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Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (Track 2409 218)

Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 15 October 1977

LET'S DISPENSE with some inevitables. One. Heartbreakers Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan were originally part of, the New York Dolls and, of course, we all know that the Dolls are to the tender young things of today what Woody Guthrie was to Zimmermann. You might call them inspirational prompters.

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