Jerry Nolan from 1982 Swedish TV "Studio 8"

Jerry Nolan being interviwed about drugs from a 1982 Swedish TV program called "Studio 8". Thanks to my friend Daniel.

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• Dolls
• Heartbreakers
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• Thunders
• Heroin

[drummer78]

Despite his drug issues, he should always be remembered as one hell of a rock n' roll drummer.

[boagieking]

what the fuck do you mean its BS he's tellin them not to use because hes addicted and he doenst want anybody to go through the hell he was still goin through even at the time of that interview, he really did try to help others out too he reccommended his methadone clinic to sid and nancy

[edfeltch]

I met Jerry at Max's KC in '79 and all I could blabber was how I discovered rnr from his playing on the Don Kirshner show in '72.So real.

[avalonsays]

I have a lot of respect for Jerry Nolan.

[MsJanesta]

I love him. He sounded so sweet, and so young !!!

[spernoadversa]

Jerry Nolan and Peter Criss are best friends from childhood.

[carlos7217]

always wondered how/why Malcolm managed the Dolls,..cos he always makes out he tried and they dint want to know

[strangeparty]

Malcolm took most of his cues from the Dolls. He was such an asskisser. He ran around trying to play manager, and they just sort of put up with him because there was no one else to take care of certain things at the time. But he never had a contract with them and was never paid a dime. He basically deconstructed the Dolls and reconstructed them in the form of the Sex Pistols, and the rest is history.

[geoffhutch]

The late show was the best- back when "vintage clothes" were still "used clothes". I met John Belushi there, and Thai Styx autographed my Heartbreakers at Max's record. Later in that interview Jerry N said that McClaren had sneered at the Dolls for using the safety pins whilst on tour in England, but "the Dolls are where (he) got the whole idea for the Sex Pistols. He was a hanger on then. He did have a sense of fashion, that's the only thing I liked about him".

[strangeparty]

Ah-ha. I knew Frenchy. He owned a thrift shop on Saint Marks Place, called "The Late Show". He used to keep all of the coolest stuff that he got for the Dolls, and help them out with their clothes. I think your only mistake is in making the connection between the Dolls using a few safety pins and safety pins used in punk fashion. There may seem to be a connection, but there really isn't.

[geoffhutch]

Found the story- my mistake-Village Voice R&R quarterly July 1991. "We had a friend who owned a second-hand clothing store who used to give us clothes. His name was Frenchy and he became our valet. We took him all over the world with us, because he knew how to iron, he knew how to sew.We were always in a pinch, and if Frenchy did not have enough time to sew before a gig, he would put our clothes together with a safety pin. We were rough on our clothes, they ripped all the time"

[up2space]

we all know what heavy drugs lead to..see you on the street at 2 am btw how are you payin for your rent? it's a fantasy. in the 70s you could get away with it, now in this yuppie neo fascist world you up for a bump. know wat i mean?