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PHOTOGRAPHY FEELS LIKE TIME TRAVEL
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PHOTOGRAPHY FEELS LIKE TIME TRAVEL
ALONGSIDE HIS GUITAR WORK IN BLONDIE, CHRIS STEIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CAPTIVATING PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE PORTRAITS OF FELLOW MUSICIANS AND THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF NEW YORK IS RESPECTED IN THE VISUAL ARTS WORLD. CHRIS EXCLUSIVELY DISCUSSES HIS OTHER MAJOR PASSION, TELLING CLASSIC POP WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR FRIENDS
JOHN EARLS
Debbie and Clem strolling down 14th Street in NYC –
Chris Stein’s favourite of his Blondie-related photos
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Classic Pop Presents
Blondie
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WELCOME
Editor @ClassicPopMag Call me romantic, but in one
POP’S TRUE SURVIVORS
THE 40 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED THE END OF BLONDIE’S ORIGINAL HIGH-WATERMARK SIGNIFIED A TUMULTUOUS PERIOD FOR THE GROUP –A ROCKY ROAD OF BURN-OUTS AND BREAKS-UP, SEPARATION, REGROUPING AND ULTIMATE REDEMPTION. BUT THROUGH THE MURK, THEY GRADUATED FROM FADING SENSATION TO ENDURING POP ROYALTY
NOBODY CONTROLS BLONDIE...
EXCEPT BLONDIE!
JACKIE 60: THE 90S CLUB SCENE
As Blondie’s early days were centred around the
EARLY YEARS
FROM THE BOWERY TO THE BEEB
IMMERSED IN NEW YORK’S UNDERGROUND, DEBBIE HARRY HUNG OUT WITH ANDY WARHOL AND EVEN CHAUFFEURED THE NEW YORK DOLLS, BUT WHEN SHE FINALLY MET CHRIS STEIN AND DITCHED THE GLITTER, A NEW VISION SLOWLY STIRRED INTO LIFE…
CHRIS STEIN: BLONDIE’S RENAISSANCE MAN
At the first Stilettos gig, Harry found herself
RECYCLING THE TRASH AESTHETIC
© Getty Woven into Blondie’s DNA right away
BLONDIE
BLONDIE BLONDIE
ARRIVING THROUGH THE VAPOURS OF PUNK TO CONJURE A HIP RETRO SHEEN, AMIDST 60S HEARTBREAK HOOKS AND STRIKING POP SAVVY, BLONDIE’S DEBUT ALBUM DELIVERED AN INJECTION OF YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE LACED WITH A TOUCH OF NOIR
HEARTS OF GLASS
OF ALL THE BANDS TO EMERGE FROM THE NEW YORK PUNK SCENE, BLONDIE WERE THE MOST STYLISH – AND THE GANG WHOSE MUSIC HAD THE BIGGEST PURE POP SPIRIT. BUT SUCH STYLE AND SPIRIT DOESN’T COME EASY. RAIDED FROM THE CLASSIC POP ARCHIVE FROM 2013, THIS INTERVIEW WITH DEBBIE HARRY AND CHRIS STEIN REVEALS BLONDIE WEREN’T IN AS MUCH CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY AS YOU MIGHT THINK
TOP 2O ESSENTIAL TRACKS
ENCOMPASSING GARAGE ROCK, DISCO, POWER POP, REGGAE AND RAP, THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF STYLES TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN COMPILING A BLONDIE TOP 20. OUR SELECTION INCLUDES ALL OF THE BAND’S SIX UK NO.1 HITS TOGETHER WITH SOME KILLER ALBUM TRACKS
CRAIG LEON
NO EXIT STRATEGY
RECORD PRODUCER CRAIG LEON PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN TWO MAJOR MILESTONES IN BLONDIE’S CAREER: THEIR INITIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEW YORK SCENE AND THEIR PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL COMEBACK SOME 20 YEARS LATER. CLASSIC POP CAUGHT UP WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY VETERAN
ALBUM INSIGHT
PLASTIC LETTERS BLONDIE
A CREATIVE STEP FORWARD FROM THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT AND BLESSED WITH A PAIR OF SWEETLY SEDUCTIVE SINGLES, ALBUM NUMBER TWO PROVIDES THE BAND WITH ITS FIRST, BIG COMMERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH
PARALLEL LINES BLONDIE
FORSAKING THEIR PUNK SOUND BUT NOT THEIR ATTITUDE, BLONDIE TEAMED UP WITH HITMAKER MIKE CHAPMAN FOR THEIR THIRD ALBUM WHICH EARNED THEM GLOBAL SUCCESS THANKS TO A STRING OF HITS AND THE UNDENIABLE STAR POWER OF THEIR CHARISMATIC FRONTWOMAN
THE SONGS
1 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Hanging On The
THE VIDEOS
PICTURE THIS A straight-up live performance clip, Picture
EAT TO THE BEAT BLONDIE
THE PRESSURE WAS ON TO MATCH THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PREVIOUS SMASH, WHICH MEANT THE RETURN OF PRODUCER MIKE CHAPMAN FOR ANOTHER HELPING OF HIGHLY-POLISHED POP
FULL SCREEN
The band cut a video for every one
AUTOAMERICAN BLONDIE
WITH A BOLD NEW DECADE UNDERWAY AND AT THE PEAK OF THEIR POWERS, FOR ALBUM NUMBER FIVE THE BAND SWAPPED NEW YORK FOR HOLLYWOOD, PUSHING SONIC BOUNDARIES WITH A PALETTE OF SKA, REGGAE, BLUES, FUNK… AND EVEN RAP
MARS RAPPER
Debbie, Fab Five Freddy, Grandmaster Flash and Tracy
THE HUNTER BLONDIE
DESPITE THE CHART SUCCESS OF AUTOAMERICAN FILLING THEIR SAILS, AS THEY ENTERED A NEW DECADE, BOTH THE NEW YORKERS’ BOND THEME AND THEIR LATEST STUDIO ALBUM WOULD REMAIN OVERLOOKED – BUT WERE FANS REALLY JUST AFTER THE BLONDIE OF OLD?
NO EXIT BLONDIE
IT WAS THE COMEBACK RECORD THAT REAFFIRMED BLONDIE’S RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE ROCK ELITE, BUT THE HIT TRACK BELIES ITS EXPERIMENTATION. ALBUM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION FROM A GROUP STILL UNAFRAID TO TAKE CREATIVE RISKS AND ALSO HAVE SOME FUN ON THE WAY
THE CURSE OF BLONDIE BLONDIE
BY THE TURN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, BLONDIE HAD RETURNED TO FULL STRENGTH WITH AN INTERNATIONAL HIT SINGLE AND ITS ACCOMPANYING – CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED – ALBUM CLOSING OUT THE PREVIOUS DECADE. FRUSTRATINGLY FOR DEBBIE AND THE BOYS, WITH LOST TAPES AND FALSE STARTS, THE CURSE OF BLONDIE WOULD SPLIT THEIR AUDIENCE…
PANIC OF GIRLS BLONDIE
WHILE THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUM IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING THE LOWEST-CHARTING ALBUM IN THE BLONDIE CANON, AT LEAST IT DIDN’T SUFFER THE FATE OF ITS WOODSTOCK-RECORDED FOLLOW-UP, THE FIRST TO BE MADE WITHOUT JIMMY DESTRI AND THE FIRST SINCE THEIR DEBUT TO SWERVE THE US CHARTS ALTOGETHER
GHOSTS OF DOWNLOAD BLONDIE
THIS LATE CAREER OUTLIER IN BLONDIE’S CATALOGUE SEES THEM JETTISON THE TRADEMARK BAND DYNAMIC FOR A RAZOR-SHARP, SYNTHED-UP COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ELECTRO-POP
POLLINATOR BLONDIE
WITH A PLAN TO TAKE OTHER PEOPLE’S SONGS AND GIVE THEM THE BLONDIE STAMP, DEBBIE AND CO FINALLY PUT THEMSELVES BACK IN THE FRAME WITH THEIR HIGHEST-CHARTING ALBUM FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES, A SET THAT TURNED UP THE GUITARS TO RECLAIM PAST GLORIES
FAIREY DUST
Debbie sidles up to Pollinator cover artist Shepard
CBGB
EAST SIDE STORY
ONE SCRUFFY VENUE CAUSED A MUSICAL REVOLUTION IN A ROUGH, DANGEROUS NEW YORK IN THE LATE-70S – AND DEBBIE HARRY BECAME ONE OF THE 80S MOST TALKED-ABOUT POP STARS BECAUSE OF IT. THIS IS THE CBGB STORY…
NEW YORK
BEST 10 TRACKS
BLONDIEMANIA
AT OM IC
BLONDIE FOUND (ALMOST) INSTANT MAINSTREAM SUCCESS IN EUROPE, AND EVEN THOUGH DEBBIE AND HER MOVIE-STAR LOOKS WOULD TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT, WITH THE US SOON TO SHARE THE LOVE, THERE WAS CLEARLY GOING TO BE FAR MORE TO THE PHENOMENON THAT WAS BLONDIEMANIA…
SOLO PROJECTS
BEYOND BLONDIE
IT WAS EVIDENT RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET THAT ALL THE CORE BAND MEMBERS COULD TURN THEIR HAND TO SONGWRITING, BUT HOW DID THEY GET ON WHEN THEY WENT ON TO PURSUE SEPARATE PROJECTS?
GIGER COUNTER
But who exactly is H.R. Giger, the inspiration
VIDEO ZONE
GOING IT ALONE Catch this fascinating round-up of solo artist Blondie clips on a YouTube near you…
BLONDIE IN CUBA
HAVANA AFFAIR
IN 2019, BLONDIE PLAYED AN HISTORIC SET OF GIGS IN COMMUNIST CUBA, SHORTLY BEFORE A GLOBAL LOCKDOWN PUT LIVE MUSIC ON HOLD INDEFINITELY. THE POP MILESTONE WAS CAPTURED IN A THRILLING NEW LIVE EP AND SHORT FILM, VIVIR EN LA HABANA – AND THERE IS A NEW STUDIO ALBUM ON THE WAY, TOO. DRUMMER CLEM BURKE AND FILM DIRECTOR ROB ROTH REVEAL ALL…
ON THE RECORD: A NEW BLONDIE STUDIO ALBUM?
“We have a lot of material in the
Q&A: DIRECTOR ROB ROTH ON THE ‘HAUNTED’VIBE OF HAVANA
“I’ve known Debbie for more than 30 years.
MATT KATZ-BOHEN
NEW NORMAL
AS THE FULL-TIME KEYBOARDIST IN BLONDIE SINCE 2008, MATT KATZ-BOHEN HAS LONG SINCE GOT OVER BEING A FANBOY AROUND DEBBIE, CHRIS AND CLEM. BUT HE STILL GETS TO DELIGHT IN THE TALES OF THE BAND’S EARLY YEARS – WHEN MATT’S NOT BEING A VERSATILE MUSICIAN CASUALLY ABLE TO WRITE CLASSIC BLONDIE-ESQUE SONGS. MATT TELLS CLASSIC POP OF HIS UNUSUAL EARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH DEBBIE…
DEBBIE HARRY ON FILM
A VISION OF YOU
AS DISTINCT A PRESENCE ON CELLULOID AS SH IS ON VINYL, THE FILM CAREER OF DEBBIE HARR SURPRISINGLY PROLIFIC. CLASSIC POP REACHES FOR THE POPCORN AND SETTLES BACK TO WATCH TH POP-PUNK PRINCESS IN ACTION…
Q + A
SHIRLEY MANSON
GARBAGE FRONTWOMAN AND ALL-ROUND CLASS ACT TELLS CLASSIC POP WHAT MAKES BLONDIE SO IMPORTANT TO HER AS AN ARTIST AND THE PIVOTAL ROLE THAT THE GROUP HAVE PLAYED THROUGHOUT HER CAREER
COLLABORATIONS
UNION CITY
AS SUCH AN ECLECTIC BAND, IT’S LITTLE WONDER THAT BLONDIE’S EXTRA-CURRICULAR SONIC INTERESTS ARE DAZZLINGLY DIVERSE TOO. FROM ARTY JAZZ TO 90S COVERS BANDS VIA PLAYING IN THEIR OWN TRIBUTE GROUP, IT SEEMS THAT ANYTHING WHICH LOOKS LIKE FUN IS SOMETHING BLONDIE ARE HAPPY TO CONSIDER. CLASSIC POP TRACES THE HISTORY OF CROSS-POLLINATION OUTSIDE OF BLONDIE
DEBBIE HARRY: STYLE ICON
YOU’VE GOTTA SEE HER
IN A CLASS ALL OF HER OWN WHEN IT COMES TO STYLE, DEBBIE HARRY IS KNOWN – AND ADORED – FOR HER COMPOSED SENSE OF GLAMOUR AND DARING ATTITUDE. NO WONDER SHE’S REACHED ICON STATUS IN BOTH MUSIC AND FASHION
CLASSIC POP MOMENT
BLONDIE AT THE HALL OF FAME 2006
© Getty Blondie were finally given their spot
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