Inger Lorre

Inger Lorre
Inger Lorre performing live, 1990.
Background information
Birth name	Lori Ann Wening
Also known as	Inger Lorre, Inger Lorre-Wening
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, glam punk
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Artist
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Geffen Records Sympathy for the Record Industry Triple X Records
Associated acts	The Nymphs Inger Lorre and Motel Shootout Jeff Buckley Henry Rollins Gun Club Chiefs of Infinity
Website	Inger Lorre on Myspace

Inger Lorre (born Lori Ann Wening) is an American singer who is best known for her bands The Nymphs and Motel Shootout.

The Nymphs spent the mid-to-late 80's honing their craft in New Jersey, but soon decided to try to make it big in California. They hadn't been there more than a few months before only Inger and guitarist Geoff Siegel were left, and replaced the other two with guitarist Sam Merrick, drummer Alex Kirst and bassist Cliff D. (Cliff Jones)

The band's distinctive sound, a mixture of punk rock and goth, glam and grunge, and image began to attract the attention of major record labels. At the time, the band simply wanted to sign to an Indie label, as most grunge and punk bands did before the 1991 success of Nirvana's Nevermind, but by 1989 the Nymphs were signed to Geffen Records with a nearly million-dollar recording contract. The band even made a brief appearance in the film Bad Influence performing "The Highway", a song Lorre wrote about a young girl infatuated by serial killer Richard Ramirez.

It was at about this time that the Nymphs began to have problems with their label. Almost 2 years had passed since the Nymphs had completed their album. Lorre was losing her battle with heroin and in an alcohol induced fit she urinated on the desk of A&R man Tom Zutaut. "Rolling Stone quipped, 'Talk about being pissed at your record label.'" The band fired Lorre when she refused to go on stage in Miami opening for Peter Murphy. An EP called The Practical Guide to Astral Projection was released the same year but it failed to chart.

Lorre returned to New Jersey for several years. A few spots here and there over time, where Lorre popped up in various places, never evolved into a Nymphs reunion or second album. In 1995, she teamed up with Motel Shootout and released the single Burn, on old friend Long Gone John's label, Sympathy for the Record Industry. She entered rehab and worked toward permanent recovery.