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New York City (1974 – 1982, 1997 – present)

Blondie is an American band founded in New York City in 1974 by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American and punk scenes of the mid-1970s. With hits like “Atomic”, “Heart of Glass” and “Maria”, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

The original lineup consisted of Deborah Harry (vocals), Chris Stein (guitar, bass guitar), Clem Burke (drums, percussion), Jimmy Destri (keyboards) and Gary Valentine (bass guitar, guitar).

Blondie released their first album Blondie in 1976. The album was mildly successful and spawned the Australian hit single “In The Flesh”. Gary Valentine left the band later that year, and they continued briefly as a foursome, recording Plastic Letters which contained the hit “Denis”.

Valentine was replaced by Los Angeles-based musician Frank Infante (guitar, bass guitar) in 1977… Infante had already played guitar on one track on Plastic Letters. The band went out playing live with Infante and Stein swopping between playing guitar and bass guitar throughout each concert. The band also added British born but LA-based Nigel Harrison (bass guitar), making Blondie a six piece group for the first time. Harrison was a former member of the band Silverhead.

In 1978 they released the album that would make them international stars, Parallel Lines. The album spawned several hit singles, including the number one hit “Heart Of Glass”, “Sunday Girl”, “Hanging On The Telephone” and “One Way Or Another”.
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  • jesusnero

    Corona Capital 2013 n.n

    7 hours ago Reply

  • Rockation

    PICTURE THIS

    8 May 5:29am Reply

  • side_streets

    Gem : Call Me (12" Instrumental Version) <3

    28 Apr 9:29pm Reply

  • gokunirvana

    Many of their lyrics are pretty clever, "11:59" and "The Hardest Part" come to my mind right now. Other songs are written without any ambition (e.g. "Heart of Glass" and "Atomic"), yet they still have some unique lyricism. I don't see anything wrong with call it "brilliant", but as stupidstuff said, maybe "clever" fits better.

    25 Apr 12:50am Reply

  • stupidstuff

    Necrofilifobic, alright then, would _their clever lyricism_ be agreeable enough to you?

    23 Apr 9:08pm Reply

  • RedjMusic

    I saw Parallel lines played in entirety a few yrs ago here in NYC. My fave by Blondie since the late 70s when i had it on vinyl. swoon. Come back to NYC Blondie... :)

    21 Apr 10:55pm Reply

  • Necrofilifobic

    "their brilliant lyricism" Sorry, but no.

    21 Apr 5:07pm Reply

  • Lord_DeviL_

    .•*¨*•♫♪•<❤>_♪♫ॐ•_•ॐ♫♪+<❤>•♪♫•*¨*•.¸ ништяк)

    16 Apr 11:53am Reply

  • nicbernardi

    make a way! ♥

    13 Apr 8:21am Reply

  • allenap_03

    Blondie Rocks! Too the MAX! “Well, now you see what you wanna be Just have your party on TV ‘Cause the man from Mars won’t eat up bars Where the TV’s on Now he’s gone back up to space Where he won’t have a hassle with the human race And you hip-hop and you don’t stop Just blast off, sure shot ‘Cause the man from Mars Stopped eatin’ cars and eatin’ bars And now he only eats guitars Get up!”

    6 Apr 8:13pm Reply

  • Panecea

    Ava Deborah ♥

    4 Apr 4:26pm Reply

  • pure_emotion

    I love her sexy voice ..... ⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠

    2 Apr 3:02pm Reply

  • CDPETE01

    Loved Blondie since the 70s.

    30 Mar 5:31pm Reply

  • liquidnature

    their brilliant lyricism is almost completely overshadowed by their knack for composing pretty melodies.. apples and oranges though, I suppose

    20 Mar 8:07am Reply

  • glitterglitter

    love ♡

    20 Mar 4:59am Reply

  • Tizzy-Trash

    Amazing band, one of my all time favourites!

    6 Mar 12:45pm Reply

  • jrs1991

    They are such a cool band

    1 Mar 7:04pm Reply

  • bryansao

    Blondie – One Way or Another #3 on My Chart

    19 Feb 11:28pm Reply

  • Kexet1

    Atomic ♥

    17 Feb 12:17am Reply

  • little-bluebird

    run & hide ;)

    25 Jan 8:54pm Reply
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