Blondie is an American rock band from New York that released six albums between 1976 and 1982 and had four US No. 1 hits: “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” “The Tide Is High,” and “Rapture.” They sprung from the mid-Seventies new wave scene on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, formed by singer Debbie Harry and her […]
The Wind in the Willows were an American folk-rock/psych band from New York that released a self-titled album on Capitol in 1968. They took their name from the 1908 children’s literary classic by British writer Kenneth Grahame. Co-vocalist Deborah Harry reemerged a decade later as the frontwoman of Blondie. Members: Deborah Harry (vocals, Indian tambura, […]
The Jazz Passengers were an American avant-jazz band from NYC that released a pair of albums on Les Disques du Crépuscule in 1987/88, followed by Implement Yourself on New World Records/CounterCurrents in 1990. During the subsequent seven-year period, the band released two albums apiece on the Knitting Factory, High Street, and 32 labels, including two […]
