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CURRENT MEMBERS: Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, and Jimmy Destri
RECORD LABEL: BMG / Beyond
BIGGEST SINGLE: "Call Me" (1980)
BIGGEST LP: Parallel Lines (1978)
We're a pop art band. Not a pop band. - Chris Stein, Blondie, 1999

BIO

Blondie was one of the few "new wave" bands that grew out of the punk sound of the 70s and found pop and alternative success in the 80s. Blondie consisted of  Deborah Harry (vocals), Chris Stein (on guitar), Frank Infante (on guitar), Clement Burke (on drums), Gary Valentine (on bass until replaced by Infante), Nigel Harrison on  bass), and James Destri (on keyboards). The band formed in New York in 1974 after Harry left a folk-rock group called Wind In The Willows (she had previously been in an all-girl band called The Stilettoes where she met Stein). The band's name is said to have come from what truck drivers used to call Harry when she walked by....

CHRONOLOGY

1976 - Blondie released their first LP, Blondie....
 

Source: Rock On The Net (adapted and edited by Allan Metz)
 

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