BILLY -- WALTER -- JERRY -- JOHNNY: ROCK IN PEACE, HEARTBREAKERS.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on American rock 'n' roll/punk THE HEARTBREAKERS during their stint in London for the Anarchy Tour, c. 1976. 📸: Leer Black Childers. L to R:
Bassist Billy Rath (✝), second vocalist/rhythm guitarist Walter Lure (✝), drummer Jerry Nolan, and vocalist/lead guitarist Johnny Thunders (✝).
"They were probably the best band besides the Ramones and the Dictators, but they’re kind of like mythical, you know, because no one ever saw them. And when they did, Johnny was usually too drugged out to perform."
-- LEGS MCNEIL, co-founder of "Punk" magazine and co-author of “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” (1996)
Source: www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/arts/music/walter-lure-dead.amp.html
