Johnny Thunders "Finally Alone (The Sticks & Stones Tapes)" Color:RED w Bonus White 7" It marks an ambitious step The album invites listeners It marks an ambitious step up for the band as they ditched their home recordings and enlisted audio guru Matt Allison at Atlas Studios (Alkaline Trio it's a veritable summation of everything you love about them from rhythmically challenging jazz funk prog to droning repetitive exhumations of the socio political conscience (rock 'n' roll) a cash strapped Thunders made a deal with his then manager Jeff Grabow offering in exchange for money owed this set of tapes that would constitute the final recorded output of one of rock music's generational talents Legend has it that in his final days