Blondie: Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives is the definitive biography of Blondie, the iconic New York band led by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. One of the most iconic groups of their generation, Blondie experienced an unparalleled rise to global superstardom during the late 1970s, topping charts and breaking moulds.

This Omnibus Enhanced edition includes a Digital Timeline of Blondie's career packed with audio, video and images of tour nights, memorabilia, music videos and interviews. Additionally, throughout the book are links to curated playlists allowing you to hear Blondie's finest gems, their early influences and more.

Beginning with their childhoods, backgrounds and influences, Parallel Lives charts the development of Blondie towards their global success and fractured break-up; followed by their 1997 reformation, critical renaissance and controversial induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

Drawing upon extensive and revealing interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and other significant players, the Omnibus Enhanced Blondie: Parallel Lives is the definitive, eye-witness account of the group’s long and tumultuous existence. Co-author Kris Needs had established a friendship with Harry, Stein and the rest of the band that endures to this day. Now, as a trusted confidante, he finally reveals the full story.
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Blondie: Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives is the definitive biography of Blondie, the iconic New York band led by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. One of the most iconic groups of their generation, Blondie experienced an unparalleled rise to global superstardom during the late 1970s, topping charts and breaking moulds.

This Omnibus Enhanced edition includes a Digital Timeline of Blondie's career packed with audio, video and images of tour nights, memorabilia, music videos and interviews. Additionally, throughout the book are links to curated playlists allowing you to hear Blondie's finest gems, their early influences and more.

Beginning with their childhoods, backgrounds and influences, Parallel Lives charts the development of Blondie towards their global success and fractured break-up; followed by their 1997 reformation, critical renaissance and controversial induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

Drawing upon extensive and revealing interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and other significant players, the Omnibus Enhanced Blondie: Parallel Lives is the definitive, eye-witness account of the group’s long and tumultuous existence. Co-author Kris Needs had established a friendship with Harry, Stein and the rest of the band that endures to this day. Now, as a trusted confidante, he finally reveals the full story.
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Blondie: Parallel Lives

Blondie: Parallel Lives

by Dick Porter, Kris Needs
Blondie: Parallel Lives

Blondie: Parallel Lives

by Dick Porter, Kris Needs

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Overview

Parallel Lives is the definitive biography of Blondie, the iconic New York band led by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. One of the most iconic groups of their generation, Blondie experienced an unparalleled rise to global superstardom during the late 1970s, topping charts and breaking moulds.

This Omnibus Enhanced edition includes a Digital Timeline of Blondie's career packed with audio, video and images of tour nights, memorabilia, music videos and interviews. Additionally, throughout the book are links to curated playlists allowing you to hear Blondie's finest gems, their early influences and more.

Beginning with their childhoods, backgrounds and influences, Parallel Lives charts the development of Blondie towards their global success and fractured break-up; followed by their 1997 reformation, critical renaissance and controversial induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

Drawing upon extensive and revealing interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and other significant players, the Omnibus Enhanced Blondie: Parallel Lives is the definitive, eye-witness account of the group’s long and tumultuous existence. Co-author Kris Needs had established a friendship with Harry, Stein and the rest of the band that endures to this day. Now, as a trusted confidante, he finally reveals the full story.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780857127808
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Publication date: 02/13/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 376
File size: 18 MB
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About the Author


Kris Needs is a former NME journalist and Zigzag editor. He has written several rock biographies including Joe Strummer and the Legend of the Clash, The Scream: The Music Myths and Misbehavior of Primal Scream and Trash! The Complete New York Dolls. His acclaimed autobiography, Needs Must is scheduled for reissue in an expanded edition in 2011. He is a regular contributor to Record Collector and Mojo.
 
Dick Porter has gone on to write several rock biographies including Trash! and The Cramps: A Short History of Rock’n’Roll Psychosis. He is a regular contributor to the award winning Mudkiss website.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 An American Girl 1

2 Village Heads 17

3 Brave New Babylon 35

4 East Side Story 51

5 New York Rockers 67

6 Crossing the Thin Line 85

7 Flying Over With Bombs 111

8 Wrapped Like Candy 135

9 You Always Pay 159

10 Walking on Glass 179

11 Six Like Dice 203

12 No One Can Say We Didn't Hold Out for 15 Minutes 223

13 The Ice Cream Years 241

14 Unfinished Business 257

15 The Second Act 279

16 Much Better for A Girl Like Me 299

Acknowledgements 319

Bibliography 321

Selected Discography 327

Index 333

Interviews

Kris Needs - Aylesbury, Bucks UK
Dick Prter - Gwinear, Cornwall UK
 

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