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JOHNNY THUNDERS: "Looking For Johnny" with Danny Garcia

Apr 24, 202331 minEp. 162
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Episode description

Johnny Thunders was the legendary hard-living rock'n'roll guitarist who inspired glam-metal, punk and the New York and London music scene's in general. Danny Garcia’s documentary film Looking For Johnny examines Johnny Thunders' career from the early 70's as a founding member of the influential New York Dolls; the birth of the punk scene with The Heartbreakers in New York City and London; Gang War and The Oddballs. It also explores Johnny's unique musical style, his personal battle with drugs, and the theories on his death in a New Orleans hotel in 1991 at age 38.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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