The New York Dolls lost
their lead vocalist, Johnny Thunders, and their drummer, Jerry Nolan in the
spring of 1975. The pair briefly teamed
up with Richard Hell, but creative differences saw that mix fall apart with
Billy Rath replacing him and the core of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
was set.
It didn’t last … by 1991
Johnny Thunders was gone (drug overdose) and the following year, 1992, Jerry
Nolan stroked out. But during their
moment in the limelight that generated a following that lasts until this day.
Cleopatra Music and Film,
with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has
tabbed Friday, Apr. 5, for the special DVD/CD Combo Pack release of Johnny
Thunders: Madrid Memory. A
newly-minted vinyl edition is also being released the same day.
During their 1984
“reunion” world tour — it was about this time that Thunders had acquired the
original L.A.M.F. album tapes and remixed them (aka: L.A.M.F.:
Revisited)
with excellent results — the band popped-in at the Madrid studios of La Edad de
Oro (aka: “The Golden Age”) for a live set, which was recorded for posterity.
The result was a 90-minute
live concert featuring a 17-song set that included “Born Too Loose” from L.A.M.F.,
“I Love You” from the 1979 album, Live at Max's Kansas City; plus
quite of material drawn from Johnny Thunders’ solo albums 1979 and 1983 … “Too
Much Junkie Business,” “You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory,” “Pipeline”
and “In Cold Blood.”
Appearing in this live
concert are Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Billy Rath and Sylvain Sylvain
(another alumni of The New York Dolls.
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