the keyboard-laden pomposity of prog and the tired blues-rock tropes that had become the standard fallback for many so-called “serious” bands of the time. As a huge fan of British glam rock, particularly T. Rex and Slade, here, at last, was an American band unafraid to transcend the predictable and the expected, to deliver their own brand of shock rock ’n’ roll. Even 50 years later, when taking a solo, if in doubt, I’ll ask myself, “What would Johnny Thunders do?”
The mystery is why Thunders remains relatively uncelebrated, yet the artists who have admitted his influence — including John Frusciante’s gushing comments in the June 2022 issue of GW — dominate modern rock music. It’s time to address Thunders’ legacy and restore him to his rightful place in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll. Thunders was the embodiment of the “live fast, die young” guitar hero mythology. With his low-slung Les Paul Junior, leather jacket and shock of black hair, he became an instant cultural icon when the New York Dolls started to attract attention. Unfortunately for Thunders, addiction issues dogged him from the early Seventies; while fellow Heartbreaker Walter Lure managed to kick the habit in the late Eighties, Johnny was never able to do the same and was to meet an untimely end in a New Orleans hotel room in 1991. The cause of death? It was officially an overdose, but mystery surrounds the details.
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