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Here in the Johnny Thunders Cyber Lounge, we like to sometimes turn up the lights, turn down the music and crack open a book. Listed below are some of the best books you could ever want for your Thunders book nook.

Books

• And God Created Punk
• Blank Generation Revisited
• Born To Lose
• The Dark Stuff
• Dream Baby Dream
• Englands Dreaming
• Gender Chamelions
• Images Of Punk
• In Cold Blood first edition
• In Cold Blood second edition
• New York Dolls
• Please Kill Me
• Punk Diary
• Punk: The Illustrated History Of A Music Revolution
• Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon
• Too Much Too Soon - The Makeup & Breakup Of The New York Dolls
• Vacant, A Diary Of The Punk Years 1976-79

Fanzines

• French Fanzine

• Japanese Fanzine

• Sonic Iguana

• Katz Volume puts out a cool music zine called Mind Warp. Issue #2 is now out and it contains a great interview with Rick Rivetts (original guitar for The Dolls). Contact Katz at volume@dlc.fi to get a copy of the zine.

• Colin Gray was by last week and left me with the latest copy of his zine called 'Vicious Kitten'. It has record reviews and interviews with various musicians. It's hot and fast from the land of Oz. To get a copy all ya gotta do is send an IRC to Colin at:
  Vicious Kitten
  GPO BOX 20
  CANBERRA ACT 2601
  AUSTRALIA
  For an example of Colins writing check out his Jerry Nolan obituary.

Articles

• Thoughts On The Death Of Johnny Thunders - Cliff Hausman

Cliff has written a long article about his adventures as a waiter at Max's Kansas City during the late 1970s. He talks about Johnny and other Dolls/Heartbreakers members as well as other music notables. The article is broken down into the following episodes:

1. Episode 1 - Getting The Job
2. Episode 2 - Johnny Thunders
3. Episode 3 - After Hours
4. Episode 4 - The Apartment at 14th & 7th
5. Episode 5 - Upstairs At Max's

Cliff now has a web site that contains these articles as well as others.

Discography

Arma de Fuego puts out a great Johnny Thunders discography in booklet form and it's the best and most complete list available. The current edition (issue 32) has a limited run of 100 copies and has several pages of pictures. You can get a copy by sending $5.00 U.S. cash (includes shipping) to:

Ripple
Box 260
33101 Tampere
Finland

Various Magazines