Too Much Junkie Business

Infobox Album |
Name = Too Much Junkie Business
(aka The New Too Much Junkie Business)
Type = Compilation
Artist = Johnny Thunders


Released = March 7, 1983
Recorded = Late 1982
Genre = Protopunk, Punk rock
Length = 43:25
Label = ROIR
Producer = Jimmy Miller and Johnny Thunders
Reviews =
* Allmusic (2.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:14rj28gc058a]

Last album = "D.T.K. - Live At The Speakeasy"
(Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers)
(1982)
This album = "Too Much Junkie Business"
(1983)
Next album = "Hurt Me"
(1984)

"Too Much Junkie Business" is a compilation of studio demos and live recordings, recorded in late 1982 by protopunk guitarist/singer Johnny Thunders. It is one of the original releases by the then-cassette-only label ROIR. It was reissued in 1999 on compact disc as "The New Too Much Junkie Business".

The album is notable for being one of the few places to find studio versions of Thunders' live staples "In Cold Blood" and "Just Another Girl", but the album is dominated by live recordings of a typically sloppy and chaotic Thunders performance at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. Thuders also interjects some studio-recorded interjections throughout the album, including one where he claims that the title track, another live staple, was co-written by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley along with its actual author, longtime Thunders co-conspirator Walter Lure.

Another Thunders composition, "Who Needs Girls?", is credited wholly to Booker T. & The MG's because of its resemblance to the veteran Memphis soul act's instrumental "Green Onions".

Track listing

All tracks written by Johnny Thunders; except where indicated

#"Who Do Voodoo"
#"In Cold Blood"
#"Just Another Girl"
#"Sad Vacation"
#"Diary Of A Lover"
#"Get Off The Phone" (Walter Lure/Jerry Nolan)
#"Who Needs Girls?" (Booker T. Jones/Booker T. & the MG's)
#"Too Much Junkie Business" (Walter Lure)
#"King Of The Gypsies"
#"So Alone"
#"I Love You"
#"Great Big Kiss" (Shadow Morton)
#"Let Go" (Johnny Thunders/Jerry Nolan)
#"Jet Boy" (Johnny Thunders/David Johansen)

Musical personnel

*Johnny Thunders - lead guitar, vocals
*Louis (no last name given) - bass (except where noted)
*Jerry Nolan - drums on Tracks 1-3
*Walter Lure - guitar and vocals (except Track 9)
*Tony Curio - bass on Tracks 11-12
*Peter Bollen - saxophone on Track 12
*Ronnie Peterson - electric piano on Track 12
*Billy Rogers - drums (on all other tracks except Track 9)
*Wayne Kramer - guitar and vocals on Track 9
*Ron Cook - bass and vocals on Track 9
*John Morgan - drums and bongos on Track 9
*The Rixons - backing vocals on Track 12