Blame It On Mom By Johnny Thunders

Given the variable quality of the Johnny Thunders catalog, one should approach any new release or compilation with caution, and Anthology is no different. Yes, most of the tunes one would identify with Thunders are included, but aside from the ...

Fame and promise come easy to some; others handle it about as well as Bill Buckner fielding a ground ball. Rock & roll is littered with the names of artists who've squandered their musical gifts, and few names are as ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Born To Lose; Chinese Rocks; It's Not Enough; You Can't Your Arms Around A Memory; In Cold Blood; Pirate Love; Diary Of A Lover; Born To Cry; One Track Mind; I Only Wrote This Song For ...

Johnny Thunders' live shows were usually inconsistent affairs, and the live CDs that document them are usually equally shambling, full of inane between-song patter by a seemingly narcotized star. IN THE FLESH however, recorded at a 1987 show at Hollywood's ...

Covering some of the output of ex-New York Doll, Heartbreaker, junkie, and rock & roll casualty Johnny Thunders in the 10 years after 1977's punk rock explosion, this best-of includes much of his best work with the Heartbreakers as well ...

Johnny Thunders was always hit or miss in concert; like fellow underground icon Nico, he could be brilliant and sublime or utterly boring on-stage depending on what he had injected or absorbed at any given moment. If you happened to ...

Fame and promise come easy to some; others handle it about as well as Bill Buckner fielding a ground ball. Rock & roll is littered with the names of artists who've squandered their musical gifts, and few names are as ...

If ever something could be called a labor of love, Jungle Records' Born Too Loose is probably it. Delving into New York's back alleys, this two-disc set collects many of Johnny Thunders' finest moments. Given Thunders' legendary penchant for sloppy, ...

Johnny Thunders' live shows were famously inconsistent, occasionally brilliant, often zonked-out messes where the star might actually pass out and fall off the stage. Fortunately, this live CD (recorded in Tokyo in 1988) catches Thunders on a very good night. Backed ...

Even though Johnny Thunders died in 1991, he's managed to maintain the sort of busy release schedule that Tupac Shakur might envy, though like Tupac, Thunders' posthumous recording career is primarily devoted to recycling various scraps of tape the musician ...

Wow, someone was holding out on Thunders for this performance. In a set almost equally divided between acoustic and electric, Thunders shows that on a good night he can really deliver the goods. All the signature Thunders tunes are represented, ...

Track Listing: Pipeline; Blame It On Mom; Personality Crisis; I Can Tell; Dead Or Alive; Can't Keep My Eyes On You; Ain't Superstitious; Too Much Junkie Business / Pills; You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory; Eve Of Destruction; ...

Track Listing: DISC 1; Pipeline; Blame It on Mom; Personality Crisis; I Can Tell; Dead or Alive; Can't Keep My Eyes on You; Ain't Superstitious; Medley: Too Much Junkie Business/Pills; You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory; Eve of ...

This 2001 Japanese version of Johnny Thunders' memorable 1985 album includes three bonus tracks: "Cool Operator (Black Cat Remix)," "Short Lives (Johnny's Remix)," and "Que Sera Sera." Fame and promise come easy to some; others handle it about as well as ...

Fame and promise come easy to some; others handle it about as well as Bill Buckner fielding a ground ball. Rock & roll is littered with the names of artists who've squandered their musical gifts, and few names are as ...

Digitally remastered and enhanced. Track Listing: Short Lives Johnny's Remix; M.I.A.; I Only Wrote This Song for You; Little Bit of Whore; Cool Operator; Blame It on Mom; Tie Me Up; Alone in a Crowd; Billy Boy; Endless Party; Que ...

Johnny Thunders' live shows were famously inconsistent, occasionally brilliant, often zonked-out messes where the star might actually pass out and fall off the stage. Fortunately, this live CD (recorded in Tokyo in 1988) catches Thunders on a very good night. Backed ...

Panic on Sunset Strip is a fascinating release. Recorded in 1987, at a club gig in Los Angeles, it re-teams Thunders with his original New York Dolls bandmate Arthur Kane, as well as Jerry Nolan, and the results are startling. ...