Johnny Thunders - Too much junkie business/ Pills

[LucidDream]

I say it's also a little too much monkey business. :P Love Johnny, great clip.

[mgorman15]

You can't see Killer Kane in this video - he's out of frame. Skinny black dude is just a rhythm guitarist.

[samman188]

@mgorman15 oooh.... guess they didnt play just because im white....

[6025cory]

They dont make em like this anymore ---RIP Johnny

[Rigsbymortis]

that is NOT arthur kane

[TheatreOfPain979]

please tell me there is an audio of this show?

[kevinb617]

@TheatreOfPain979 

[kevinb617]

@TheatreOfPain979 yes its called panic on sunset strip.

[vcny45]

what's wrong with L.A. audiences?????

[fattirevsbud]

Well you go down to the corner to see if you can cop

Running to the bathroom fixin up the shot

Your life becomes as sickening as that mess you call your face

That pig you call your girlfriend she's been in there for days

Climbing up the walls shot some on my balls

Your the coolest thing in town with your face flat on the ground

Hands empty your pockets as the coffin went down

Overdose at last smack stuck in your head

Now you're dead- I love ya 

[timjessa1]

anyone know who the black kid playing guitar with jhonny is ??

[budmotor]

the wizard !

[MrRubinobbbb]

the last time I saw johnny thunders was at the HEAT on houston street, he played 5 songs and collapsed while smoking a joint

[STCN0B0DY]

that is definitly, without a doubt, NOT Arthur Kane on bass

[8754richard]

@STCN0B0DY That definitely is without a doubt Arthur Kane. The dvd where this is from is called THUNDERS,KANE AND NOLAN, YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY. With Johnny Thunders, Barry Jones(guitar),Arthur Kane(Bass) and Jerry Nolan(drums). But you hardly get to see Arthur Kane because he's in the background almost the whole show. And the female singer on Born to Lose from this same dvd is Barbara Kane, Arthurs wife.

[dubwise72]

That doesent look like Arthur Kane on bass

[Bjarnarr]

@dubwise72

well, it is Arthur Kane.

[samman188]

@Bjarnarr the guys black....

[rizzlaxl]

@dubwise72 its him dude.

[godofslumber]

@dubwise72  It's not.

[godofslumber]

@dubwise72 It's not. That cat is black-

[blueballtravel]

@dubwise72 The lefty is playn guitar dont recall his name he was a black dude Arthur is hiding in the dark behind lefty Jerry is bangn... I guess the light and camera guys didnt get the meaning of Thunders Kane and Nolan... Rest in peace boys...... oh there is a dvd of this show....

[Vaioholic]

I wonder if Nikki Sixx is in the audience. Considering he lived there and loves thunders

[Bjarnarr]

@Vaioholic

Don't know about him, but Duff McKagan of "original" Guns n' Roses was there.

[tatethompson1234]

@Bjarnarr Guns ans Roses opened for Johnny Thunders here.

[tatethompson1234]

@tatethompson1234 I meant they opened for him, not at this show. They opened for him alot in 1986 and I think in Jan-Feb of 87

[maziku]

@Vaioholic thats funny because i was just thinking the same damn thing. im reading his heroin diaries again. he was probably on tour otherwise he would have mentioned it in the book for sure.

[seethootss]

@Vaioholic who gives a fuck about nikki sixx

[GnarButter90]

I was just looking at stupid Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarist and Johnny wasn't on there. They have guys like Kurt Cobain at 12, and Johnny Ramone at 16? I love the Ramones, but if it wasn't for Johnny Thunders, there would be no Ramones. And for Kurt Cobain, he couldn't hold a candle to Thunders.

[tatethompson1234]

well Thunders had no influence on Johnny Ramone at all,Johnny Ramones style was completly original and no one can do what he did. He deserved tobe within the top ten..Thunders on the other hand deserved tobe within top 20 id say,his stage presence was very influential and a great song writer,but reason why I think Thunders and Steve Jones arent on the list is because their playing isent as influential,their basicly playing all Chuck Berry licks for solo's.

[GnarButter90]

Johnny Ramone learned some of his style from listening to Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown. No one is completely orignal. I am also still pretty sure he took some influence from Thunders.

[SweetPeach13]

@tatethompson1234 I disagree. what the heartbreakers and all these new york scene punks guys were doing was literal rock and roll. Berry was a mellow cliche at this point, and they made it inot a wonderful monstrous thing. You should read "Please Kill Me". it's the oral history of punk rock.....The ramones actually weren't that together at all...they got lucky....

[sonicsteev]

yea lots of guitar legends are insipred by thunders

[scratchnsnifff1]

Kurt was a good guitarist in the sense that he was original and didnt immulate anyone but i agree Johnny had soul which is the most important thing in music

[electriccircus5]

who's the kid on 2nd guitar on JT's right?....f*ck the 'melatonin' /' pigment' idiots on previous posts by the way...

[sonicsteev]

i belive hes from a band called london cowboys

[frenziedbeat]

Rock'n'Roll !!! RIP Johnny Thunders

[studio249]

Anybody else notice 1:59, where someone throws a drink at him?

[ibeam23]

You can see kane at around 2 minutes in...

[gorblimey61]

When did Killer Kane receive the pigment injection?

[Timmybear]

The gentleman with the high melanin count would not be Arthur Kane, as he's playing guitar. I don't see Arthur there - he must be in the shadows.

[rizzlaxl]

arthur is the bass player on this, the closest thing to a ny dolls reunin that ever happened.

[Timmybear]

I agree, but the guy people are thinking is Arthur is not.

[Hanoi247365]

Found your vid as I've been listening to Chinese Rocks Live CD this week - saw Johnny Thunders in 1984 when I'd just turned 17. Can I re-live that one please???!!! Where's rewind?? Mo x

[tatethompson1234]

wow who ever threw that drink i wanna beat the livin shit out of...rip johnny 18 yrs ago today you left us.

[tatethompson1234]

can you believe someone gave me a fuckin thumbs down??! must of been the prick who threw the drink

[penthouse10]

I agree...jerkoff. But to Johnny's credit it didn't faze him for a second. When he was good, he was the best. And when he wasn't so great, he was still better than everyone. RIP

[billiam77]

Who are all these fat bored people in the crowd?

[macantidur]

Thanks. That would be the 1980 tour presumably.

[Bjarnarr]

Actually, it's in 1987.

[macantidur]

Where was this show? Memphis? The audience looks really lame.

[Bjarnarr]

The Roxy, Hollywood - Los Angeles. Crowd is lame indeed, but Johnny & the band is great !

[8754richard]

great, but could you please upload pipeline from this. And I mean the last pipeline of this show, so the one right after Chinese Rocks. And it's on youtube but if you could upload it without Chinese Rocks that really would be great.

[Bjarnarr]

Sure, I'll do my best to get it uploaded tonight :)

[8754richard]

Okay, thanks that would be great.

[Bjarnarr]

It's out now, check my channel.