Walter Lure, guitarist for the pioneering New York punk band Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers, has died. The Los Angeles club Starwood posted about his death: “Walter Lure (April 22, 1949 – ...

The post R.I.P. Walter Lure, Guitarist for Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers Dies at 71 appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Walter Lure, guitarist-vocalist for ’70s punk pioneers The ...

Walter Lure has died at the age of 71. The guitarist is best known for co-founding the Heartbreakers with New York Dolls’ Johnny Thunders. Though they only put out one album — 1977’s L.A.M.F. — the ...

Walter Lure, guitarist and longtime member of New York punk icons the Heartbreakers, has died of complications from lung and liver cancer, his label Cleopatra Records has confirmed. He was 71 years ...

The spotlight is on guitarist Johnny Thunders, best known for his stint with punk gods the New York Dolls, in this combination concert video and documentary chronicling his hedonistic, ...

Walter Lure, a co-founding member of '70s punk rock pioneers the Heartbreakers, died on Aug. 22 at the age of 71, friends confirmed. Soon after the New York City-based Heartbreakers played their first ...

So many years later, and still most musicians in the trashy rock’n’roll underbelly can’t shake that Ramones rush. In fact, there has been a Rockaway Beach-like surf rolling in for the past couple ...

“It was totally amazing. I’m going, ‘What is this? Some sort of zombies from the grave?’ ” says Lure. “It’s almost like some sort of a demon put a spell on this thing.” The album in question is The ...

McKagan began to tune in as a young teen in late 1978 to the Sex Pistols, the Vibrators, the Clash, Generation X, U.K. Subs and others, under the guidance of older friends and record shop owners. At ...

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Eric B & Rakim, Thursday, The Roots, Dead Meadow, Playboi Carti, Julian Lynch, and more. ‘L.A.M.F.’ tribute in pics (ft. Deborah ...

I know the exact moment I fell in love with Johnny Thunders. I had rented New York Doll, the documentary about The New York Dolls’ bass player Arthur Kane. Arther never had much success in the music ...

NEW YORK - MAY 19: Walter Lure of Joey Ramone Birthday Bashers perform at the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash 2007 at Irving Plaza's The Fillmore New York May 19, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Ray ...