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Richard Hell was one of the first men on the scene when punk rock emerged in New York City as an early member of both Television and the Heartbreakers (he left both groups before they could record). But his own version of punk wasn't much like anyone else's, and while Hell's debut album, Blank Generation, remains one of the most powerful to come from punk's first wave, those anticipating a Ramones/Dead Boys-style frontal assault from this set had better readjust their expectations. "Love Comes in Spurts" and "Liars Beware" proved the Voidoids could play fast and loud when they wanted to, but for the most part this group's formula was much more complicated than that. Guitarists Robert Quine and Ivan Julian bounced sharp, edgy patterns off each other that were more about psychological tension than brute force (though Quine's solos suggest a fragile grace beneath the surface of their neo-Beefheart chaos). And while most punk nihilism was of the simplistic "Everything Sucks" variety, Hell was (with the exception of Patti Smith) the most literate and consciously poetic figure in the New York punk scene. While there's little on the album that's friendly or life-affirming, there's a crackling intelligence to songs like "New Pleasure," "Betrayal Takes Two," and "Another World" that confirmed Hell had a truly unique lyrical voice, at once supremely self-confident and dismissive of nearly everything around him (sometimes including himself). Brittle and troubling but brimming with ideas and musical intelligence, Blank Generation was groundbreaking punk rock that followed no one's template, and today it sounds just as fresh -- and nearly as abrasive -- as it did when it first hit the racks.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - John C. Fogerty, Writer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Thomas R. Fogerty, Writer - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Rob Freeman, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - Don Hunerberg, RecordingEngineer - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Fred Wilkes, AssistantEngineer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Sire Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
DISC 2
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Composer, Producer, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Composer, Producer, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Composer, Producer, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - John C. Fogerty, Writer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Thomas R. Fogerty, Writer - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Producer, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Richard Gottehrer, Producer - Marc Bell, Drums - Greg Calbi, Masterer - Joël Cohen, AssistantEngineer - JERRY SOLOMON, RecordingEngineer - Robert Quine, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals - RICHARD HELL, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Voidoids, Arranger - Ivan Julian, Guitar, Background Vocals - Richard Hell & The Voidoids, MainArtist
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Albumbeschreibung
Richard Hell was one of the first men on the scene when punk rock emerged in New York City as an early member of both Television and the Heartbreakers (he left both groups before they could record). But his own version of punk wasn't much like anyone else's, and while Hell's debut album, Blank Generation, remains one of the most powerful to come from punk's first wave, those anticipating a Ramones/Dead Boys-style frontal assault from this set had better readjust their expectations. "Love Comes in Spurts" and "Liars Beware" proved the Voidoids could play fast and loud when they wanted to, but for the most part this group's formula was much more complicated than that. Guitarists Robert Quine and Ivan Julian bounced sharp, edgy patterns off each other that were more about psychological tension than brute force (though Quine's solos suggest a fragile grace beneath the surface of their neo-Beefheart chaos). And while most punk nihilism was of the simplistic "Everything Sucks" variety, Hell was (with the exception of Patti Smith) the most literate and consciously poetic figure in the New York punk scene. While there's little on the album that's friendly or life-affirming, there's a crackling intelligence to songs like "New Pleasure," "Betrayal Takes Two," and "Another World" that confirmed Hell had a truly unique lyrical voice, at once supremely self-confident and dismissive of nearly everything around him (sometimes including himself). Brittle and troubling but brimming with ideas and musical intelligence, Blank Generation was groundbreaking punk rock that followed no one's template, and today it sounds just as fresh -- and nearly as abrasive -- as it did when it first hit the racks.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:24
- Main artists: Richard Hell & The Voidoids
- Composer: Richard Hell
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Punk en New Wave
© 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2017 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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