rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (03/31/84)
I take personal exception to the statement about Richard Hell and the
Voidoids being "worthless". Hell was a founder member of Television,
one of the most influential bands to come out of the New York new music
scene in the mid-70s. It was he who single-handedly defined what became
known as the punk style of dress---torn shirts and safety pins---stolen
by Malcolm McLaren to stylize the Sex Pistols. The Voidoids had some
other good songs besides "Blank Generation", including "Love Comes
in Spurts" (originally co-written with Television's Tom Verlaine back when
TV was called the Neon Boys), and the recently released "Kid with the
Replaceable Head". Both feature the guitar work of Voidoid Robert Quine,
one of the sharpest guitarists (a Berklee graduate, for those who feel
that lends an aura of importance) in the NY new music scene. Of course,
Marc Bell (aka Markie Ramone) was a Voidoid, so that's four strikes against
them right there. I honestly don't believe that he played on the
Blank Generation album (though credited with doing so) because his
condition ("Huh...whaaa...where...zzzz") prevented him from playing that
well.
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