Johnny Thunders - Too much junkie business/ Pills

Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Arthur Kane live @ the roxy - LA, in 1987. Awesome medley.

[@butterflyandme159]

When i think that Johnny Thunders stayed ( squatted ) in my flat for a couple of weeks...He was a good guy..This person suffered like you and i..but was very humble. but God ...He played and jammed real good..Not big head.except his "manager " who was abusing Him...:-(

[@jaymerino1912]

Talented like supernova and then gone

[@rickyhiemstra9993]

Well Jay I'm 65 and been there and done that. And I'm sure Johnny met a lot of scumbags out there. And people like yourself who looked out. I'm sure you're blesed.!

[@stbreal]

When Johnny was good he was great!

[@greg7656]

I miss walter singing this one

[@313erad]

What a shithouse crowd, this is probably one of the best gigs JT ever played (believe me I've listened to a lot). May as well be playing to a bunch of statues.

[@frontbum420]

I think L.A. was that way in mid 80's/90's because of the local "Metal"scene was the mindset of the locals

[@jefrey5578]

Yeah, the people who went to the Roxy were mostly pretentious assholes at that time.

[@SKOJCV]

@@robertdownes793 Rage, STP and grunge was not in LA in ‘87. The others you mentioned were.

[@Trotanoy]

And at the Roxy!

[@PAULLONDEN]

Love that couple near the stage......Being in LA John knew he had to work that bit harder to keep this blasé crowd interested.... Tight sound ,great performance

[@NDWoj]

No offense to Keith, but Johnny is/was #1.

[@FREDRUBINOGTFOH]

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

[@petercrowley41]

BARRY JONES !!!

[@aldotorresc.3105]

The Idols

[@michaelrys4849]

damn! what JT was capable of when someone held the smack till after a performance.Would have been great to hear what he would be doing now if ever got off the shit and lived

[@marcosoverini6171]

that's rock roll.....jonny knows how to do that, even in front a bunch of stupids....

[@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.

[@Houl23]

Fantastic live set ! It's Johnny yes but what a fantastic rythm session : Nolan , Kane and Barry Jones !

[@313erad]

How dead is that crowd, what a joke. And someone has the audacity to throw a beer at him!

[@Idol2Idol]

I fucking hate it when people do that at gigs. Disrespectful to the artist and a waste of beer

[@Bjarnarr]

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

[@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.

[@MrDeengels]

He actually looks sober in this performance but you can see the years of deterioration of from addiction. Sad

[@MrGothic78]

Or leukaemia...

[@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....

[@drago6769]

why are those ppl in the crowd if theyre just gunna sit and stare. Man Id be going nuts seein JT

[@jefrey5578]

That was the typical crowd at the Roxy in the mid 80s. Pretentious fuckers.

[@MrDaniyuca]

Such a power song to smash the place

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Natty Daddy No, that's typical pretentious California. They didn't want to spill their kale smoothies.

[@yonatanmaylor2793]

fuk yeah! lol

[@PAULLONDEN]

Love that crowd......loathe manic motherfuckers who are bent on showing off their few goody times...and would....wait for it......start to bloody pogo.....like they would at a Dickies bash....fuck *off* ......

[@Takac1979]

Marky Ramone - then recovering Marc Bell, out of Ramones - in the audience cca 0:50.

[@dela75]

not sure if that's Marc..

[@nothx962]

Marc lived in NY this was LA. wasn't him.

[@danielmihajlovic123]

No, not Marky.I played with the guy(on the same bill), hanging around in the backstage...this is not him 10000%.

[@hubertopunk3049]

por siempre thunders

[@timjessa1]

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

[@gorblimey61]

When did Killer Kane receive the pigment injection?

[@enzosallu3444]

Stratosferico Johnny,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sex drugs rock n roll,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@STCN0B0DY]

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

[@coscopiano]

people are not bored, they're just stoned.

[@prettyvacant3605]

Johnny so on it here!

[@crazyVIDSguy]

0:51 - 0:56 is that Johnny Ramone in the crowd???

[@phyllismauro8481]

Just because I'm white Lol

[@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.

[@m_recordz]

Barry Jones

[@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

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΧριστογλου]

αφιερωμενο στην ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΊΑ

[@infoscholar5221]

Dying in public.

[@maziku4749]

@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.

[@vincenzosallusto1648]

Stratosferic junk Song 🎸🎼💉☄️💊🎸

[@amandamaluk8122]

I Miss Johnny Everyday 💟

[@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.

[@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

[@Vaioholic]

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

[@enzosallu3444]

afieromeno stin parea mou ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, to much junkie business !!!! uno grande ed epico brano ,,,, ciao da torino ,,,+,,,,

[@ibeam23]

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

[@rizzlaxl]

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

[@samman188]

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

[@Bjarnarr]

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

[@Bjarnarr]

It's out now, check my channel.

[@Bjarnarr]

@dubwise72 well, it is Arthur Kane.

[@punkguitarcovers5523]

Who is playing rhythm guitar on this one?

[@gshort78]

The blonde with the gum is 0:51 is cute

[@Bjarnarr]

Actually, it's in 1987.

[@zo3648]

en el publico esta marky ramone ?

[@m_recordz]

Wrong.

[@rizzlaxl]

@dubwise72 its him dude.

[@samman188]

@Bjarnarr the guys black....

[@gogs2222]

Is that Johnny Ramone in the crowd @ 0.50 ?

[@rawheadshake7372]

Gordon Stillie No it's not. but good spot. The Ramones were playing Washington DC the exact same night.

[@patrickclark3337]

Negative!

[@Takac1979]

Marc Bell, Marky Ramone, then ex-drummer.

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

Its Bjorn from ABBA :D