Eve of Destruction (Johnny Thunders album)


Eve of Destruction is a 2-CD/1-DVD boxed set by punk rock guitarist/singer/songwriter Johnny Thunders. The set consists of three different live recordings from various points in Thunders' life and career.
The first CD consists of the full live set featuring a reunion of Thunders with fellow ex-New York Dolls and Heartbreakers drummer Jerry Nolan and ex-Dolls bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane, recorded at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, California on January 4, 1987. It would be the last time Kane would ever play with Thunders and Nolan, as the two musicians would pass away within a year of each other. The show was also filmed with a single VHS video camera and would become a popular bootleg amongst Thunders' fans; the footage was officially released, with the consent of Thunders' and Kane's estates, in November 2004 as the DVD Thunders, Nolan and Kane: You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory. The audio had been previously released legitimately by Triple X Records as In the Flesh.
The second CD consists of a Heartbreakers live performance from December 1980, and an acoustic show recorded in Osaka, Japan in April 1991, several days before Thunders' death. It would be the last Thunders performance to ever be recorded.
The DVD contains four songs from what would be the last ever Johnny Thunders concert to be filmed or videotaped, from a club date in Osaka shot 5 days prior to the performance that is the bulk of Disc 2, and is essentially a sampler for the DVD of the full concert, Who's Been Talking?... In Concert.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Pipeline"
  2. "Blame It On Mom"
  3. "Personality Crisis"
  4. "I Can Tell"
  5. "Dead Or Alive"
  6. "Can't Keep My Eyes On You"
  7. "I Ain't Superstitious"
  8. Medley: "Too Much Junkie Business"/"Pills" /
  9. *Both songs were erroneously credited to Johnny Thunders on the inner sleeve.
  10. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"
  11. "Eve of Destruction"
  12. "It's Not Enough"
  13. "Lonely Planet Boy"
  14. "The Wizard"
  15. "Play With Fire"
  16. "Green Onions"
  17. "In the Midnight Hour"
  18. "Sad Vacation"
  19. "Little Queenie"
  20. "Born To Lose"

    Disc two

  21. "Pipeline"
  22. "London Boys"
  23. "Too Much Junkie Business"
  24. *Erroneously credited to Johnny Thunders on the inner sleeve.
  25. "Chatterbox"
  26. "All By Myself"
  27. "Let Go"
  28. "So Alone"
  29. "Do You Love Me"
  30. *Erroneously credited to Johnny Thunders on the inner sleeve.
  31. Get Off The Phone
  32. *Erroneously credited to Johnny Thunders on the inner sleeve.
  33. "Chinese Rocks"
  34. *Erroneously credited to Johnny Thunders on the inner sleeve.
  35. "As Tears Go By"
  36. "Joey"
  37. *Erroneously titled "Joey Joey" on the inner sleeve.
  38. "Society Makes Me Sad"
  39. "Disappointed In You"
  40. Eve of Destruction
  41. "I'd Rather Be With The Boys"
  42. "Ask Me No Questions"
  43. "Fool Killer"
  44. "It's Not Enough"
  45. "I Only Wrote This Song For You"
  46. *Credited to John Genzale, Thunders' real name, on the inner sleeve.
  47. "Lonely Planet Boy"
  48. "So Alone"
  49. "Somehearts "
  50. "It's Not What You Say"

    Disc Three (DVD)

  51. "Sad Vacation"
  52. "Too Much Junkie Business"
  53. "Personality Crisis"
  54. "Born To Lose"
Disc one recorded January 4, 1987 at The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles
Disc two, tracks 1-10 recorded December 21, 1980 at The Silverbird, Detroit
Disc two, tracks 11-24 recorded April 8, 1991 at Muse Hall, Osaka, Japan
Disc three filmed April 3, 1991 at Club Citta, Osaka, Japan