Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers

The Heartbreakers were a punk rock group formed in New York in May 1975 by Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums) who had just quit the New York Dolls and Richard Hell and the Voidoids (vocals/bass)/ the man, not the group/ who left Television the same week. After a few shows they added Walter Lure (vocals/guitar) who had played with a group called the Demons. In 1976 Hell was kicked out (for trying to persuade Jerry Nolan and Walter Lure to kick Johnny Thunders out, but Jerry Nolan was too good of friends with Johnny and kicked Richard Hell out of the group) and was replaced by Billy Rath who according to legend was a gigolo. Hell went on to form his own band Richard Hell and the Voidoids.