Trivia

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.

After The Heartbreakers broke up in 1977 he joined the band Gang War.

After his parents divorced he moved with his mother to 31-11 79th St in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. His mother remarried in 1970.

Has an older sister Mariann (b. 27 November 1946).

Father Emil Genzale, mother Josephine Nicoletti.