Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop

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Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop
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From unreleased music to promotional flyers, photos, a mirrored dressing room sign, and even a stray Andy Warhol print, Blondie's out with a new box set, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982.

."A scene started kind of coming around us," Johansen explains."And it was beautiful, a lot of people who would see each other on the street, and this gave them a chance to be in the same kind of place."

In August of 1973, Mercer Arts literally collapsed. But a few months later, CBGB opened blocks away, and that's where Stein and Harry's new band Blondie played its first gig in the spring of 1974.remembers working the door:"I would say for the first year of Blondie, you know, they were kind of looked at, quite frankly, as the band least likely to succeed.

The band's self-titled 1976 debut album featured '60s pop sounds, such as girl groups and surf rock, filtered through a prism of glitter and grit. Blondie's look matched that sound. The guys wore shades, thrift store suits and skinny ties. Debbie Harry bleached her hair but let her dark roots show —."I was very fascinated by these women that had this kind of glowing image on film," Harry explains."It seemed like something that I could do.

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