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Walter Lure has died. He was a guitarist in the punk band the Heartbreakers, not to be confused with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. (I heard that Richard Hell--who was in the punk Heartbreakers for a time--saw Petty and his band as they were just beginning and liked the name so much he stole it, not figuring Petty's band would go anywhere.)
They were a tremendously popular band in New York and London's underground scene of the 1970s, with one of the best live shows around. They were also major drug users, which made it tough to get a record deal.
Their only studio album was L.A.M.F. (perhaps you can figure out what that stands for). They were not happy with the production, though I think it sounds fine.
The band broke up before the end of the decade, though they re-formed occasionally for live shows. In 1991, their leader Johnny Thunders died. In 1992, drummer Jerry Nolan died. The original Heartbreakers were definitely done by that point.
Lure went on, interestingly enough, to become a Wall Street broker. But he would still perform every now and then, so it's good to know he never lost his love of music.
posted by LAGuy @ 2:07 PM
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I knew Johnny Thunders from the New York Dolls, but I hadn't heard any Heartbreakers music until now.
Didn't Steve Jones get recruited to the Sex Pistols from ad for "Whiz kid guitarist, not worse looking than Johnny Thunders"? The point of the ad, of course, was that it was a way of attracting London guitarists who had HEARD of Thunders.
What do you think of Peter Gabriel's 1979 prediction regarding punk (at 4:49 in this clip)? It makes me think of the Clash, who made two excellent punk albums (short three-chord rock'n'roll songs), followed by double and triple albums packed with organs, horn sections, violins, children's choirs, and the whole nine yards....
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