Mike Ness testifies to Johnny Thunders influence, puts heckler in place; L.A.M.F. Cover “So Alone”.

Before playing the show stopping encore “so alone”, Mike Ness shares some backstory about what JT meant to him. One overserved guest verbally gets what’s coming to him along the way. Phone died halfway through song (borrowed my wife’s phone after that to try and record some more...)

[@313erad]

Drummer needed to slow down and sit back in the groove. I can just imagine JT saying 'down boys down, real low'. Cool performance though.

[@rkline65]

I’m so glad he’s calmed down in his old age....20 years ago he would have been threatening to kick some ass. Or maybe he was calmer due to the fact that it wasn’t “his stage”....

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

We all mellow with age, no? And it's not the like the guy threw something, the way Mike handled it was funny and he comes off well. But I think there's also something to the "not his stage" theory; as you see, we were close to the stage. At an opportune moment my wife yelled out "I love you Mike!" and I think she was a little disappointed she didn't get more than a half glance. I immediately explained to her "tonight's about Johnny".

[@Ishbu101]

Calmed down? He just punched someone in the audience a few months ago

[@2Happyhour]

It's great these guys did this to honor Johnny. I just wish Mike or Walter had grabbed a TV yellow double cut to make it just so.

[@alexisc1970]

This version is surprisingly profound

[@Eldritch-1]

No real punk denies Johnny Thunders.

[@sk8taway]

Thunders was deeply insecure 💔

[@user-gq8ly9hk4m]

I can relate to the guy yelling for them to play Submission, for multiple reasons. Not sure if it was the same heckler later on, but I don't think it was.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Why submission? I don't know of any connection between that song and JT. Later they did play a Pistols-like version of "steppin stone" (see my upload), because JT also covered that song, and I was rockin out like a mofo to that (while still filming, lol). The one I felt they missed was JT's "London Boys" because it was a direct response to "New York" by the Pistols, so it would be funny to play with Matlock on bass. Then again Steve Jones and Paul Cook played on the original recording (indeed the whole "so Alone" album if I am not mistaken).

[@user-gq8ly9hk4m]

Cheetah Thunders. It doesn't have to do with Johnny Thunders, the Heartbreakers, or the New York Dolls. It's more of a personal experience that I can relate to as a heckler. It's because 1.) the first true, already established riff I learned on guitar was the main riff from Submission. More importantly though 2.) When I was a bit younger, me and some friends went to see Thurston Moore play. This was, of course, after Sonic Youth broke up but everything we knew by Thurston was from the Sonic Youth days so we were shouting the names of Sonic Youth songs, hoping he would play them. He didn't play anything we shouted of course, most likely because he was trying to focus on his new solo stuff. We just felt like retards afterwards, and I never heckled like that again, but it was my first real concert / venue. Seeing Thurston was also the main reason why I started playing guitar. This memory just randomly popped into my mind for whatever reason when I heard him yelling for Submission. Sick video though man. I don't know if you were using zoom, but it still looks like you've got a great spot.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Thanks. Yeah we had a good spot. As for zoom, only to the extent that an iPhone5 zooms, lol. Yeah, I don't think Thurston is a "crowd pleaser" type. I saw SY maybe '03? in NYC, and it was a multiple band Ramones tribute. Now I'm a fan and enjoyed their set, they played one or 2 off "Goo" which was my favorite album of theirs. But they didn't do any covers, which is a normal thing to do at a tribute (even though they covered some Ramones songs live in the late 80s). By the way, technically the first riff you learned is (a variation of) "all day and all of the night" by the Kinks (or maybe "Hello I love you" by the Doors? Same riff, but on organ) since Steve Jones admits that's where he swiped "sub-mission" :)

[@user-gq8ly9hk4m]

Cheetah Thunders. Didn't play any Ramones songs at a Ramones tribute show. Holy shit, really not a people pleaser at all. I saw Lee Ranaldo once too, and he told the crowd a story about how Kim smashed an acoustic guitar in front of a bunch of hippies. I guess none of them were really people pleasers, or maybe just Kim and Thurston weren't, which would explain the marriage and then the divorce. Lee seemed really down to earth. Never seen Kim herself or Steve Shelley or any of their long list of drummers though. I was not aware of that fact about the riff from Submission, but now that you mention it, it does sound like an off kilter version of All Day and All of the Night. Interesting, thanks. :)

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

@@user-gq8ly9hk4m Sorry for the late reply. Great post. What is your first language? It doesn't look Chinese to me (looking at your KZbin handle)... assuming your first language is not English, let me compliment you on your perfect English writing! Most of us native speakers do worse than you!

[@JayZombie1216]

Where was this show at ?

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Brooklyn NYC. The club was the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

[@mmckissack2379]

Walters band now, but he is still playen second fiddle...

[@sk8taway]

Dissatisfied that Walter isn’t an egomaniac, eh?

[@nanchanger]

They were recreating a HBs show, it would've made no sense for him to sing this, duh...