I found out where Johnny Thunders died. It kills me that I have to type this but the kids today have no sense of history. Johnny Thunders played guitar for the New York Dolls. They were a foundational band. Most rock and roll as we know it today can trace its history to them. The Ramones were big fans. DeeDee wrote Chinese Rocks with Johnny Thunders. The Ramones claimed sole writership but it was both of them. If you see the documentary, “Is DeeDee Home” they talk about it a little. The manager of the Dolls later when on to manage the Sex Pistols. Basically all punk rock and heavy metal, glam metal, grunge, etc. trace their roots to that band.
They did one of the most famous covers of Pills. They also did Bad Girl, Just Lookin For a Kiss, and Trash which have been covered by so many bands and so many times I won’t begin to list them here.
Anyway, after the Dolls broke up Johnny Thunders went on to do his own thing. He had the famous hits, Born To Lose and One Track Mind. His record L.A.M.F. is a must listen for any band. He was honored in “Go Go Johnny Thunders” by the Murder City Devils.
So I went to where Johnny Thunders died. The clerk working there didn’t even know who he was. There were no plaques. They’ve got a plaque for everything in the French Quarter. Houses where Edgar Degas didn’t even live have plaques about him. There is jack shit for Johnny Thunders.
This is the St. Peter house. All I got to say is that I never had his poster up on my wall but I still say Go Go, Go Johnny Thunders.