Chris Stein
and Deborah Harry formed Blondie in the mid-70s. The band was at the forefront
of the punk and new wave music revolutions of the period. They were eclectic in
the extreme.
They scored
overseas, but did not break in the US until 1978 when they released the classic
Parallel Lines.
They
provided an all-time classic and one of the great songs of the 80s for American Gigolo.
The first
song with a rap to hit #1:
The totally
changed their sound for their next album.
Tensions in
the band, a drop in album sales, drugs, and Chris Stein mortality in the face
of pemphigus broke the band up in 1982.
Blondie
reunited in the late 90s. They became the only band with #1 hits in three
decades. The band continues to tour...
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