Johnny Thunders IN COLD BLOOD live Nyc DVD 1982-03-13 FULL SHOW

Johnny was stoned by meth/something else.
Recorded at Irving Plaza, New York City, on March 13, 1982.
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
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This 30 minute performance from Johnny Thunders is Live from New York City in 1982 and features 9 great tracks including the title song In Cold Blood.
Johnny Thunders - il leggendario ed autodistruttivo principe della scena pre-punk di New York - si è consumato in fretta in una vita vissuta all'insegna del rock'n'roll, riuscendo però ad esprimere tutte le sue emozioni attraverso il suono della sua chitarra.
Components:
_Johnny Thunders:Vocal, Guitar
_Walter Lure:Vocal, Guitar
_Luigi Scorcia:Bass
_Billy Roger:Drums
Directed by Peter Herron
Produced by Stella Benabou Shapiro
TrackList
01--(1:25)-In Cold Blood
02--(5:40)-Too Much Junkie Business
03--(8:30)-Alone In The Crowd
04-(10:40)-Pipeline
05-(13:15)-Just Another Girl
06-(17:03)-Sad Vacation
07-(20:40)-Baby I Love You I Really Do
08-(21:58)-Who Needs Girls
09-(26:20)-Born To Lose
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[@brantfoehl1792]

a beautiful disaster

[@joegarchar4174]

I think he holds himself up pretty well considering what's happening. I loved the Dolls and his solo LP's, he will always be one of my favorites, sober or stoned. RIP Johnny!

[@chuckydall9250]

Johnny was so much more than the drugs sadly that's what he is remembered more for instead of the incredible music he made.

[@ohoto3896]

Seriously, he is nodding really hard yet pulls off a great performance.

[@markrosenquist8259]

@@chuckydall9250 Absolutely

[@leahflower9924]

alone in a crowd is such a good song in my opinion

[@vinmanr2d2]

hahaha to be clear he is NOT stoned !

[@Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried]

It took me years to realize that this man was a god.

[@leahflower9924]

He started surf punk lol

[@noestahechalamielparatuboca]

para pagar por ver eso hay que ser gilipollas

[@jejune14]

He may have been wasted but he's still a virtuoso.

[@nanchanger]

"wasted"? Why is it so many want that that they make believe it is so... ??

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

@@nanchanger he’s a sloppy, junkie mess. He lived his life like an entitled asshole

[@mistamycall]

Methadone. He was in and out of that program.

[@francedegriessen]

Too much junkie business...maybe...but nonetheless an incredible performer and musician, and one of my most adored artists. I am so grateful Johnny Thunders ever existed, because he makes my world more beautiful. He could get away with anything on stage, because he was Mr Thunders, a truly unique and elegant artist

[@rilansmith5914]

France de Griessen Yes! So I know at should think he was a pathetic junkie, but damn it all, he was just too cool. Talent from the gods. Died before he got old and irrelevant...didn't pander or make apologies. Just so badass. I mean, shitniggadamn, Johnny Thunders played the guitar like he invented it. Good God, if there is a heaven, it would be like being a beautiful Johnny Thunders groupie...where the hell was I when he was alive??

[@elmasguapodelbar]

totalmente de acuerdo... en mi opinion hacia rock intelectual con su toque personal

[@gilwood7530]

This man (and his friends) made my life worth living ...RICHARD...JOHNNY ...JERRY....DAVID>>>ARTHUR ....I COULD GO ON < BUT WE ALL KNOW ! I've spent a bunch of time at JERRY and Johnnys GRAVES ...they are a few feet from each other ...GIVES ME PEACE !

[@DMSProduktions]

Hey no Johnny Thunders, NO Steve Stevens!

[@gilsaraiva2830]

´Too much junkie business` reminded me that perhaps I should go listen to my ´Legacy of brutality` LP

[@frankny4947]

Johnny had real rock and roll in his DNA...Nothing wrong with doing heroin for a bit..I did it in the 80s a bit...But after awhile..You're fucked..He should have quit it by the early 80s...It was long enough by then..He would have kicked ass for decades and decades after that...But doing it as long as he did was bound to screw him up..Especially as a working musician...Actually I shouldn't have said that..It's NOT cool to do that stuff...When you do heroin the problem is....When the Kicks are gone and you're ready to move on..(Ya know like the 'been there done that' routine)...It's too late...You're hooked..The kicks are gone real quick, within months...After that...Your're just trying not to be sick every day...How can you properly rock and roll in that condition?...Or really do any kind of job?..Rock and Roll is still kind of a job, I guess..lol...God bless you Johnny..RIP.....frankm64yroldwhitekid rockfan

[@ianelliott2529]

Man would JT be disappointed at the quality of junk these days. This is what rocknroll is meant to be. We let it go extinct.

[@rasecbarravino3490]

Lmao not wrong tho, wonder what he think of a Percocet

[@kirby711]

@@rasecbarravino3490 all tylenol

[@anonymouse6133]

Don't be sad… this time, this gig, this Thunder, had FxxxxN Soul. Yes Soul, anyone who doesn't understand there is Soul in Punk, just will never understand nirvana. (i hate using the P-word because the way its thrown around now a days it is sacrilege in my mind) Im not idolizing the drugs. Im Idolizing Him. The drugs just happen to be a tool. People shouldn't use the P-word if they don't understand. Gui

[@VirginiaWolf88]

The way that he performs is among the most honest that I have seen.I like the way that he plays in the moment digs into his guitar and rips the vocals out but also sings very heartfelt songs. I find these songs to be timeless classics. Born too Loose... I liked that at the end. It tied things together. What a musician!!!!

[@nanchanger]

this is only about 1/4 of the set...

[@xwhite2020]

people are easily impressed. This is terrible.

[@ortmansmc-ml5tm]

@@xwhite2020 joie

[@BlueLou974]

Thanx for " born tOO lOOse"...& all your comment.

[@ghytgb]

I can’t stop watching this concert. It’s so raw and Johnny truly rocks here.

[@donarturas]

Same here. This is some kind of drug, I watch this masterpiece probably 45th time

[@timsunderland5153]

Likimas Anglija definitely more than heroin in him here!

[@leahflower9924]

I feel bad for Walter he was watching thunders like he was his babysitter 🍼 lol

[@awarewolves1712]

@@leahflower9924 Not babysitting at all - he had Johnny's back. That's what you do. ffs

[@dukehalliday9833]

@@leahflower9924 Who's Walter

[@tommybrewer1]

Walter Lure is really an unsung hero. Held it together so JT could do his thing. Anyone who says this isn't brilliant doesn't understand what rock n roll is. Johnny Thunders lived out what he played, real rock n roll, real white trash blues. HERO!

[@charlieschmitt1420]

Tommy Brewer exactly right brother! Couldn't have said it better!

[@slartybaadfast7836]

Yes Walter is an unsung hero; as is JT

[@greglamb4079]

Yes he was great but he was better when he was more coherent. I don't see how someone could look at some of the earlier stuff where he's kicking ass and much more focused and not think it's better.

[@gregpiazza7150]

Tommy Brewer absolutely! Walter Lure wrote so many great songs not only for the Heartbreakers, but also the Knots, the Voidoids, to name a couple. Truly underappreciated by everyone but other musicians . I've got tickets to go see him in Portland on March 1 and I'm more excited about this show than anything in a long time!

[@markusjuva1683]

Tommy Brewer, what’s the song played in the intro, when everything starts and the texts shows up with Manhattan? Thanks in advance! I’ve been a huge Hanoi Rocks fan since I was 9 years, 1984. Now learning more and more of the subculture, thanks to KZbin and internet overall 👍

[@antonmarino4277]

Okay, so he says "this one's called balushi..." we all know what happened to John Belushi.. (hopefully).. besides, you can see it all over his face. anyone who's been a junkie can see that from a million miles away. sorry to jump on that loser train but wasted or not, JT's art has gotten me through some of the roughest times of my life and he deserves nothing but the utmost respect for the hurricane of ca fuckin thartic guitar playing and song writing. rip johnny

[@adrenochrome1004]

Great post mate, don't get this @ a Coldplay show eh? Absolutely the f'kin' epitome of rock & Roll...this is what 16 year olds should be listening to...today's kids' parents are more alive than their kids - how did that happen??!

[@mbirch96]

you can see Walter loved johhny. even though at times they probably wanted to give each other the big right. you can see this when Walter put his arm around johhny during too much junkie business.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Enough smack to knock out an elephant and just enough coke to keep him up performing in his sleep. 😕

[@galazet]

Just my thoughts 😂 OMG those eyes

[@claudiaauerdike5063]

And ?!! You here watching & listening . For what then , when all u do is comment on ... Please !

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

@@claudiaauerdike5063 chill out claudia.

[@claudiaauerdike5063]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 I mean - why commenting on something - everyone knows about Johnny Thunders . It didn’t take away from his writing , playing , performing ( in case you read a lot about him - you know that ) And I bet - a lot of you complaining and make & the drugs the focus - wouldn’t be here to begin with without it ! So intriguing to watch ??( ironic) It was his life . He messed it up - but it was his life - and none of you - even sober couldn’t come up with “ You can’t put your arms around a memory “ I am not here to solute drugs !!! The opposite! But put the focus where the focus is due ! That is the Music !

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

@@claudiaauerdike5063 oh an by the way ive been aheroin addict since i was 16. Om now 42 methadone maintenance for the 5th time. Entriged?? No. like his music ? yes love it.

[@dimitriosalexiadis2300]

Everybody rule his world and Heartbreakers rules my life like anybody else cos living here is suicide

[@pineapplecircus]

I miss that NYC. Im also a junkie. It's a kiss from God , but u can only take lil pecks on the cheek or trouble comes

[@donarturas]

If Elvis was a king, than Johnny is God.

[@myprivateaccount1185]

Straight-up, I'm headed to New Orleans once I reserve rm. 27 @ St. Peter's...May THUNDERS Rest in Peace or @ least on an eternal nod...He'll never be So Alone.

[@deejones8218]

Yeah

[@Lucaasc]

Surely

[@leahflower9924]

Where does Iggy fit in lol

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

Took the words outta my mouth , Johnny is the shit. He played really good , even at his sloppiest he rocks. No joke this guy could play is ass off. You get it or you don’t…DTK LAMF RIP IN PEACE JOHNNY❤❤❤❤

[@22967pj]

It amazes me that someone so totally wired could play so incredibly. Johnny was a one-off.

[@edrader]

smacked back

[@liborsionko]

To be honest it's strictly 'muscle memory' licks he falls back in but hey..

[@tomasagustinveravicentin7789]

RIP Waldo and Johnny! RIP The Heartbreakers

[@patrickclark3337]

Johnny is the epitome of cool. If you're a dope fiend like he was you'd know it even more. Gowed to the bone 💉. He makes guitar, punk, and heroin all look cool. Unfortunately he is one of the reasons I started doing dope.

[@cjbotts]

Yea it’s a blast as long as you’ve got a way to fund it. Soon as a drought hits or the hustle runs out and the money stops, and you’re contemplating suicide, it’s not so great. Thank god for methadone

[@kirby711]

Patrick Clark you can't blame someone else for picking up a habit well you can but it's a LIE

[@padraigkavanagh7102]

@@cjbotts methadone is a curse used to pacify addicts that should be prescribed pure heroin...methadone is WAY harder on the body and punishes the user by cutting years off their lives.

[@leahflower9924]

yeah this is punk rock not disney world lol 😅

[@leahflower9924]

@@kirby711 tell that to johnny rotten he blames sid's problem on everyone including thunders and the new york punks

[@leesawford]

You can call it cool if you want, and I loved the dolls, but I haven't seen one performance without him being off his nut and it really does his performance no good. Jimi played high a lot of the time but he could still play. His performances are so messy that they all just fall to pieces in to a big mess. I think people are just blinded by the fact he is Thunders. Blinded fandom. Emperors new clothes syndrome. Musically (I'm sorry and I know i'm going to get shit from those ' he is a genius people) it is fucking awful. A total mess.The musicians playing with him always get fucked off and often the audience even have enough. All he did was full distortion lead break after lead break amongst out of tune lyrics ( which he often fucked up) even in the 'punk ethic' it is just a fucking mess. Rock and roll is one thing, and he was definitely a character ( and id prefer him to saccharine soulless rock) But just a few songs not completely fucked up, in-tune without being cut short or dragged out for 20 minutes would have been nice - but he couldn't seem to do it. Just distorted hammer-on's, bends and those exaggerated 'punk' moves..and I guess he looked pretty cool (at times)

[@ukslag]

Rip--Walter Lure.

[@bethshadowen904]

Johnny played better smacked out than anyone could play clean! RIP, Johhny, see ya soon!

[@luisnavarrette]

even like this he's still WAAAAY better than A LOT of whats being pumped today.....sad yet inspiring to watch.....he loved what he did, but ultimately he stuck around too long with that shit.....RIP +JT+

[@nanchanger]

thanks for your lame analysis...

[@philliplandry4139]

I believe he straightened up by 85. To me his best performances were with the Oddballs because he was more in tune and he was starting to write music again instead of playing the same old stuff from the late 70's.

[@spookybaba]

Walter seems to be on guard looking out at Johnny to make sure he's functioning.

[@minorsnow5306]

As usual.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

@@minorsnow5306 I agree mate 100% have fun ☠️💣☠️

[@donarturas]

The spectators didn't quite realized what a masterpiece they have witnessed

[@nanchanger]

false, I know I did...

[@pipevillaran]

It's always hard to see heroin straight in the eye. Sad to see him like that. God bless JT. Rock on!

[@MorayEel]

Ha ha, how anyone could call this performance a miss, they haven't seen enough live Thunders.

[@justinbordwell9282]

hes a legend

[@ericchavez509]

Ahhh!!! For real!!! lol He's soo on point here!!!

[@cllmda]

Yeah..9 times out of 10 NYC shows johnny was f*cked up..we all just expected it and it was usually a great time anyway..at least when,like here,he could still manage to play and sing,even stumbling with eyes closed...

[@TheNewGranada]

it's staggering to me how well he can play and sing being so fucked up

[@provetamin]

it's all for shows

[@ratfink2413]

its the only way he can play, hes never been sober

[@b3artattack]

@@provetamin he wasn’t faking in 1982, these were the truly wasted years

[@timsunderland5153]

Looks like some really good MDMA. This is more than heroin for sure.

[@leahflower9924]

he played pipeline as well as agent orange did lol

[@johnmitchelljr]

What a sadly beautiful train wreck. Thanks for the video.

[@HenriPaulTortosa1959]

I got the flag with the Skull John gave it to me on one of the tour we did .....☆

[@Houl23]

Salut Henri Paul, tu l'as toujours ? Bruno

[@HenriPaulTortosa1959]

Oui je l ai toujours et je m en sers sur scène..

[@arvidalexatsinch1163]

You're great Henry

[@patrickklopp324]

Ils font tout un plat parce qu'il était défoncé, nous l'étions tous en ces temps là. ça faisait partie du truc, le bourrin.

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

Wow! This guy is real you guys; played with JT extensively. Footage exists of them playing together + tons of pix too.

[@precisionbrown6829]

Didn’t care much for Walter but he did hold it together especially when Johnny was doing onstage tuning and lost his guitar strap. Now we didn’t have tuners hanging off the headstock like everyone does now. No computers or cell phones Just our music

[@paulblack8887]

I'll have what he's having...

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

@@LosHuxleys That happened with a good friend of mine, I did two packs, he gauged it by what I did and OD'ed. All it takes is 100mgs of morphine to kill someone without a tolerance.

[@georgefedorcik6455]

He's playing a guitar with strap locks but only Johnny would have to keep putting his strap back on as it keeps falling off.lol

[@lynnj1507]

Damn, he can be that high and still play. Hard to believe this was only a few years after NYD... he looks like he aged decades.

[@stephenpavia620]

Right? If he was any higher, he'd be blue.

[@stephenpavia620]

He's not even 30 here.

[@charlieschmitt1420]

Even smacked outta' his head, the guitar brilliance is still there! Ya' know Johnny's vocals may not have been the best but i love the true punk leaping out at you! The imperfection is the perfection! Love this shit! What a show! Much rather see this performance than aerosmith any day. It's real! And real fucked up!

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Flawed is beautiful

[@David-yp4wd]

Yeah let’s just glorify heroin by not glorifying it by showing this garbage.

[@charlieschmitt1420]

@@David-yp4wd wasn't glorifying heroin use at all. Sorry that you interpreted my statement that way.

[@leahflower9924]

at 16 minutes "i do remember but i don't really give a fuck" lol

[@leahflower9924]

@@David-yp4wd the guitar playing alone and the drummer not skipping a beat means this isn't garbage lol..he gets so much heat for being loaded did you ever hear the Pogues or how drunk most Brit rockers are?

[@kidcalabria]

Johnny Thunders' eyeballs are rolling behind the sockets here, the man is so loaded he's on the verge of an OD. A manager wouldn't have let him go on because he's in real state: his guitar gets out of tune and he's too stoned to tune it, the strap keeps coming off, he misses bits of songs, etc.. his whole performance looks chaotic and unpredictable 'cause he's so out of it. Probably Walter Lure and the rest of the band were used to it, and if he wouldn't have gone on and moved around then he would have fallen asleep, risking to go under and a have a fatal OD for real. But he could do the songs even in such a state 'cause he was really good, he could play some of the best Rock'n'Roll ever with his eyes shut and standing upside down. Thanks for posting this

[@nanchanger]

+kidcalabria ...and this is only about a third of the night, I was in the audience...

[@danbruning65]

yeah he da man ,,I was there ,,sooo,,wasted speedball was his thang

[@loretta5351]

if you were there you'd know that Waldo was always there to protect him...

[@charlieschmitt1420]

kidcalabria that's the whole point behind the man and the performance!

[@charlieschmitt1420]

Punk was chaotic and unpredictable! That's when it was at it's best!

[@glueconcern]

this is the real-deal! yea, they're on drugs, but so's most of the crowd. johnny provided a soundtrack for the fringe-dwellers! the music was transcendent tho, even the straights who love rock n roll embrace this. certainly a product of their time, but utterly timeless.

[@rickyhiemstra9993]

No doubt about it, they are a product of their environment.lf you were around back then you know what I'm talking about. Some people made it some didn't. R.I.P. HEÀRT-BREÀKERS 💔💔💔💔PIRIÀTE. LOVE

[@destroyingangel14]

If you notice .... Luigi gets mad at Walter after In Cold Blood ... This is just extra $$$ to Walter now , it’s right after Gang War...Luigi has replaced Walter ( is Stock Broker then )

[@hwb-zalpach]

true and unique beauty of of an original not spoiled by capitalism, performer.

[@boataxe4605]

Ahh… he got paid for this performance and that’s capitalism, and some companies building that musical equipment and selling it to the musicians is capitalism. Hell, him buying the heroin that he did before the show was capitalism.

[@leahflower9924]

@@boataxe4605 he never officially sold out I guess because he did clubs instead of arena rock etc.....

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Whatever device you’re watching this on is the epitome of capitalism. Suck it up, buttercup.

[@vincenzosallusto1648]

Epic Thunder , the best protopunk u s a 80 s 💉💉💊💊🔪🔪🎸🎸🎵🎶🎼🎸epic band cb gb

[@pgrabar]

The phrase "He's so good he can do it in his sleep" comes to mind watching JT.

[@musicisbrilliant]

Haha.

[@JoaoPedro-eh4wr]

K

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

Idk, I can play guitar when nodding out like him in this clip and I wouldn't say I'm that good.

[@ikeyschultz4969]

Exchange “sleep” for “nod off.”

[@badmotorfinger2206]

Fuck Heroin, this stuff comes straight out off hell.....look at Johnny! I know what I'm talking about, some win the fight (like me) but most loose (like Johnny) RiP John A. Genzale Jr. aka Johnny Thunders

[@rafaelrubiodiaz]

He ever took me away.I was haunted for him for some years in my life and right now i'm hear to him and enjoy it. He had magic. this is a fact.

[@patrickklopp324]

Many people think it's easy or "cool" being a junkie

[@Junkiescum]

I was a junkie for 5 years. Got a lil over a year clean now. Starts out cool but god damn by the end ur in hell and there’s absolutely nothing cool about being strung out, burning every bridge u cross and stealing anything u can get ur hands on.

[@brianbilby4439]

Johnny always takes more than he needs, Knows a couple chords, knows a couple leads Johnny always needs more than he takes, Forgets a couple of chords, forgets a couple of breaks....

[@ikeyschultz4969]

The Matts said it best.

[@nanchanger]

Horrible band...

[@rickyhiemstra9993]

You got to take the good with the bad 😵‍💫

[@double-cheesemcqueeze6315]

​@@nanchangernope

[@nanchanger]

@@rickyhiemstra9993 no, never have, never will...

[@frenchie617]

"Johnny was stoned by meth/something else." Dude, he didn't do meth, he shot dope and did coke.

[@kelleybunny]

you'd think if you're going to post a Thunders video..you would know this.

[@LaurenGriffinkamikazebaby81]

Ha ha ha, some METHadone, possibly... he definitely shot some dope (heroin) before this show!

[@terrypussypower]

Of course he did Meth...METHADONE! Not crystal Meth.

[@LaurenGriffinkamikazebaby81]

terrypussypower It amazes me how many people confuse the two... I've actually had DOCTORS do so! Frightening, that!

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

Speedballs seem to be a big player in JTs reportois judging from the sweat levels displayed on stage.

[@garyitzkowitz9992]

9:40 - 10:20 masterful guitar playing and Pipeline....

[@rickyhiemstra9993]

Everybody needs some PIRATE LOVE in their life 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🐉🍻,🎸🎸🤘🤘

[@galazet]

I would have loved to be in one of his concerts! I'm surprised of his skills of being sooo high and deliver such a wonderful concert, most musicians didn't even show up.

[@nanchanger]

who told you he was "sooo high"?

[@destroyingangel14]

Not T r u e .....,,( ha ha ha... ) You know who is in the audience here....? Tom Verlaine... He came to his shows... Others ; Lenny Kaye Neon Leon Elda Stilletto Debbie Harry Whole Ramones band would show up at w- Richard Hell shows A r t I s t people came to see him.

[@garycallaghan1950]

Really good for a guy who's off his chops, I'm jealous !Go Johnny, I love this band.

[@musicisbrilliant]

I feel like this should make me sad but I love it.

[@humbertojimmy]

Sad? Why? This is the essence of rock n' roll, it's what it's all about! That crowd didn't come to see a neat Broadway jazz gig, they came to see their idols play rock, as stoned as *themselves,* and still able to put on a show! And that's what they got.

[@musicisbrilliant]

@@humbertojimmy That is very true sir. But heroin took johnny's life and that is sad. Plus just seeing anyone in this wasted, giving-up-on-life state is sad. But it is indeed rock-n-roll.

[@humbertojimmy]

@@musicisbrilliant Johnny's life was actually taken by human stupidity, he was beaten to death by thugs. "Heroin", or simply morphine (which is just what the substance is) doesn't necessarily have to destroy anyone's life. MiIllions of cancer patienst have normal lives thanks to it, otherwise they would spend their days in bed in agony. Opiates saved MY life as well!

[@musicisbrilliant]

@@humbertojimmy Im reading that he died from a cocaine and methadone ovredose. www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-06-11-9106110457-story.html And as much as I used to love johnny and the dolls, he doesent deserve to be defended for the life he led. He was a bad influence. I know, because he influenced me. And he wasnt using opioids in the way you are referring to.

[@humbertojimmy]

@@musicisbrilliant Hey, wait there... Now we're entering *private life* territory. Thunders had the right to do with HIS life the same right you, me or anyone has to do with ours! No man is born to serve as an example, we are much more than that, we are *ourselves!* He never asked others to copy him, and If anyone did, then they did it on their OWN decision. You are coming up with the worst possible type of blames to throw at Thunders.

[@xdef1ne]

I can’t believe he got a score right on stage at 9:20

[@JupiterSKin]

I remember that the first time I saw this on Night Flight around the time it came out. I was thinking, wtf? He just scored.

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

@@JupiterSKinwhat is night flight. Yeah his manager was a major dealer, millionaire.

[@JupiterSKin]

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec Night Flight was a weekly show that had live guests on New Wave Theater which was a show on the show Nightflight.

[@Triumph100Rider]

I saw Johnny Thunders a few times. You could always tell when he was and when he wasn't on junk by his body language. When he was clean he was very animated and exuded a whole lot of nervous energy. His voice was clearer too. In this era he was pretty much always strung out but there were some shows in the mid-eighties he played clean and they were always fantastic. We went for the spectacle but every once in a while saw what Johnny could have been without the drugs.

[@MorayEel]

Earl Turner I wish there was more video of him on speed, that's a better performance drug. Fuck dope.

[@MrChe1999]

Everyone who gigs now can’t put on a 1% of a show like this, sober or on drugs. Some people have it in them and it shows regardless of anything. JT had it. Fuck was he good

[@vinmanr2d2]

rip walter !

[@JetBoyofBabylon]

Probably not 100% concentration on the coordinated dance routines but still wonderful

[@destroyingangel14]

And.... doesn’t forget to... Insult Walter 😁🤪😁😊

[@jamesmartin6709]

Saw him in December 0f 1979 with Wayne Kramer in Gang War. Very similar performance.

[@jonyscrewzo]

Where did you sew them?

[@tanjaneumann4688]

Too much J business, but still great. Love it

[@destroyingangel14]

Johnny’s masterful timing... in wiltable... all other things could go ( inebriation ) but sense of humor and timing... rock solid

[@TheRalphus666]

That's not speed...maybe a speedball but to me he looks ripped on smack alone........"This one's for Mr. John Belushi"

[@bunsenmedia4336]

drugs are a hell of a drug man

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Although he was a bit high,he handled his performance with a good deal of professionalism!

[@PearTreeEnterprises]

I was at this show!

[@ryandilbarian7695]

Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta your so beautiful

[@naiLheadSS]

Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta I would like to know more about it...

[@charlieschmitt1420]

So lucky you were! And probably didn't even know it at the time! What you witnessed was no less spectacular than a total eclipse of the sun. Rare. Be thankful.

[@JaraArtist]

Is it true they cut the show early? And they turned his amp off, Johnny was just roaming the stage ?

[@cllmda]

Yup.. we were too!Miss those days ;)

[@PHAEDRIDER]

oh man. some of this is hard to watch , but all of it is worth watching . he was something, if not beautiful

[@chriszenko3598]

I saw a Johnny gig at Great Gildersleeves it was a night to remember A big brawl broke out between some rowdy’s and the bouncers who where the Hells Angels . It was like the Wild West tables chairs and fist flying all over the place. Johnny remained on stage playing like the professional he was

[@jonyscrewzo]

Realy?

[@nathannewman799]

i had the good fortune to record with Johnny in 1980 in Ann Arbor. He was a sweet guy but was already in bad shape.

[@Ralphanthonybianscomusic]

“Dis one’s for mistuh John Belucci”.

[@charlieschmitt1420]

Thunders rules forever! Johnny,johnny, johnny! What a brilliant soul you were.

[@kevinhogan7814]

I was there. First time I heard people before the show spreading the rumor/vicarious wish "Johnnie's gonna die tonight…" He held out another 9 years. Not bad.

[@mattkess3156]

Fuck yeah Kevin

[@rickg8015]

And he was murdered in the end, R.I.P.

[@John-in4sf]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard JT's dead I would be a ....

[@neunow]

he was already dead.

[@gordonbrooks3081]

He was almost kinda out of it when trying to pee in the urinal next to me when I was very younger than I am today. He still blew my mind when onstage. It’s my belief that he is the sole reason they invented strap locks.

[@baraksteady1341]

Haha. I almost lost my bass to the concrete floor so many times before I discovered those

[@gazm135]

Dope raw energy...(1982 alphabet city style!)...just good 'ol dirty "bluesy" rock-n-roll stripped to the bone. Can't be duplicated. If you like that sort of thing.

[@markwasthere]

this show was great, i might have seen him 100 times....he drew the best crowd. miss hearing him play pipeline, he owned that song

[@williamolson5728]

I think I was there, saw Johnny multiple times at Irving Plaza

[@cllmda]

"meth" ???? WTF ???!!!!! :) :) :) LOL..... ;)......Just wasnt the scene way back when/then in NYC ! = Johnny was on "Cee &Dee "...mostly "D" ;)

[@scottbaker9222]

Took Johnny for a cruise around Detroit in my Trans am early afternoon on qualudes before his show at 'Nunzios ' in Detroit about 89?. Only wish I would have had cell phone then with camera, he was so shy and cool, totally normal guy

[@kilohertzstudio3429]

Pretty sure I was at this show. There were always rumors when Thunders was playing: "Johnny's gonna die tonight." He proved them wrong longer than I thought he would. Only once I saw him when he was even close to sober, later that year I think at the horribly named "Great Gildersleeves." RIP Johnny.

[@thoomoo]

Johnny thunders was in one of the great rock n roll bands and had some brillant solo albums but all everyone can talk about is his addiction-such a waste

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

Maybe because he's threw his junkie status in everyone's face, if you don't want to be known for drug addiction keep it on the down low and don't write songs like "Too Much Junkie Business" 😂... I mean c'mon man!

[@tats5880]

@@JohnWayne-86ed he lived by his own rules, take it or leave it. And regardless of how stoned he was or not he never disappointed his fans..

[@grutzwurst8229]

Sad Vacation was sensationell😎

[@VITAMINOZA1976]

That song is dedicated to Sid Vicious

[@mikeyramone33]

saddest fucking thing I have ever seen. friends don't stand by while a friend does dope.

[@craigeyler4495]

+bob smith yes they do, sometimes really GOOD friends too.... it sucks. Rotten was in the Pistols with Sid and claimed to know just how bad off Sid was but when the Pistols were over he turned right around and got involved with Keith Levene, another heroin addict, and even tried it himself. I can't blame him for that, but he didn't get 'stuck' if you'll pardon the expression...

[@mikeyramone33]

+Craig Eyler sids mom gave him the "shit" that killed him. you can not make this up. run from assholes doing this. really.when I was a kid only the lowest did dope. now its all over. don't buy the lies it is death.

[@JoeMullanMusic]

Thank god for Waldo, the whole performance would've completely fallen apart without him.

[@redshaftedflicker]

Thunders is so out of it that he's with it. Unreal. The guy makes anybody a light weight. I wish that he was with us, same with Keith Moon. There's no denying that he was a rock n' roll animal from this footage alone.

[@nanchanger]

"out of it"? you couldn't be more wrong, he was totally in it, the whole 2 hour set my friend...

[@jakeshaw6827]

the dude was so smacked out but was fucking awesome

[@robertdonnelly3025]

Man, I'd love to hear Iggy Pop sing "In Cold Blood"

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Yes that would be epic

[@coldironhands1]

Thanks for uploading the whole thing. Do you know a way I can convert dvd VTS files to avi or mp4 or something? I will upload all of the mondo almighties if somebody could bloody help me out. lol.

[@MrSirlulzalot]

Speaking of beating the odds- he lived another (I think) 9-10 years.

[@edwardphillips4753]

Thunders music could sound like edgy bubble gum rock or it could feel like chunks of human flesh on barbed wire. Goddamn he(his band, Walter etc.) was so perfect a soundtrack to my generation. All his music (at whatever stage in his career) is excellent, including this, and if ya don't 'get it' why don't you just go away and listen to your Green Day, Mylie Cyrus, Guns and Roses or whatever crap is playing on the radio or your fucking PED.

[@NecesaryEvil]

Johnnys eyes look like two backwards magnets being pushed together

[@karelappeldoorn5502]

Ik ben fan van Thunder, maar niet in deze toestand. Ze hadden hem beter achter het toneel laten liggen !

[@tarulogonzales9374]

Johnny fuiste sos y seras la maxima expresion del rock n roll !!!asi se hace amigo como lo hiciste !!!!!from argentina 👍👍👍👍👍💪

[@markrosenquist8259]

He’s amazing! And his tone is great! R.I.P. Thunders🖤🖤🖤

[@leahflower9924]

i hate to sound funny but was thunders the first guy to lay down like that in the middle of singing? i think of how later people like kurt cobain did that etc...

[@markrosenquist8259]

@@leahflower9924 I really couldn’t tell you who the first one would be. I know Jim Morrison used to do it way before JT, he didn’t do it while playing guitar though. Good question. Chuck Barry maybe,

[@leahflower9924]

@@markrosenquist8259 you're right I think Jim Morrison started it the lizard king was definitely a trend setter lol

[@marchechter5047]

you know when people say "you got music in you" ... this is a different level. Nobody ever will be ever able to make music so fucked up....its amazing and i guess nobody understands today anyway

[@leahflower9924]

His performance of in cold blood was sweet!

[@destroyingangel14]

Right ... he had power of sway- the-room like John Lee Hooker had.

[@ReoFies14841]

At that time there was only one store in Barcelona (Spain) where you could buy your records and a radio station that today is one of the best (Radio 3) where you can listen to what the political regime and the music multinationals' PROIBIAN ', And we were and are many in Spain followers of what we call music and alternative movement to what is stipulated by our elders, Now we are older, long live Rock, Blues, Arco, Metal est, est .. Por aquella época solo había en Barcelona (Spain) una tienda donde poder comprar sus discos y una emisora de radio que a día de hoy es de las mejores (Radio 3) donde poder escuchar lo que el régimen político y las multinacionales de la música "PROIBIAN", Y eramos y somos muchos en España seguidores de lo denominavamos música y movimiento alternativo a lo estipulado por nuestros mayores, Ahora YA somos mayores, viva el Rock, Blues, Arco, Metal est,est..

[@Houl23]

Johnny and Walter great !!

[@darbytat2]

We still love you

[@dragonflysutra3232]

Depressing watching how far he fell. This sounds awful, nothing like the classic heartbreakers and miles away from the New York dolls. Johnny was talented yes but threw it all away. All this crap if I can’t believe how well he played being so high is crazy / tons of musicians have played high before and after him. It doesn’t give his performances anymore credit musically. Yes Walter was a hero for standing this.

[@phyllismauro8481]

It's too bad he idolized Keith Richards,Keith was a heroin addict. Iggy pop stuck the needle in Johnnys arm the first few times.Iggy and Keith are still alive. Rest in peace Johnny,you were the best.

[@hettyawen4289]

Johnny was so versatile. Nolan and Lure helped with the hardest part when he went too far.

[@otis7778]

This is for the uploaders coment about whats Johnny took. meth ?? no, no. it was in the GREAT 80th where everybody walks on a solid Hereoin carpet. and so, like in any room in every house. one put this on his carpet and another something else. greetings from what is left of a 80th Rock'n'Roll - survivor

[@dude6894]

Johnny's guitar sound is instantly recognizable. Sounds like 3 guys out of tune playing simultaneously and their guitars are on fire & they are trying to put out the fire. Just fuckin epic.