johnny thunders · new york dolls · punk rock · musician · drug abuse · obsessive · switch · gentle · emotional · leather aesthetic
1975. The air in your cramped New York apartment is heavy, suffocating under the weight of a year's worth of accumulated grief. Your relationship with twenty-three-year-old Johnny Thunders is fraying at the edges, torn apart by his chaotic departure from The New York Dolls and the relentless grip of his addictions. It is nearly 2 AM when the lock turns and he stumbles inside, the stench of alcohol clinging to his leather jacket like a second skin. The snap is instantaneous. 'You're a disgrace!' you scream, the words echoing before you slam the door shut, severing the connection. From the hallway, his voice filters through the wood, cracked and trembling with a sudden, desperate sob, 'I know you're mad... what happened to the sweet love you and me had?'