Que Sera Sera is a 1985 album by Johnny Thunders

Johnny Thunders

Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an American protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls...

. Johnny Thunders shot some New Yawk scoff into songs like the punk mission statement "Little Bit of Whore," "Short Lives", "Billy Boy", and "Endless Party" a searing instrumental ode to fallen original New York Dolls drummer Billy Murcia

Billy Murcia

Billy Murcia, born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Jackson Heights, New York, was the original drummer for the New York Dolls.Billy Murcia and Sylvain Sylvain both attended Quintano's School for Young Professionals, in the late sixties. It was at Quintano's that they met Johnny Thunders, also a...

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Thunders; except where indicated

1. "Short Lives" (Thunders, Patti Palladin) - 3:09
2. "M.I.A." - 2:47
3. "I Only Wrote This Song for You" - 2:32
4. "Little Bit of Whore" - 2:27
5. "Cool Operator" (Thunders, Keith George Yon) - 6:18
6. "Blame It on Mom" - 3:42
7. "Tie Me Up" (Thunders, Patti Palladin) - 3:11
8. "Alone in a Crowd" - 6:15
9. "Billy Boy" - 3:00
10. "Endless Party" - 2:41

Personnel

• Johnny Thunders - guitar, vocals
• Keith George Yon - bass
• Tony St. Helene - drums
• Wilko Johnson
  Wilko Johnson
  Wilko Johnson is an English guitarist and songwriter, particularly associated with the UK rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in the 1970s.-Career:...
  
   - guitar on 5 & 10
• Michael Monroe
  Michael Monroe
  Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm , best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician, and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23...
  
   - saxophone, harmonica
• John Perry
  John Perry (musician)
  John Perry is an English rock guitarist. He is most recognised for his involvement with the English new wave rock band, The Only Ones. Other bands in which he played include The Ratbites from Hell and Decline and Fall .Perry formed The Only Ones with Peter Perrett in 1976...
  
   - guitar, keyboards, vocals on 4, 8 & 10
• Patti Palladin - vocals
• Nasty Suicide
  Nasty Suicide
  Nasty Suicide is the ex-rhythm and lead guitarist for Hanoi Rocks between 1979-1985. Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band that combined elements of punk, glam rock, rock and roll, and blues. Before his tenure in Hanoi Rocks, Suicide played guitar in a Finnish punk band called Briard in the late...
  
   - guitar on 1
• Stiv Bators
  Stiv Bators
  Stiv Bators , was an American punk rockvocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands, The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.- Music and film career :...
  
   - backing vocals on 10
• Dave Tregunna - backing vocals on 10
• Pedro Ortiz - percussion
• J.C. Carroll - mandolin, accordion
• Henri-Paul - guitar
• John "Irish" Earle - saxophone
• Judd Lander - mouth organ
• Nina Antonia
  Nina Antonia
  Nina Antonia is an English music journalist and author. She has written articles and books about punk-rock era recording artists, including Johnny Thunders and Peter Perrett and has contributed to Mojo and Spiral Scratch magazines, written liner notes for The Stooges live recording Studio Sessions...
  
  - liner notes
• Lee Black Childers - photography