JOHNNY THUNDERS TEAMS UP WITH WAYNE KRAMER SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF HIS SO ALONE LP AND THE BREAK-UP OF THE HEARTBREAKERS. THIS OCCURS IN SUMMER OF 1979 IN DETROIT AFTER MOVING HIS FAMILY TO MICHIGAN. WAYNE HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM LONDON WHERE HE RELEASED AN LP. THEY RECRUIT RON COOKE ON BASS FROM MITCH RYDER'S DETROIT /SONIC'S RENDEZVOUS BAND. THEY PERFORM ONE GIG AT HUEYS IN CHICAGO WITH DRUMMER VINNIE MATLAND. AFTER THAT JOHNNY MORGAN IS BROUGHT IN ON DRUMS FRESH OFF HIS SUMMER TOUR OF EUROPE WHERE HE PERFORMED AT THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLAND OPENING FOR WEATHER REPORT AND WILLIE BOBO. GANG WAR REHEARSES AT JOHNNY MORGAN'S PARENT'S HOUSE IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN AND GARY BURMELE'S HOUSE IN DEXTER, MICHIGAN WHERE JOHNNY AND HIS FAMILY ARE STAYING. THEY PERFORM ONE GIG AT AN EAST DETROIT NIGHT CLUB WITH THE REPUTATIONS/TORPEDOS OPENING THE SHOW. THEN IT'S OFF TO TORONTO ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1979 FOR TWO NIGHTS AT LARRY'S HIDEAWAY WHERE THE LEGENDARY LIVE RECORDINGS ARE MADE. WAYNE RECORDS A VIDEO OF THE HARDER THEY COME IN THE PARK FOR A LOCAL TV STATION WITH RON COOKE AND JOHNNY MORGAN. GANG WAR RECORDS SEVERAL DEMOS AT MORGAN SOUND IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN FOR SLASH RECORDS. THESE INCLUDE CRIME OF THE CENTURY, CALL ME GYPSY, HEY THANKS, AND M.I.A.. THEY MAKE SEVERAL EAST COAST TOURS THAT INCLUDE OPENING FOR THE CLASH IN WORSTER, MASSACHUSETTS. THEY ARE THE FIRST BAND TO PLAY THE RITZ IN NYC. THEY PERFORM AT THE HEAT, TRUDY HELLAR'S, MAX'S KANSAS CITY, THE MUD CLUB, MY FATHER'S PLACE ON LONG ISLAND AND THE FAST LANE IN ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY. MORE TO FOLLOW....
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