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US-PUNK-PIONIER THUNDERS STARB VOR 30 JAHREN
- Apr 30, 2021
Seit 30 Jahren sind die Toten Hosen keine Punk-Band mehr - zumindest, wenn man Campino beim Wort nimmt, der 1986 in “Wort zum Sonntag“ sang „Solange Johnny Thunders lebt/Solange bleib ich ein Punk“. Und Johnny Thunders, Urmitglied der New York Dolls, starb am 23. April 1991 vermutlich an einer Überdosis Drogen mit nur 38 Jahren. Thunders galt als Pionier der amerikanischen Punk-Szene, veröffentlichte in der zweiten Hälfte der Siebziger Alben mit seinen Heartbreakers, spielte in den Achtzigern sporadisch in verschiedenen Bands und verfolgte eher inkonsequent eine Solo-Karriere.
The Toten Hosen have not been a Punk band for 30 years - at least if you take Campino at his word, who sang "As long as Johnny Thunders lives/So long I remain a Punk" in "Wort zum Sonntag" in 1986. And Johnny Thunders, original member of the New York Dolls, died on April 23, 1991, presumably of a drug overdose at just 38 years old. Thunders was considered a pioneer of the American Punk scene, released albums with his Heartbreakers in the second half of the seventies, played sporadically in various bands in the eighties and pursued a solo career rather inconsistently.
The Toten Hosen have not been a Punk band for 30 years - at least if you take Campino at his word, who sang "As long as Johnny Thunders lives/So long I remain a Punk" in "Wort zum Sonntag" in 1986. And Johnny Thunders, original member of the New York Dolls, died on April 23, 1991, presumably of a drug overdose at just 38 years old. Thunders was considered a pioneer of the American Punk scene, released albums with his Heartbreakers in the second half of the seventies, played sporadically in various bands in the eighties and pursued a solo career rather inconsistently.
