This film examines Thunders' career from the early '70s as a founding member of the influential New York Dolls; the birth of the punk scene with the Heartbreakers in New York City and London; Gang War and the Oddballs.

Interviewees: Sylvain Sylvain, Lenny Kaye, Walter Lure, Billy Rath, Bob Gruen, Terry Chimes, Alan Vega, Peter Perrett, Sami Yaffa, BP Fallon, three of his late managers: Marty Thau, Leee Black Childers and Malcolm McLaren, and many others.

The film includes forty songs with historic film of Johnny, including unseen New York Dolls and Heartbreakers footage and photos.