Editing Weasel Walter (section)

==Career==

In 1990, Walter moved to Chicago to work with [[free jazz]] composer [[Hal Russell]] (born Harold Luttenbacher) at [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]].<ref name="Margasak 2002" /> The following year, Russell joined Walter in co-founding the band [[the Flying Luttenbachers]]; saxophonist Chad Organ played in the early trio lineup.<ref name="SF Weekly 2007">{{cite web |last1=Niimi |first1=J. |title=Spaz of All Trades |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/spaz-of-all-trades/ |website=SF Weekly |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=14 March 2007}}</ref> Russell left the band in the summer of 1992, and shortly after [[Ken Vandermark]] took his place for the recording of the band's first 7".<ref name="Sanchez 1996">{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=John |title=Music Notes: Flying Luttenbachers take off |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/music-notes-flying-luttenbachers-take-off/Content?oid=891508 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=12 September 1996}}</ref>

Walter was highly involved in cultivating what he deemed the "Chicago No Wave" scene,<ref name="Margasak 2002" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=The Toy Killers: from Weasel Walter's no wave archives to your ears |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2009/07/31/the-toy-killers-from-weasel-walters-no-wave-archives-to-your-ears |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=31 July 2009}}</ref> meeting new musicians and collaborators through the Luttenbachers' art rock-continuum gigs and the experimental improvised music series he ran at Myopic Books.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polidori |first1=Kendall |title=Myopic Books with a side of improvisational music |url=https://columbiachronicle.com/ef00f8ae-1b58-11e9-b2b7-87071309197e |website=The Columbia Chronicle |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=22 January 2019}}</ref> He graduated from Columbia College in 1995, with a final project, "Un-nerve", performed by a nonet including Ken Vandermark, Gene Coleman, Jim Baker, [[Kevin Drumm]], [[Jeb Bishop]], and Gustavo Leone.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Spot Check |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/spot-check/Content?oid=886349 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=22 December 1994}}</ref>

A prolific performing and recording artist, Walter was a founding member of projects including Miss High Heel (with [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] and [[Azita Youssefi|Azita]] of [[The Scissor Girls]]), Lake of Dracula (with Marlon Magas and Heather M. of the Scissor Girls), [[To Live and Shave in L.A. 2]], 7000 Dying Rats, and Hatewave.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=May 9, 2012 |title=Interview: Weasel Walter |url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-weasel-walter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916113308/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-weasel-walter/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=November 30, 2016 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]}}</ref>

Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2007/12/23/head-to-head-during-the-holidays |title=Head-to-head during the holidays |last=Margasak |first=Peter |website=Chicago Reader |date=23 December 2007 |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> where he reformed The Flying Luttenbachers with the addition of bassist Mike Green, guitarist Ed Rodriguez, and later [[Mick Barr]]. The Flying Luttenbachers officially disbanded in 2007.

In late 2009, Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join [[Behold... The Arctopus]] as the band's second drummer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-01-12/music/the-weasel-walter-welcome-wagon/2/ |title=The Weasel Walter Welcome Wagon |last=Cohan |first=Brad |date=2010-01-12 |newspaper=Village Voice |access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> He played on ''Horrorscension'', released in 2012, and in two tours before leaving the band in 2013. Walter continued finding new collaborators and formed a number of groups in New York, among them [[Cellular Chaos]], a band with [[Marc Edwards (drummer)|Marc Edwards]], Admiral Grey, and Ceci Moss.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohan |first1=Brad |title=Q&A: Admiral Grey And Ceci Moss Of Cellular Chaos On Getting Into People's Faces, Rolling Around On The Floor And Playing With Drummer Marc Edwards |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/08/15/qa-admiral-grey-and-ceci-moss-of-cellular-chaos-on-getting-into-peoples-faces-rolling-around-on-the-floor-and-playing-with-drummer-marc-edwards/ |website=The Village Voice |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=15 August 2012}}</ref>

In 2017, after a ten-year hiatus, the Flying Luttenbachers played several shows in France, with a new trio lineup of Walter, on drums, joined by bass guitarist [[Tim Dahl]] and guitarist Chris Welcome.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Mike |title=The Flying Luttenbachers reform for first shows in 10 years |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/flying-luttenbachers-reform-first-shows-10-years |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 February 2021 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref> In 2019, a quartet arrangement of the band released ''Shattered Dimension'', with Walter and Dahl joined by saxophonist Matt Nelson and guitarist Brandon Seabrook.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Hear Flying Luttenbachers' First New Music in 12 Years|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-luttenbachers-new-song-album-794996/|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=2019-02-26|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> Over the next several years, the varying lineup also included bassist Evan Lipson, guitarist [[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]], guitarist Wendy Eisenberg, guitarist Katie Battistoni, guitarist Alex Ward, and drummer Sam Ospovat.