Walter Lure

Walter Lure (born Walter C. Luhr Jr., April 22, 1949 – August 21, 2020) was an American rock guitarist and singer. He was a member of the rock group The Heartbreakers.

Biography Lure was born in Queens and raised in Floral Park, Long Island. He graduated from Fordham University with a degree majoring in English literature and minoring in chemistry, and was working at the Food and Drug Administration in New York while playing in a variety of local groups. He initially met Johnny Thunders in the early 1970s while attending concerts at the Fillmore East, and later became a fan of Thunders' group the New York Dolls. When the Dolls broke up in early 1975, Lure was playing in a glam rock band called the Demons, and successfully auditioned to join Thunders' new band The Heartbreakers. Lure's first gig with the Heartbreakers was at CBGB on July 4, 1975. As he wrote in his autobiography, "My last gig with the Demons was back at CBGB on the Friday of July 4 weekend, performing in front of about twenty people at two in the morning. My first gig with the Heartbreakers was the following evening in front of several hundred screaming maniacs, with a line around the block as well. It was a madhouse." Lure wrote and co-wrote many of the songs on the album, such as "One Track Mind", "Too Much Junkie Business", "All By Myself", and "Get Off The Phone", but the band broke up shortly after the album was released. after leaving the Heartbreakers. He took an entry-level job on Wall Street in the early 1980s, and after quitting heroin (to which he had become addicted while in the Heartbreakers), he became a successful asset manager, eventually working for Lehman Brothers until the firm went bankrupt in the 2008 crash. He spent the final part of his finance career at Neuberger Berman until retiring in 2015.

In early 2020, Lure published his memoir, To Hell And Back: My Life In Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers, In The Words Of The Last Man Standing.

Discography L.A.M.F. (1977, Track) L.A.M.F. Revisited (1984, Jungle) L.A.M.F. The Lost '77 Mixes (1994, Jungle) Live at Max's Kansas City (1979, Max's Kansas City Records) D.T.K. Live At The Speakeasy (1982, Jungle) Live At The Lyceum Ballroom 1984 (1985, Jungle) Live At Mothers (1991, Fanclub) What Goes Around (1991, Bomp!) Vive La Révolution (Live In Paris - Le Bataclan - December 8th 1977) (1992, Skydog) Thunderstorm in Detroit (Live At The Silverbird 21/12/80) (2002, Captain Trip Records)

Down To Kill (2005, Jungle) Walter Lure Live in Berlin (2008, Nicotine Records/Tornado Ride Records) Spilt Milk - The Last Ditches (2016, self-produced) L.A.M.F. Live at The Bowery Electric (2017 Jungle Records - FREUDLP124) Live in Tokyo (L.A.M.F With Mick Rossi - Slaughter And The Dogs) (2020 Secret Records) Rent Party - The Waldos (Walter Lure, Joey Pinter, Tony Coiro, Jeff West) (1994, Sympathy For The Record Industry)