Walter Lure

One of the original members of Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, Walter Lure maintained a fairly consistent career in the face of working with some rather tumultuous characters. After the "official" breakup of the Heartbreakers in 1977 -- the band would continue to play the occasional gig right up until Johnny Thunders' death in 1991 -- Lure worked with the Ramones on their LPs Subterranean Jungle and Too Tough to Die, released a single with the Blessed, and started a number of bands, including the Hurricanes, the Heroes, and the Waldos, who released their debut, Rent Party, in ...