In September 1977, the band bought back its contract with Private Stock and signed with British label Chrysalis Records. The band signed with Private Stock Records and their debut album, Blondie, was issued in December 1976 but was initially not a commercial success. To fill out their sound, they recruited keyboard player Jimmy Destri in November 1975. In June 1975, the band's first recording came in the way of a demo produced by Alan Betrock. Blondie became regular performers at Max's Kansas City and CBGB. īy the spring of 1975, after some personnel turnover (including Ivan Kral on guitar and sisters Tish Bellomo and Snooky Bellomo on backing vocals), Stein and Harry were joined by drummer Clem Burke and bass player Gary Lachman.
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The name derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove past. Originally billed as Angel and the Snake for two shows in August 1974, they renamed themselves Blondie by October 1974. In July 1974, Stein and Harry parted ways with the Stilettoes and Elda Gentile, the band's originator, forming a new band with ex-Stilettoes bandmates Billy O'Connor (drums born October 4, 1953, Germany, died March 29, 2015, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and Fred Smith (bass). Harry had been a member of a folk-rock band, the Wind in the Willows, in the late 1960s. He joined the Stilettoes in 1973 as their guitarist and formed a romantic relationship with one of the band's vocalists, Debbie Harry, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny. Inspired by the burgeoning new music scene at the Mercer Arts Center in Manhattan, Chris Stein sought to join a similar band.
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1.6 2013–present: Ghosts of Download and Pollinator.1.5 2008–2012: Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour and Panic of Girls.1.4 1997–2007: Re-formation, No Exit and The Curse of Blondie.The band's eleventh studio album, Pollinator, was released on May 5, 2017.
Blondie has sold around 40 million records worldwide and is still active. The group toured and performed throughout the world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and their sixth number one single in the United Kingdom with " Maria" in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK No. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.
Over the next five years, the band achieved several hit singles including " Heart of Glass," " Call Me," " Atomic," " The Tide Is High," and " Rapture." The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, also incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music.īlondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album, The Hunter, in 1982. Their first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. The band was a pioneer in the American new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
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