Editing Johnny Thunders (section)

==Solo career, Gang War and Heartbreakers reunions==
Thunders stayed in London and recorded the first of a number of solo albums, beginning with ''[[So Alone (album)|So Alone]]'' in 1978.<ref name="Larkin"/> The drug-fuelled recording sessions featured a core band of Thunders, bassist [[Phil Lynott]], drummer [[Paul Cook]] and guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], with guest appearances from [[Chrissie Hynde]], [[Steve Marriott]], [[Walter Lure]], [[Billy Rath]] and [[Peter Perrett]].<ref name="Larkin"/> The CD version of the album contains four bonus tracks, including the single "Dead or Alive" and a cover of the early [[Marc Bolan]] song "The Wizard". 

Soon afterwards, Thunders moved back to the US, joining former Heartbreakers Walter Lure, Billy Rath and sometimes Jerry Nolan for gigs at [[Max's Kansas City]] venue in New York City. Around this time Thunders played a small number of gigs at London's [[The Speakeasy Club]] with a line up including Cook and Jones, Henri Paul on bass and [[Judy Nylon]] and [[Patti Palladin]] ([[Snatch (band)|Snatch]]) as back up vocalists.

[[File:Johnny Thunders.jpg|thumb|222px|In Ann Arbor, Michigan, c. 1980]]
In late 1979, Thunders moved to Detroit with his wife Julie and began performing in a band called Gang War.<ref name="Larkin"/> Other members included John Morgan, Ron Cooke, Philippe Marcade and former [[MC5]] guitarist [[Wayne Kramer]].<ref name="Larkin"/> They recorded several demos and performed live several times before disbanding. [[Zodiac Records]] released an [[Extended play|EP]] of their demos in 1987. In 1990 they also released a live album titled ''Gang War'', which was credited to Thunders and Kramer.

During the early 1980s, Thunders re-formed The Heartbreakers for various tours; the group recorded their final album, ''Live at the Lyceum'', in 1984.<ref name="Larkin"/> The concert was also filmed and released as a video and later a DVD titled ''Dead Or Alive''.

In the 1980s, Thunders lived in [[Paris]] and [[Stockholm]] with his wife and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is the story of Johnny Thunders and his years in Sweden |url=http://johnnythunders.rocks/story-johnny-thunders-years-sweden/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155840/http://johnnythunders.rocks/story-johnny-thunders-years-sweden/ |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> In 1985, he released ''[[Que Sera Sera (album)|Que Sera Sera]]'', a collection of new songs with his then band The Black Cats, and "[[Crawfish (song)|Crawfish]]", a duet with former Snatch vocalist [[Patti Palladin]]. Three years later, he again teamed up with Palladin to release ''[[Copy Cats (album)|Copy Cats]]'', a covers album. The album, produced by Palladin, featured a wide assortment of musicians to recreate the 1950s and 1960s sound of the originals, including [[Alexander Balanescu]] on violin, [[Bob Andrews (keyboardist)|Bob Andrews]] on piano, [[The Only Ones]] [[John Perry (musician)|John Perry]] and others on guitar, and a horn section.<ref name="Larkin" />