Francis, Mr Frankie, decides to return to the neighbourhood where he grew up. He had left there following a personal rock'n'roll dream that lead him to a brush with toxic and ephemeral fame. Now Francis wants to leave misery and drug addiction behind. But his old neighbourhood is a ruin through which wander his father, half-sister, first love and a few friends. Francis wants to start afresh and do things properly. The problem is the short cuts, the three-minute songs, the impossibility of forgetting who he was. For Francis, a straight line is the the most convoluted path between two points. For the moment, it's not him who pays his bills and nights out, but that can't go on for long. He's going to need more than promises to make his way in life. That, once, was Johnny Thunders.