Johnny Thunders & Wayne Kramer ‘Gang War!’ red & black BF RSD 2LP

The New York Dolls & Heartbreakers guitarist Johnny Thunders in a unique collaboration with the MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer.

A limited edition in red and black splattered coloured vinyl for Black Friday Record Store Day (UK) on 28 Nov 2025.

The double-LP has five extra ‘Live at Max’s’ tracks, previously only heard on bootleg. In a gatefold sleeve with flyers and extended notes by Thunders biographer Nina Antonia  

Available in the UK exclusively from RSD shops on Nov 28; then leftovers at our store.  Buy in the USA here.

In 1979, JOHNNY THUNDERS, renowned Heartbreakers and New York Dolls guitarist, teamed up with WAYNE KRAMER, the legendary guitarist of Detroit’s seminal MC5, to form ‘GANG WAR’ – an alliance that lasted the best part of a year. Johnny had just released his So Alone album, and Wayne was not long out of jail after serving two of four years for a coke bust.

Although Gang War released no records and were without a label – at the time they were an underground act – in retrospect the collaboration is looked on as a ‘rock fantasy’ supergroup. These live Toronto, Boston & New York recordings bear testimony to this unique partnership between two celebrated rock guitar icons.

Track-list: Ramblin’ Rose, London Boys, These Boots Are Made for Walking, M.I.A., The Harder They Come, Endless Party, I’d Much Rather Be with The Boys, I’ll Go Crazy, Hey Thanks, The Courageous Cat, Just Because I’m White/Bright Lights Big City, Around and Around, The Harder They Come, Ten Commandments of Love, Like A Rolling Stone, Endless Party, Do You Love Me?
Bonus Side 4 – Max’s, May 1980: London Boys, I’d Much Rather Be with The Boys, Endless Party, Just Because I’m White/Bright Lights Big City, Like A Rolling Stone. (22 tracks)

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The CD version is also reissued.  Buy it here