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At least one use of his work got a band prosecuted. “Bay Area punks the Dead Kennedys included a poster of Giger’s Landscape #XX, also known as Penis Landscape (the image depicted rows of erect phalluses in coitus), in the packaging of their 1985 album Frankenchrist,” writes Rolling Stone, “and were subsequently put on trial for obscenity.”
- ‘Goldfinger’ – Shirley Bassey
- ‘Please, Please Me’ – The Beatles
- ‘I’m Gonna Love You Too’ – Buddy Holly
- ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ – T. Rex
- ‘Pet Sematary’ – Ramones
- ‘Venus in Furs’ – Velvet Underground
- ‘Heroes’ – David Bowie
- ‘Ring of Fire’ – Johnny Cash
- ‘Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
- ‘I Feel Love’ – Donna Summer
Blondie has an on-off relationship with James Bond. The band once produced their own Bond theme tunein 1981 only for it to be rejected by producers. Before that though, they took on this Shirley Bassey classic with aplomb and delivered a searing rendition of the classic Bond tune. The band delivered a punk version of the track that has to rank amon...
Included as a bonus track on their ninth studio album Panic of Girlsas part of the release in Japan, Blondie’s cover of The Beatles 1963 hit ‘Please, Please Me’ is an absolute joy. One of the Fab Four’s earliest songs, the track is a pop masterclass and showed how effortlessly the Liverpudlians could slip into a commercial mindset, arguably somethi...
One big hit to come out of Blondie’s album Plastic Letters was the cover of Randy & The Rainbows ‘Denis’. Given its popularity, Chrysalis Records decided to tempt the band with another, this time using their cover of ‘I’m Gonna Love You Too’ as the lead single from Parallel Linesin the US. While it could fall into the category of ‘Denis’ and ‘Hangi...
Bedazzled rockers T-Rex had grown a large reputation before their singer, Marc Bolan, died tragically in a car accident in 1977. With songs like ‘Bang A Gong’, ‘Children of the Revolution’, ‘Ride A White Swan,’ and ’20th Century Boy’, T- Rex and Bolan kicked the hard purist rock in the balls and ran off giggling. It was this sentiment and swift kic...
Harry and The Ramones have always been pals. Their friendship stretches back to the first murmurings of punk in surrounding the iconic venue CBGB’s. They may have met in the fiery flashes of New York’s underbelly but their friendship remained steadfast throughout their careers. It’s a friendship that has seen countless photos and shared moments sur...
Covers of the Velvet Underground very rarely match the intensity that the band emanated in New York during the 1960s—but if anyone matched their burning passion it would the enigmatic singer Harry. The song, released by the Lou Reed-led band on their iconic album The Velvet Underground & Nico, acts as an archetypal song from the group’s extensive b...
Just three years after Bowie and his partner in crime Brian Eno wrote, recorded, and released ‘Heroes’, Harry and her own Blondie bandmates were taking it on the road for special moments, covering the track occasionally as part of their live show, leaving a shaking audience as they did. Blondie, who had notably covered the track during performances...
When one thinks of Blondie they think of effortless cool, dusky New York nights and the pulsating electricity of new wave punk. It makes the moment Debbie Harry and Blondie went country to cover Johnny Cash’s iconic hit ‘Ring of Fire’ all the more rewarding. The idea of Harry’s heavenly vocals trying to reach the dark depths of Cash’s gravel toned ...
One of the most achingly beautiful covers on the list comes from a solo Debbie Harry show as she covers the beautiful Rolling Stones song‘Wild Horses’. Far removed from the hip-swinging sound that they made their name on, this track was the band exploring their emotions a little more intently. Debbie Harry not only connects with the material but ma...
When Blondie truly broke into the scene it was clear that they were the bridge between the avant-garde aggression of punk with the shining glitter of the disco era. With their song ‘Heart of Glass’, they managed to effortlessly bring the two opposing worlds together. Just one year later and the band were performing a classic cover of the Donna Summ...
Giger’s grotesque Gothic art graced the cover of Harry’s debut solo album KooKoo in 1981—he worked with an airbrush to enhance Harry’s photograph and clothed her in a bodysuit painted head-to-foot in the video for her single Backfired. Blondie eventually reformed and toured, and Debbie Harry, now aged 74, continues with a solo career.
5. Singles. 25. American singer Deborah Harry has released five studio albums, five compilation albums and 24 singles. Until 1988, Harry used her nickname "Debbie" on all releases but she is now known professionally as Deborah Harry.
Gelatin silver print of Debbie Harry and Marianne Faithful Backstage at Blondie Concert by Andy Warhol, 1982. Hedges Projects. US$30,000. Andy Warhol. Photograph of Debbie Harry (Blondie) Seated, 1986. Hedges Projects. US$25,000. Andy Warhol. Ladies and Gentlemen (Helen/Harry Morales), 1975.
Sep 30, 2019 · Blondie’s 1978 album “Parallel Lines" produced several hits, including the 1979 single “Heart of Glass," written by Harry and Stein, which became one of the band’s four No. 1 songs on the ...
Jul 12, 2017 · In the spring of 1980, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie met H.R. Giger at a party at the Hansen Gallery in New York City, which was showing an exhibit of Giger’s Alien paintings. Giger was actually on his way back from Los Angeles, where he had just received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in recognition of his groundbreaking work on the movie. Giger later gave the following ...
