Johnny Thunders & Wayne Kramer - Gang War!
Recorded live in Toronto & Boston, 1980
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Recorded live in Toronto & Boston, 1980
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Also released on LP in 1992 (Skydog)
This CD released. 2004-07-27
Label: Jungle Records
Catalog #: FREUD CD076
From CDuniverse:
Johnny Thunders introduced the last song on this live album by saying "Thanks a lot, kids, it's been boring as usual," but he was just being modest. As anybody who ever saw the ex-New York Dolls guitarist in person knows, his shows could be ragged, out of tune, confrontational, transcendent--but they were never boring.
Here, backed by ex-MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, Thunders runs through a typical set, i.e., a mix of R&B oldies, reggae, old Dolls numbers, even a Dylan song. The only constants are his splendidly askew guitar work, endearingly slurred nasal vocals, and hilarious audience baiting. This music may not always be pretty, but it's rock & roll, and it's from the heart.
In 1979, Johnny Thunders, legendary Heartbreakers & New York Dolls guitarist, teamed up with Wayne Kramer, also legendary guitarist of Detroit's seminal MC5, to form 'Gang War', an alliance that lasted the best part of a year. Although Gang War released no records & at the time they got little attention, in retrospect the collaboration is looked on as a 'rock fantasy' supergroup. These live recordings bear testimony to this unique partnership between two renowned rock guitar icons.
Personnel includes: Johnny Thunders (vocals, guitar); Wayne Kramer (guitar).
AMG review by Greg Prato
Supergroups are usually synonymous with prog rockers, not punk rockers. But in 1979, ex-New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders and ex-MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer decided to unite (with Kramer fresh out of jail), as they began gigging under the name Gang War. Although the group never issued a proper studio album (drug use and mismanagement prevented it), several live Gang War sets have seen the light of day over the years -- one of the better being 2004's Gang War. Instead of working up a whole new set of original songs, the duo focused almost entirely on tracks from their past catalogs, as well as cover tunes of rock & roll standards -- another reason probably why Gang War was never signed by a label.
But it's interesting to hear Thunders playing on the MC5's "Ramblin' Rose" and Kramer on the Dolls' instrumental cover, "Courageous Cat," as well as such obscurities as a David Johansen-Thunders collaboration, "Endless Party," and a Kramer original, "Hey Thanks." Of the multitude of covers, you get the expected, such as Chuck Berry's "Around and Around" and the Motown classic "Do You Love Me," as well as the unexpected, tops being a reading of Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come."
As longtime fans will attest, Johnny Thunders live recordings are a mixed bag. But thanks to this fleeting collaboration (Kramer supposedly split due to Thunders' unruly monetary demands), Gang War is one of the better ones out there.
01. Ramblin' Rose
02. London Boys
03. These Boots Are Made For Walking
04. M.I.A.
05. The Harder They Come
06. Endless Party
07. I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys
08. I'll Go Crazy
09. Hey Thanks
10. The Corageous Cat
11. Just Because I'm White / Bright Lights Big City
12. Around And Around
13. The Harder They Come
14. Ten Commandments Of Love
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Endless Party
17. Do You Love Me
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