Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F. live at Bowery Electric on November 29, 2017

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Little Steven's Underground Garage presents: A Tribute to Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers' seminal L.A.M.F. album. Performed live New York City at the Bowery Electric in its entirety on November 29, 2017 by a stellar cast featuring Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers), Mike Ness (Social Distortion), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Clem Burke (Blondie) and Jesse Malin (D Generation).
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[@markeggins890]

Just a bunch of mates playing some great songs, that's it, no Mike Ness is no Johnny Thunders but he isn't pretending to be. Enjoyable for what it is, I actually think Walter sounds great.

[@JMarinelli]

Clem Burke is doing justice to Jerry's playing as well.

[@dionysosvorax4843]

☆☆ Timelisting: ★ A Tribute to Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers' seminal L.A.M.F. album ★ First Part : L.A.M.F. - - - - - - - Intro - 00:00 01 - Born to Lose - 00:58 02 - All By Myself - 04:47 03 - I Wanna Be Loved (sung by Glen Matlock) - 08:29 04 - It's Not Enough (sung by Jesse Malin) - 12:30 05 - Chinese Rocks - 18:00 06 - Get Off The Phone - 21:04 07 - Pirate Love (sung by Jesse Malin) - 23:30 08 - One Track Mind - 28:35 09 - I Love You (sung by Mike Ness) - 31:40 10 - Goin' Steady (sung by Mike Ness) - 34:52 11 - Let Go (sung by Mike Ness) - 39:00 12 - Can't Keep My Eyes On You (sung by Jesse Malin) - 42:24 13 - Do You Love Me (sung by Walter Lure) - 47:52 - - - - - - Break - 51:00 ★ Second Part Return : A Tribute to Johnny Thunders : - 52:13 14 - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (sung by Jesse Malin) - 53:00 15 - So Alone (sung by Mike Ness) - 56:44 16 - (I'm Not) Your Stepping Stone (sung by Glen Matlock) - 01:02:20 17 - Too Much Junkie Business - 01:26:24 Musicians : ★ Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers) on Guitar & Vocals ★ Mike Ness (Social Distortion) on Guitar & Vocals ★ Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) on Bass guitar & Vocals ★ Clem Burke (Blondie) on Drums ★ Jesse Malin (D Generation) on Guitar & Vocals

[@BlueLou974]

Born tOO lOOse, as written on L.A.M.F. sleeve, 1977. They were sure no losers.

[@antonhaq3503]

Really brings it home what timeless brilliant songs they are.

[@greg7656]

I just read Walter's new memoir and it's pretty fantastic. I watch this video and can see the young Heartbreaker in there

[@dixiegreta]

To Hell and Back...Loved it

[@TeenageHeadcase]

Love it! Thanks so much for posting! Wish I could’ve been there.

[@stefansonic]

You're welcome

[@HerFatherDidntLikeMe]

I really enjoyed watching this. It's great to hear the songs from LAMF played live by friends, contemporaries, and fans of The Heartbreakers. I believe that album has stood the test of time.

[@tigerspuds]

Johnny is looking well for a man who died nearly 27 years ago......

[@tonystraightedgevegan4747]

Yeah,must be the Mandala effect again!

[@murraypassarieu9115]

Pretty sure whatever's left of Johnny's corpse looks better than Mike Ness on his best day

[@LarzGustafsson]

LOL!

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

@@tonystraightedgevegan4747 😂😂😂😂😂 May the all Rest in Powder ☠️💣☠️

[@pathfinder7978]

Absolutely EXCELLENT. Rock the Heavens, Walter. \m/

[@jerryfallon1357]

Love it!

[@jamesmanniello3785]

Thanks Stefan! Fantastic share. Nice to see you at the show.

[@stefansonic]

Thank you James, nice to meet you there as well

[@sidthunders3478]

Awesome video!!!!! Thanks so much for posting!!!! I can’t believe I missed this

[@stefansonic]

Thank you

[@smileprettymusic]

Sid Thunders it was sold out within a day :(

[@1kramone]

Thank you so much for this. I was so bummed I could not make this show

[@stefansonic]

You're welcome, you missed a very good show

[@DiamorphineDeath]

Wish I would have caught this in LA, would have been great.

[@GREGACHUK]

Pure power and 70's kick ass attitude!!

[@JukkaRaySkaReinivuo]

great tribute concert

[@DDios-ih9de]

RIP WALTER LURE AUGUST 2020 💔🎙🎸🎶😞

[@gymnastix]

Really, Walter Lure is dead now too?

[@DiamorphineDeath]

And goddamn is he good on the drums.

[@TheBrunoRK]

Com esses sons eu aprendi a tocar guitarra, LAMF é sem duvido um álbum muito importante pra mim

[@frontbum420]

Love the jacket Walter! Still tuning I see haha Mike looks like he had a bad mood swing 20 min in lol

[@rodrigoledesma7264]

Para el caraaajooo!!

[@ritchiemolesso2884]

Such a great line up. Saw their show at The Music Hall in Brooklyn last week amazing .

[@leeinoregon1326]

Mike Ness always spoke VERY highly of Johnny Thunders...

[@shanelevene4864]

He probably never knew him then! Johnny was a right little shitbag and all his friends agree on that!X

[@TeenageHeadcase]

I don't think he knew him personally. Although Mike Ness wasn't a sweetheart back in the day either lol. Mike does speak highly of Johnny's music all the time. Like he said "My heroes were not athletes or presidents, but gangsters and junkie guitar players". I think Johnny Thunders fits into the latter. I know he loves the bluesy feel of Johnny's music.

[@joshb1996]

RIP Walter

[@simoncunliffe4834]

Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers LAMF is a brilliant album. RIP Johnny. Any chance of coming to Manchester, UK with this brilliant lineup?

[@mlwsf]

Some of the people in these threads are taking this all far too seriously. This whole bit was an extended one off by a bunch of guys who really loved this Record. None of them needed the money (wasn't Walter a commodities broker for years), the venues were small, and they were just celebrating the 40th anniversary and rerelease of this record. It was all for a laugh.

[@johncollins1262]

I was at this show. I couldn’t agree with you more. They were fans before they were musicians and this showed it. There was maybe 100 people in that basement! It was a once in a lifetime show. They were fans just jamming. Some of these comments?!? Like Mike Ness needs the money?!?

[@MikeSmith-lt4rh]

Kick ass

[@nearcentralsteady410]

A+++++

[@barrypotter5751]

Where's johnny

[@Agz86]

Bad ass

[@wwbuirkle]

Is that Glen Matlock on bass

[@thesleekgreek]

Rip johnny 😢

[@hanoibomb]

R.I.P. Waldo. Fuck cancer.

[@thiswasnotpunk]

More Guitars!

[@DevinRyanVitek]

All these years and Walter just can’t get a TUSQ but so he doesn’t have to tune forever 😂 although I have a Les Paul and I’m always stuck tuning after a couple of songs or jams.

[@user-ds4is9zy2c]

good mike

[@matereo]

Clem Burke on drums?

[@anthonyplant6005]

Elivis Ramone.

[@gasutrias9961]

😍

[@potatofry1237]

I said hit it

[@jony81]

I Love You is too high for Mike's voice.

[@bobstrete]

I like this version better than the T.Stinson/Wayne Kramer version.

[@jf9591]

Now I see why the tour is sooo short, someone is going to punch Clem

[@rkline65]

Jeremy Freeman LOL....that was what I thought too! I mean, he’s correct....not the most professional thing tuning non muted guitars (Love how JM explained that one), and dead air between songs...but what did he expect from a throw together act, 3/4 of which just met for the first time the day before?!?!? Monster drummer though....in the early 90’s he did a record and tour with Dramarama and John Easdale would always introduce him as the greatest drummer ever....I tend to agree.

[@1kramone]

I'd volunteer. He's obnoxious as fuck

[@landonjackson3064]

Jeremy Freeman someone should have. Not cool to make fun of your band members on stage. Alright the tuning thing and dead air , is so uncomfortable . Still

[@sidthunders3478]

Anybody know if there’s any plays to release this on dvd and or cd like the show from last year.

[@stefansonic]

LAMF 2016 is going to be released on LP, cd, & dvd from Jungle Records. was supposed to be out for Record store day black friday, but i think it got delayed. LAMF 2017 is right above this thread, enjoy my footage, you're welcome

[@trevor-johnsen]

They skipped "baby talk" and seem very under-rehearsed, but I will say it is great to watch!

[@ryanmcdaniel2716]

Walter Lure passed away today

[@rickreynaxx]

56:42 Song?

[@ddust102]

Ricky Reyna so alone

[@rickreynaxx]

Matt Garville thnx

[@RSR423]

Looks like Walter and the Waldos to me....That looks a lot like Clem Burke on drums.

[@davidlalremruata]

Look, it's perfectly all right to do a live concert in front of a real live audience with songs you've loved from your teenage years even if you're pushing 60 n "still wearing jeans". Stop whining about it n enjoy. You're not having fun then get out of here. Simple. Right? Try to put on your earphones n enjoy a bunch of middle age punk rockers playing songs from one of Punk Rock's greats - Johnny Thunder. If you still don't get it then it's your loss. If you wanna get it then listen to Sex Pistols, the Clash n the Ramones for a bit then come back in your after you've also Googled the important people n bands of Punk Rock. It's sure fine looking, man, it's something else!

[@Englishmenmaddogs]

ya gotta love mike ness

[@MrGothic78]

Where's me mate Johnny?! 🎸

[@crisscat2006]

not Johnny Thunders, only his musicians

[@cashallen]

Is that Mike Ness?

[@pennywiseRJ]

no its the social distortion singer

[@soysaucefool]

Yes, with glen matlock on bass

[@facundolinch2550]

Too much tributo q bandasa loco!

[@briandavitt9640]

clem burke is monster

[@TheRockerxx69]

yeah he bangs them right

[@jonnyhtown3806]

i built some guitar pedals for mike ness, my band mate bob stubbs well old band mate still friend played drums in social d. in the early day. but what is this social d doing thunders songs. the title threw me i thought it must be a cover band

[@mlwsf]

Essentially it is a cover band as all of the members of the Heartbreakers but Walter are dead. But it's not just Social D up there. You also have a Sex Pistol and a Blondie. It was the 40th year anniversary and reissue of the LAMF album. So this band was thrown together for a handful of small shows, just for a lark.

[@landonjackson3064]

Rad

[@greglamb4079]

Clem sounds great. The rest of it is not so hot.

[@landlinesandpercolators8822]

Clem filling Jerry nolan's boots -- no small feat.

[@NDWoj]

Nolan was thee best...so underrated.

[@lamper2]

he should be happy he's not in them NOW!

[@paulwainwright6010]

It's not the best gig that Clem has had to Put Up with.

[@tonystraightedgevegan4747]

Along with Clem, Matt Sorum and Lars Ulrich have got to be most insensitive drummers ever

[@lamper2]

is this the best heartbreakers tribute band walter could assemble? REALLY?

[@MrLuftmann]

Oh come on! Clem on drums

[@johnrectangle6034]

It's Mike Ness of Social Distortion fame on the guitar, Clem Burke of Blondie fame on drums and Tommy Stinson of the Replacements on bass. But I think they didn't rehearsed for that gig. The Waldos, with the Japanese Cats, are far better.

[@neilmcdougall9944]

@@johnrectangle6034 nope that's Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols on bass.

[@johnrectangle6034]

@@neilmcdougall9944 shame on me, thanks

[@TheRockerxx69]

who s that dude slicked n greased hair fair right playing da gitar????

[@mlwsf]

Mike Ness of Social Distortion

[@crisscat2006]

The guitar player looks like Freddie Mercury at 60's if he would live

[@sduncanfoto]

jerry noland

[@AaronStark1993]

Clem Burke's drumming is a bit obnoxious but other than that very good!

[@theodoregriffin3565]

He’s a little too revved up... lol. Doesn’t match the energy of the rest of the band members, but he’s still a great drummer.

[@killforpeae69]

@@theodoregriffin3565 What Ahole you are

[@killforpeae69]

What Ahole you are

[@AnthonySC213]

Mike ness's wet dream came true

[@user-ng5lc7bp1z]

T４作戦vsバザーリア法

[@AuraSonicMobile]

Not enough hi-hat.

[@skincarver1797]

54:07 Dude fucked up the lyrics

[@tonyjohn1395]

Walters pension.

[@mattkess3156]

Not underserved, this guy paid his dues tenfold holding down for Johnny, he’s an original Heartbreaker, even back to when Richard Hell was in the band

[@888strummer]

The Waldos recent lineup do the old Heartbreakers a lot better, but this is cool.

[@DDios-ih9de]

No it was a thrown together show Walter Lure Waldos Heartbreakers Glen Matlox Sex Pistols CLEM BURKE - Blondie It was extended to 2 nights Wayne Kramer was in the 1st one of the MC5 It was here in NYC Dam I can't believe Walter is now gone last Friday

[@DDios-ih9de]

THESE ARE NOT THE WALDOS except for Walter No one else on the stage was a Heartbreaker or in the Waldos Except Walter This nite the charge 100 bucks at the door! Because the previous night sold out incredibly fast 10 bucks?

[@888strummer]

@@DDios-ih9de Yeah; Walter outlived them all, but it's sad he died. He was so talented and so under rated.

[@DDios-ih9de]

@@888strummer Yes I'm very upset I'm in NYC used to see Walter all over for years He was the sweetest nicest guy And his shows were always GREAT He played the Last weekend of CBGBS and was the BEST BETTER than anyone The Waldos really out did themselves that night It was THRILLING! Everyone went nuts for them He was known in the music Community Yes too bad more didn't know He's HUGE in Japan They'd go nuts for them A friend filled in for the bass player on one tour there Said they love anything. About the Heartbreakers Johnny Walter Sylvain NY Dolls I'm still feeling surreal about it So sad

[@SuperSuperTEMP]

Sum 41 drummer in the 1st range)

[@NDWoj]

Walter looks like he picked up his guitar at a pawn shop on the way to the show....doesn't look like a Gibson.

[@FrankHerfjord]

eh... that's a custom shop.

[@mlwsf]

He just hasn't bothered getting it set up in 40 years, probably needs a new nut and tuners. But I guess he wanted it vintage as it was the guitar used on the Record and the tour.

[@johnrectangle6034]

It's a real Gibson, the one he got before he was with the Heartbreakers. No custom shop, it doesn't exist. It'a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. The original pickups, minihumbuckers, were changed for straight humbuckers. He rehearsed with his band, the Demons in the same place where the starting three members Heartbreakers played. The Heartbreakers manager, Lee Black Childers, heard Walter play. He told Johnny there's a guitarist with a thin sound, like Johnny wanted. A thin sound, yeah, it was this guitar in a cranked Twin Reverb It's that guitar that Walter played on LAMF. He played the same guitar for forty years till the pick guard felt apart. So he tried at least three others Les Paul. But he get back to his old trusted one RIP Walter

[@Thorum13]

What a bullshit misleading title....

[@tonyjohn1395]

Insulting.

[@murraypassarieu9115]

Right. MIke Ness as Johnny is the biggest stretch in the history of stretches. Pathetic.

[@ChinasdeNewYork]

Agree

[@kidcalabria]

A farcical travesty

[@tonyjohn1395]

Sad

[@common12]

Lead singer can’t sing

[@michaelvolgare4454]

Joey "Fuckin" Pinter should have been playing guitar on this. Ness doesn't belong here!!!!!

[@rizzlaxl]

On paper seemed like a dream come true. In reality a train wreck. Fucking awful

[@frontbum420]

I think it comes from age,no rehersel,age=don't really give a $#%#$ .Not one of them guys on stage has anything to prove,they have all been there done it.

[@leroyjohnson2712]

the singer that keeps wiggling is really lame, the drummer is too much and this was painful to watch.

[@sandtrapdummy]

All by myself may be the most awful song ever written

[@BicycleJoeTomasello]

Walter is turning himself into a joke This totally sucks

[@ciofpx]

Incredibly insulting. The poseur who posted this is an abomination

[@gymnastix]

The performances in the video uploaded here are just terrible. But the video does serve one constructive purpose. For it is aural and visual evidence that people over 50 years old should not be performing rock and roll. Actually, maybe even people over 40 years old should not be playing rock and roll either. But the irony is that it is mostly only older people (well over 40 years old at this point) who actually remember real rock and roll. So maybe John Genzale had the correct idea all along--just die at 38 years old, before one lives long enough to become a real embarrassment.

[@wwbuirkle]

Not one thing you said was factual of true.I think Justin Beiber is under 40

[@dixiegreta]

I'm going to go ahead and assume you just have sick, dark humor and no filter and keep scrolling.

[@THEBANDIT7979]

They should’ve let Jesse do the whole singing thing. Hahahahaha.