Posts tagged "Richard Hell"
Rite I: The Patti Smith Story
Art / Forgiveness / Music / Suffering

Rite I: The Patti Smith Story

by David Browder on Mar 22, 2012 • 2 Comments

Where do the 1970s New York punk scene and liturgical nattering converge? Why, in the person of Patti Smith, of course. She is the most recognizable female punk rocker of the era and this is disputed by very few people. The only one who comes close is Bromley Contingent matriarch Siouxie Sioux.

A little-known fact is that Patti Smith was raised in a serious Jehovah’s Witness family. This is reflected consistently in her music as she continually challenges God, addressing Him as if He exists. One cannot help but identify with and admire her public conflicted-ness and questioning.  In a very…

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“You Will Be Like God…” The Richard Hell Story
Identity / Music / Theology/Religion

“You Will Be Like God…” The Richard Hell Story

by David Browder on Sep 23, 2011 • 6 Comments

In my all-too-obvious attempt to understand my childhood, I have undertaken a study of exactly what happened in the ‘80s, musically. In order to do that, one must understand the prerequisites. In this particular case, the prerequisites involve what happened at a club called CBGB which is located in the Bowery in Manhattan. It was the locus of the American underground rock ‘n roll scene in the mid-to-late 1970s. Cutting their teeth at CBGB at that time were such icons as The Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, Blondie, and Patti Smith.

There are many parts of that era that would interest a…

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