Posted on 08/19/2009 4:11:36 PM PDT by pissant
In the early 1990s, drummer Clem Burke, his band Blondie broken up in bitterness, was walking by the future site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. They were just pouring the concrete slab.
“I was doing a gig in Cleveland — I was playing in a band called the Romantics at the time. I remember I was drinking a beer and walking by the construction site. I tossed the bottle into the foundation. I thought that's as close to the Hall of Fame as I'll ever get,” Burke said.
But in 2006, Blondie, one of the great innovative bands in American rock, was back together, finally nominated and inducted on their first ballot into the Hall of Fame.
It might have been one of the most stressful and uncomfortable inductions ever. Singer Deborah Harry, Burke and the rest of Blondie, plus two former band members, were invited on stage. When it was time for Blondie to perform its greatest hits, the two former members asked Harry if they could play, too.
Harry refused. No way. And shooed them away. The two ex-mates made a stink on national television. It was a wonderfully creepy rock ' n' roll moment.
The dispatched members learned that when you leave a band and file a lawsuit, maybe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony isn't the time to make nice.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
OK. I’m out of it. I was thinking of Blondie and Dagwood.
Call ME....
Survivor Rock Star
Coming soon on FoX
Stevie Nicks comes to mind too..
Still looking good!
Never liked them .
Harry is beginning to resemble Hilary .
Not bad for thirty years.I didnt age that well.
She was a hottie! Back in the early 80s I saw her in Houston. Red leather outfit and so hot!!!!
The members of the Ramones considered Blondie to be sellouts but they understood you had to toe the corporate line to make money.
I think she’s aged really well.
If she’s blond then I’m the king of England.
Me too. -- ;)
One way or another
That doesn’t sound like the Ramones? Didn’t they base their music on bubblegum pop of the 60s?
Die young ,stay pretty......
Holy Cow!!! Debbie Harry has turned into Anne Murray!
Looks like she got off the drugs “Walk Like an Egyptian”
“Blondie” is one of the few comic strips that are truly funny. Compared to stuff in our paper like Doonesbury, Dilbert, Sally Forth, ... Blondie almost always makes me chuckle.
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