He graduated from Fordham University with a degree in chemistry, and was working at the Food and Drug Administration in New York while playing in a variety of local groups.
[3] The band line-up of Johnny Thunders (guitar/vocals), Lure (guitar/vocals), Jerry Nolan (drums ) and Billy Rath (bass) did continue to perform "reunion" shows in New York City throughout the 1980s, and reunited for a England/European tour in 1984.
In 2016, with former Planets guitarist Binky Philips, Lure formed The Last Ditches, which was rounded out by former Black Sabbath drummer Bobby Rondinelli and bassist Randy Pratt.
The band members included Lure, Clem Burke from Blondie, Jesse Malin, Mike Ness from Social Distortion, and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.
The reunion shows in New York took place at the Bowery Electric in Manhattan on November 15 and 16, 2016, and were recorded for the release on an album released on Jungle Records in December 2017 with Lure (guitar/vocals), Wayne Kramer (guitar), Tommy Stinson (bass), Clem Burke (drums), and special guests Jesse Malin (vocals), Liza Colby (vocals) and Cheetah Chrome (guitar).
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.