Society makes me sad- The Life Music and Death of Johnny Thunders

A short rocumentary I made scouring the net for various Thunders clips and interviews. Just something for Fans to hopefully enjoy.

[@robertallen5085]

Society makes you sad?? You should see it now Johnny.

[@annwilkiemeyer3433]

RIP Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan 😢 🙏 💔 😪 😔

[@koont666]

Used to sit and drink with him at the Ad lib Kensington early 80s nice bloke 🇬🇧🍀👍🏼

[@tohellwithgoogle4261]

RIP Johnny Thunders man. .

[@jndrummer5131]

As Gene Simmons always said,"Drugs suck!" Destroyed so many talented musicians over the years!

[@nanchanger]

So does KISS...

[@leahflower9924]

@@nanchanger the kiss drummer was friends with Nolan supposedly lol from childhood

[@nanchanger]

@@leahflower9924 yes, he and Peter were close...

[@chrissemenko628]

Gene Simmons SUX

[@karllux-d6g]

You say it as if he's trademarked the catchphrase. Of course drugs suck, but in some cases it's always too late. As a fan who thinks smack sucks, i just try to see his example as useful, as fair warning to all talented, highly intelligent and ultra-sensitive folks out there. Thunders could have lived more and better, that's the sad truth.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Thanks to all fans of Johnny , Jerry , Dolls Heartbreakers and others who came here to watch this video....it's purely just for the interest and enjoyment of fans and enthusiasts! Thanks

[@baronsaturday9560]

*Great! It would be great to see some more videos of Johnny like this, (or Stiv Bators!)*

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

@@baronsaturday9560 wow thanks so much that really means a lot ....I spent time with a guy who knew stiv when he died in Paris and was at a dinner with him in 2019

[@Spritty]

Thank you for the video!

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

@@Spritty glad you like it

[@bokane1963]

Thanks for the upload. R.I.P to the great Johnny Thunders

[@robertafierro5592]

They were a little older than me. I still followed them around when they played here and there..I always wanted to meet him and tell him how the NY Music scene formed my teen and early years..I admired their girlfriends. They were so stunning. It seemed like they had it all. I was in awe of the whole scene. I was very very young..did not know what was in store for me if I kept associating with that crowd. There's a certain contempt these up and coming rock stars had for the girlfriends and groupies that hung around. The girls got used and talked about later on..but when the girls spent ALL their money on alot of these guys you see here, the girls were then thrown away. No body's talking about that here!!

[@thesleekgreek]

Really - you was around at the time yeah? I’m jealous honestly

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Yeah, I remember reading about it in the Boston Globe.. too soon for him to leave this rock called planet Earth, right? ❤

[@robertafierro5592]

@@deanpesaturo6401 he was a really good song writer. He belonged to us.

[@lorettatalavera3215]

Very sad such talent now we have the memories of the music RIP Johnny

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Thank you for commenting on my video Loretta, this video meant a lot at the time to me when I made it

[@nathannewman799]

i jammed with Johnny a few times in 1980/81 in Ann Arbor when I was at UofM. I was starstruck as I had seen the Dolls and then the Heartbreakers a number of times here in NYC. Here I was in my college house basement playing with a legend. He asked me to join Gang War with Wayne Kramer and go on tour in Europe. He was really strung out then so I turned him down. I was graduating and getting married. I always wonder what wouldve happened had i joined them. RIP JT

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Cool story thanks what did you play?

[@nathannewman799]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk i was a drummer. Sad to read here Vito passed. I also recall little Johnny and his wife Julie. I hope theyre still around.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Cool I'm a guitarist myself....Sadly neither of the two boys did well , both ended up heavy users and in and out of Prison...Vito was arrested again shortly befoe he died and the mugshot was online , he looked awful ....not sure about Julie , his Daughter Jamie seems to be doing ok in Sweden . after he died his sister invested the little he left wisely into various funds wich then grew to quite a large amount , it lead to a family feud after her death and last I read the estate was tied up in litigation ....it's been in the media a few times

[@RavnerRavner]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk Vito passed away? Did Dino live in East Texas?

[@leahflower9924]

Was Wayne Kramer the singer of mc5

[@thesleekgreek]

Johnny the greatest rock n roll star ever - rip, the last true rock n roll guitarist

[@83reggieT]

Jerry's memory was shit he was the second dolls drummer plus he and Thunders were both using dope before the dolls ended. Great drummer though.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

you don't think he's just outright lying and making up history as he envisions it....By all accounts Nolan was into dope long before the dolls

[@petercrowley41]

Do the math: Jerry was born in '46, so he was 27 years old in 1973.

[@jonyscrewzo]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk no he didnt...!!

[@twistedspanner]

@@petercrowley41 And before that he was playing drums for Suzi Quatro's band before she made it in the UK. He was on smack then. The reason he got the sack was he turned up one night too out of it and played a lousy gig. He was a fantastic drummerr tho. And he's right about smack. smack as John Lydon said destroys creativity. As much as I love Johnny Thunders. He virtually played the same set for 15 years. He should have made an album a year after LAMF and So Alone. The only studio albums after that was Qué Sera Sera and Copy Cats. Too few and far between. Shame.

[@twistedspanner]

@@petercrowley41 so he was 30 right at the start of british punk and the Anarchy tour with the Sex Pistols.in 1976. When the other bands were 20 year old.

[@gogoyubari366]

Just finished the book on Jerry Nolan. If only he and Johnny got help. So sad.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Both very talented and charismatic, thanks for watching and commenting

[@nanchanger]

Never thought he needed it...

[@RealMoesWorld]

What an absolute waste. So much talent and squandered on the veins... I guess we all have choices.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Unfortunaly he glorified the Junkie lifestyle in the 70's , then found himself horribly imprisoned in it in the 80's

[@leahflower9924]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk grunge glorified it all over again at least for some for me I decided I'll never use after hearing Dirt album by AIC lol

[@tubbytalisman]

"I'm the bad guy. So what does that make you? Good? You ain't good. You just know how to hide! Me, I don't have that problem. So say good night to the bad guy. You ain't never gonna see a bad guy like me again!"

[@MegaSmarterthanyou]

society makes me want to throw up all day , i agree johnny

[@williamrgutrich7694]

It sounds like Sgt Joe Friday was correct about pot being a "gateway" drug. Who'd a thunk.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

while it is harmless technically , back in the day we all started on pot...different now tho with oxy and fent

[@Huly241072]

This is heartbreaking ( pun not intended)

[@rudi2xs172]

Life sucks without him

[@potatofry9259]

Hay John got those bags when we meet up next

[@Moza960]

They don’t make em like they used to !! Rock In Peace Johnny and Jerry 😢⚡️🎸🥁

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Miss you guys...still.

[@phantompanther648]

Don’t matter wat the fuck he says .,… He was HUGE like ‘gangster mind’.,,,,, That strength is always showing .,,,, he almost starts answering Q , before the guys done asking . You could not out think him . His wits were rediculous . …. He was a Dealer .

[@fuoribinario6137]

Il signor Genzale é un grande ❤

[@asianfacility5682]

Reminds me of Alexei Fishev, Ugol from Orgasm Nostradamus band.

[@johnmonachelli5256]

So young and impressionable poor guy

[@cadillacbluez]

0:42 Huh?

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Yeah Jerry talking bullshit , of course he joined later , also high as hell on cocaine and claiming to be sober ….I always heard he was the guy who really bought heroin into the band too and was already a user of heavy dugs long before the dolls

[@justinkline1294]

Johnny straight robbed the club that he was going to play at the same night?! Superlative.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

after the show

[@justinkline1294]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk Ah, but still pretty ballsy.

[@dongately2817]

Legendary

[@Junkiescum]

😂😂😂 thats so badass holy shit

[@Stefan.X.]

its detailed in wayne kramers book, wayne had recently been released from prison, so he really trying not to get in trouble with the law and get sent back, so needless to say, Gang War didn't last all too long

[@whodiditandrancomedy3859]

Where is this footage from??

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

I scour the net for it, the bulk was from a 1982 Swedish TV interview of Jerry and Johnny that appears time to time..... Did u enjoy it?

[@lamper2]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk I DID

[@vincenzosallusto1648]

💉🎸🕉️💊. Rip

[@sadboyneddy4215]

Weed is not a gateway drug

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Sadly it was for little johnny

[@jillliachris]

I bet alcohol was involved the first time he messed with dope.

[@jillliachris]

Great job on the video.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

@@jillliachris thanks for that

[@siggylloyd3566]

Ok doctor. My personal experience as an addict tells me otherwise, but then again, how could you possibly be wrong?

[@lamper2]

Vito died too this year 2021 right?

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

Yes, car accident I believe, he was in pretty bad shape before by all accounts

[@satansalley6526]

Where did you hear this?

[@satansalley6526]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk where did you hear this?

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

@@satansalley6526 it was out there

[@lamper2]

@@satansalley6526 Certainly wasn't hard to find! get some energy

[@annwilkiemeyer3433]

Alcohol Is 🍸 🍷 🍸 Not a Drug

[@annwilkiemeyer3433]

Alcohol Is 🍸 🍷 🍸 Not a Drug

[@Stefan.X.]

yes it is! and its one of the two drugs that if you're addicted, and stop cold turkey, there's a chance of death, as you have gnarly seizures. the other being Benzos, of which i had those seizures cold t'ing off them in prison. fuckin nightmare.

[@billybatchelor2863]

Looks like messy Jones from ninja turtles before the needle and damage done