Live at Max's Kansas City 79 [Live]

Johnny Thunders, Heartbreakers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Roir
• ASIN: B000001Q3O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Milk Me

3. Chinese Rocks

4. Get off the Phone

5. London

6. Take a Chance

7. One Track Mind

8. Let Go

9. I Love You

10. Can't Keep My Eyes on You

11. I Wanna Be Loved

12. Do You Love Me

13. All by Myself [*]

14. Pirate Love [*]

15. Too Much Junkie Business [*]

16. Don't Mess With Cupid [*]

17. So Alone [*]

Editorial Reviews

After Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers split in the late 70's, the group would re-group for reunion gigs from time to time (up until Thunder's death in 1991). One of their first reunions took place at N.Y.C.'s infamous Max's Kansas City in 1979, which was recorded and released soonafter. Due to the album's success, plans were arranged to record a second gig an Max's; the only problem was that it was aborted — the band blasted through a total of five tracks, before leaving the stage to the fans' bewilderment, and not returning (drug use was rampant among the Heartbreakers). What the good folks at ROIR have done is re-release the long out-of-print original Live At Max's album, with the five tracks from the planned Vol. II set tacked on as bonus tracks. The band is captured in all of their drunk-and-stoned glory, with spirited versions of all their best known tunes: "Chinese Rocks," "Can't Keep My Eyes on You," "One Track Mind" and "Milk Me" (a.k.a. "Chatterbox"). Also! present are strong tracks never officially recorded by the Heartbreakers — "So Alone," "Too Much Junkie Business" and "London" (Thunders' response to the Sex Pistols' "New York"). — Greg Prato (All Music Guide)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny Thunders Live Does Not Get Any Better, February 16, 2004

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"efa" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Max's Kansas City 79 (Audio CD)

The Heartbreakers just might have been the best band in the world in the late 1970's. Unfortunately, they were shunned by record companies and were never widely known. Today, they are almost forgotten. You can hear them here at their best, in front of a delirious home-town Max's Kansas City crowd. Scorching Johnny Thunders-Walter Lure guitar duels are punctuated with hilarious lewd banter. This CD release includes tracks with Jerry Nolan and a truly heartbreaking version of So Alone. Absolutely essential for the Johnny Thunders enthusiast, and a warning for the uninitiated: The Heartbreakers might change your world.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Rock and Roll, January 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at Max's Kansas City 79 (Audio CD)

All the songs on here rock and the on-stage banter is really funny and amusing. If you love rock and roll then this album is a must have. It captures the Heartbreakers at their sloppy greatest. I'll never know why they never got the attention they so deserved.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild, January 29, 2003

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Oswald Muerner "New Age-Punk" (Bern, Schweiz) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Max's Kansas City 79 (Audio CD)

This in my opinion is the best live album of Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. Wild and intense, in the same time vulnerable and melodious, really far out. It also doesn't disturb that much, when the beginning of a song doesn't work out and they need a second start. My favorite songs are „Chinese Rocks", „Get Off Of The Phone", „One Track Mind", „Can't Keep My Eyes On You" and „I Wanna Be Loved".