{"id":304,"date":"2012-03-04T02:35:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2012-03-04T02:35:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:35:07","slug":"reviewjohnnythunders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/reviewjohnnythunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Johnny Thunders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/johnnyt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/johnnyt.jpg\" alt=\"johnnyt\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nJohnny Thunders<br \/>\n&#8220;Johnny Thunders In the Flesh&#8221;<br \/>\n(Amsterdamned Records)<\/h4>\n<p>Johnny Thunders was punk before you were even born. \u00a0This new release from Amsterdamned Records features 17 tracks from the legendary guitarist\/singer of the New York Dolls and later the Heartbreakers. \u00a0Recorded live in Los Angeles\u2019 Roxy Theater in 1987, \u201c<em>In the Flesh<\/em>\u201d contains enough variety to warrant multiple listenings.<\/p>\n<p>Thunders\u2019 sometimes-booming-sometimes-pleading voice comes through crystal clear in both the electric and acoustic parts of the record, along with the ambient noise from those singing along in attendance. \u00a0Thunders strums his way beautifully through \u201cEve of Seduction\u201d and pays a heartfelt tribute to Sid Vicious in \u201cSad Vacation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to playing his own material, Thunders also covers The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cPlay With Fire\u201d and Bo Diddley\u2019s original \u201cI Can Tell\u201d (among others). \u00a0His penchant for snarling guitar solos and his sporadic interaction with the audience make \u201cIn the Flesh\u201d a unique part of punk\u2019s short (yet highly unappreciated and undocumented) history. \u00a0Anyone interested in learning more about the early days of the American and British punk scene should check out \u201cPlease Kill Me\u201d by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305\" title=\"Review: Johnny Thunders - Johnny Thunders In the Flesh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Johnnthunder.jpg\" alt=\"Review: Johnny Thunders - Johnny Thunders In the Flesh\" width=\"580\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Thunders &#8220;Johnny Thunders In the Flesh&#8221; (Amsterdamned Records) Johnny Thunders was punk before you were even born. \u00a0This new release from Amsterdamned Records features 17 tracks from the legendary guitarist\/singer of the New York Dolls and later the Heartbreakers. \u00a0Recorded live in Los Angeles\u2019 Roxy Theater in 1987, \u201cIn the Flesh\u201d contains enough variety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[389,1342,3599,3857],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}