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NME Video: Johnny Foreigner at Leeds Festival '08

Johnny Marr Interview

Johnny Marr talks 'Manchester Anthems' and his part in the new Cribs album.

NME Video: The Cribs and Johnny Marr

Mid-afternoon at Leeds Festival,The Cribs and Johnny Marr found time for a quick chat with NME Video...

Ibiza Rocks: Johnny Foreigner

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NME Video:Jack Daniel's Birthday Sessions - Johnny Foreigner

This month NME Radio plays host to Jack Daniel's Birthday sessions in honour of the whiskey connoisseur's birthday. Watch footage with Johnny Foreigner who recently came into the studio to perform live, exclusIvely...

YouTube Johnny Thunders Videos

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - "Chinese Rocks" (02:50)

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Johnny Thunders Interview 1978 (03:07)

Johnny Thunders and Walter Lure (of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers).

Johnny Thunders Death 1952-1991 (MTV Report) (01:05)

You can't put your arms around a memory

Johnny Thunders In Cold Blood (04:21)

Johnny Thunders presses on in spite of the fact that his guitar strap keeps coming loose and his eyes are rolling in the back of his head.

Johnny Thunders Fight (04:11)

Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) - Fighting At Cbgb 78 Pipeline Feat Cheata Chrome & Dee Dee Ramone

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Johnny Thunders Biography

Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. (July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991), was an Italian American rock and roll/protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Though he disapproved of the term "punk rock", Thunders is widely recognized as a seminal influence on the genre, particularly for his penetrating guitar sound.

He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls, and afterwards became a familiar figure in the New York punk scene, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist.

Thunders struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and died under mysterious circumstances.

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