One of the most versatile classic rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s was Blondie. Blondie songs took ideas from many genres, including disco, rock, pop, new wave, doo-wop, rap, and reggae. It’s ...
The way we think about new wave today is very different from how it was perceived in its own time, when it was essentially ...
Veteran manager and recording executive Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. is adding 197 songs written by Blondie co-founders Debbie Harry and Chris Stein to its $1 billion-plus portfolio.
Blondie’s “Call Me” sounds like a Kiss song that was supposed to combine multiple genres. Gene Simmons hated the song in question from the first time he heard it. He may have made peace with it ...
Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” topped the charts as the band’s first number-one hit in the U.S. 44 years ago. But the song was in the works long before its 1978 release. Fans can hear a previously ...
Bass players don't often get the love they deserve. I know this, because I'm a bass player. While the lead vocalists and ...
The song once carried a far more provocative title, helping make the band's debut release an unforgettable one.
Blondie is a band that lures you in with a siren call and then smashes your head straight into a mirror. And you’ll happily let it happen again, and again, and again. It’s an honor to be concussed, ...
Veteran manager and recording executive Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. is adding 197 songs written by Blondie co-founders Debbie Harry and Chris Stein to its $1 billion-plus portfolio.