Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Flint Photos: Ben Hamper and Johnny Thunders


Ben Hamper, author of Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line, remembers when The New York Dolls played the I.M.A. and Johnny Thunders roamed Eastland Mall:
Yep, it was 1974. I was at the show. We went to see the Dolls but Kiss — who no one had ever heard of at the time — blew 'em off the stage. The Dolls did an in-store appearance at Recordland in the Eastland Mall the day before. Got to meet Johnny Thunders — very nice guy. Johansen & Arthur Cane were chugging vodka straight from the bottle. Ah, the good ol' days.





2 comments:

  1. It's going to be hard to keep up with this New York Dolls trend. Two posts in one week.

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  2. Ben's "got the right build" for hobnobbing with junkie punk icons.

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