To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing

Walter Lure was a witness to the birth of UK punk and tells his story in To Hell and Back, a thrilling ride through the clubs and dives of two continents. He paints a vivid portrait of life in both cities during the most crucial musical uprising of the past forty years, including his own battle with drugs and his rise to become a Wall Street fixture.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 280 pages
\n Publication date: 01 June 2021
\n Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Few books have been written about Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, but only by those who weren't there. Walter Lure was a witness and midwife to the birth of UK punk, from the band's chaotic beginnings on New York's Lower East Side to a now-legendary UK tour with the Sex Pistols and the Clash, and on to a yearlong stay in London.

Now, he tells his story in To Hell and Back, a thrilling ride through the clubs and dives of two continents, in the company of one of the most notorious junkies in rock 'n' roll history. Drawing from his own contemporary journals, Lure paints a vivid portrait of life in both cities, during perhaps the most crucial musical uprising of the past forty years. The music, the characters, the clothes, the fights, the drugs, the orgies, the lot.

Lure lays bare his own battle with drugs and reflects upon his life after the band's split, rising to become a Wall Street fixture yet still finding time to make music.

\n Weight: 450g\n
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781493059881\n \n