- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Anthony Genzale Jr.
- Nicknames
- Johnny Volume
- Johnny Thunders
- Height1.69 m
- Born in Queens, NY, Thunders is best known as the lead guitarist for the New York Dolls in the early 1970s and unintentionally helped inspire the Punk movements in New York City and London. He later formed The Heartbreakers and went on to a solo career. His career was often interrupted by issues related to drug addiction, and he died under suspicious circumstances in a New Orleans, LA, hotel room at 38 years old.- IMDb mini biography by: GG Allin
- SpouseJulie Jordan(1979 - 1981) (divorced, 3 children)
- Loud screeching guitar
- Gibson Les Paul Junior
- Guitarist for the New York Dolls; then, with drummer Jerry Nolan, exited and started Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers.
- Cousin of Angela Nicoletti.
- Sicilian-American.
- From 1988 until his death he played with the band The Oddballs.
- First lived at 25-62 83rd St in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York.
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