Johnny Thunders
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cantor e guitarrista norte-americano (1952-1991)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-07-15
- Active to
- 1991-04-23
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Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr (July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991), was a rock and roll guitarist and singer, first with the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s. During the late '70s, he was a familiar figure on the New York punk scene, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. His screeching, penetrating guitar sound is distinctive and highly influential in punk rock music. Thunders tangled with the demons of fame and drug addiction until his death
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Queens
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- ROIR
- Official website
- www.thunders.ca
- Image
- NLN Johnny Thunders.jpg
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- different from
- Johnny Thunder
- date of birth
- 1952-07-15
- date of death
- 1991-04-23
- Commons category
- Johnny Thunders
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- birth name
- John Anthony Genzale
- pseudonym
- Johnny Thunders
- member of
- The Heartbreakers
- name in native language
- John Genzale
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Johnny Thunders (15 de julho de 1952 – 23 de abril de 1991), pseudônimo de John Anthony Genzale Jr., foi um guitarrista, vocalista e compositor estadunidense de rock and roll/punk rock. Ele foi bastante conhecido no começo dos anos 1970, por ser guitarrista da banda nova-iorquina The New York Dolls. Mais tarde, tornou-se integrante dos The Heartbreakers e, posteriormente, artista solo.
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