Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' Billy Rath Dead at 66
. The Heartbreakers continued to reform for occasional shows, but Rath bowed out in 1985 and did not return. After a short stint as a member of Iggy Pop's band he retrained as a psychologist and began working as an addiction counsellor. He'd been working with his own band, Billy Rath's Street Pirates, until his illness forced him to move into a care home. He left the facility to be with his family in his final days. Commenting on the Heartbreakers' notoriety, the bassist said in a 2012 interview: "We didn't make trouble - we made and played NYC rock 'n' roll. The Heartbreakers were a rock 'n' roll band, not a punk band that pushed anarchy. We wrote love songs, not fight songs." more on this story Classic Rock Magazine is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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