L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) [Special Edition]
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
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As a founding member of the New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders can rightfully be called a founding father of punk. Leaving the raunchy Dolls in 1975, he soon formed The Heartbreakers, who, in 1977, released their sole studio album,L.A.M.F.. It stands as a prevailing document of the fertile New York scene, and the band’s bawdy, vaguely ‘50s rock-rooted sound — and drug-drenched persona — helped define the American punk style. Songs like “All By Myself,” “Get Off the Phone” and “Baby Talk” join genre classics “Born to Lose” and “Chinese Rocks” as compelling evidence of the Heartbreakers as authoritative purveyors of original punk. Their mosh-worthy take on the Contours’ “Do You Love Me?” and the hook heavy “One Track Mind” show a band with a clear affection for pop, driven in the Heartbreakers’ world by crude, sweat- and grit-soaked guitars. A year after its release, Thunders went solo, and until his death in 1991, he continued to make music and battle drug addiction. The Special Edition collection includes demos, alternate versions and other noteworthy additions.
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L.A.M.F. indeed!
The quintessential junkie-punk time capsule. This record, along with the Stooges Funhouse, is a kind of missing link between '60's R&B and what was to become punk rock. The record is raw, crude, and seemingly drug-addled; in some ways the antithesis of today's so-called punk outfits (Good Charlotte, Fallout Boy, etc). Contains timeless junk-punk nuggets like Born to Lose, the original version of Chinese Rocks (I love the Ramones but this one is the definitive version--listening to Johnny's guitar divebomb before that "Ooh, Ahh" part still gives me chills. My personal favorite is The Heartbreakers loose and furry rendition of the Contours Motown hit, Do You Love Me. Brilliant! I read in a book somewhere that Jerry Nolan, the drummer, believed that the reason these four slightly old yanks were able to go over to London and basically take over the youthful U.K. Punk scene for awhile was due to the fact that they could actually play, unlike the bulk of the first generation punk bands. I don't know if it was that, or the fact that this music just oozed guts and soul from every pore! Second wave punkers like Social Distortion and the Bob Stinson-era Replacements definitely took notes, but couldn't really recapture this. Sadly, as everyone knows, Johnny passed away in the early 90's after a hit and miss solo career and legendary abuses. When I saw the reunited New York Dolls in Tokyo a couple years ago, Sylvain Sylvain and David Johansen put a bit of the Johnny classic "Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" into their set. It was a nice little tribute to what the Dolls and all of rock music is now missing. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, the world still needs a shot of what you got!
Desert Island Disk
One of the great achievements in music. Why every track is labeled "Explicit" eludes me. All By Myself and I Love You are hardly going to pervert the youth of today. For years people would go see Thunders solo in hopes that he would collapse on stage ("Johnnie's gonna die tonight!...") Now that he's gone, having met such a sad pathetic end, I really miss him. One of a kind.
Junkie Business
i cant believe this record is on here! Good luck finding it at the record store...
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- $15.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Hard Rock, Punk, Rock & Roll
- Released: Jan 01, 2005
- ℗ 2005 Jungle Records
