VINYL FORMAT. This is the way this record was meant to be heard. Richard Hell was one of the first men in the emerging NYC punk rock as an early member of both Television and the Heartbreakers (he left both groups before they could record), but his own version of punk wasn't much like anyone else's. While Hell's debut album, "Blank Generation," remains one of the most powerful to come from punk's first wave, anyone expecting a Ramones/Dead Boys-style frontal assault from this set had better readjust their e   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! This double CD contains rare and previously unreleased material ranging from the Heartbreakers in 1975 (when Hell co-founded the band with former New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan) through the Voidoids in various configurations from 1977 to 1983, featuring many performances by original band members Ivan Julian and Robert Quine and some by Marc Bell (which band members variously went on to play with Matthew Sweet, Lloyd Cole, Lou Reed, and the Ramones), as well    [ read more ]

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Kentucky-born Richard Meyers migrated to NYC in the mid-60s, later followed by his old friend Tom Miller; they soon changed their last names, respectively, to Hell and Verlaine. Their first band, The Neon Boys, underwent its own rechristening, becoming television, and thus NYC's punk scene was born with their legendary CBGB shows. Hell founded several other groundbreaking groups: The Heartbreakers, the impeccable punk outfit The Voidoids, and most recently, Dim Stars. One of the most literate and musically    [ read more ]

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Richard Hell was one of the first men on the scene when punk rock first began to emerge in New York City as an early member of both Television and the Heartbreakers (he left both groups before they could record), but his own version of punk wasn't much like anyone else's, and while Hell's debut album, Blank Generation, remains one of the most powerful to come from punk's first wave, anyone expecting a Ramones/Dead Boys-style frontal assault from this set had better readjust the   [ read more ]

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