Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, then both equally most effective regarded for their star-turns as element of the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players" troupe on TV's "Saturday Night Live," took their recurring "Blues Brothers" SNL sketch to the major.
An ad was positioned in Melody Maker for a "Whizz Kid Guitarist. Not more mature than twenty. Not even worse wanting than Johnny Thunders" (referring to the lead guitarist of the New York Dolls, and later on the Heartbreakers).