I knew Johnny Thunders when he was John Genzale, Jr. He was 16, I was 15. We both loved live rock music and very frequently hung around the back of the Fillmore East. We were on different paths, however; he dressed like a mod, I dressed like a hippie. Neither of us could really know where this love of live rock music would take us. I became a rock journalist, and he became the guitarist of the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers.
Thunders died in 1991, but his legacy has been stamped over a generation of New York rockers. Every year around Thunders' birthday Barry Apfel and Steve Krebs pull together a pack of New York musicians for a Johnny Thunders Birthday Bash. Over a dozen artists performed. Tonight's concert at the Bowery Electric ended at 1 a.m.
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| Ivan Julian |
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| Jesse Malin |
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| Steve Krebs |
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| Andy Shernoff (Dictators) & Walter Lure (Heartbreakers, Waldos) |
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