Destiny street is a fine album, arguably better written than hells exponentially more talkedabout solo debut. Richard hell and the voidoids destiny street lyrics genius lyrics. Richard lester meyers born october 2, 1949, better known by his stage name richard hell, is an american singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. One of rocks true originals, richard hell real name lester meyers took inspiration not only from the directness of 1960s rock and roll but also. I was walking down the street today when i stepped off a curb into ten years ago i was ten years past, and i saw myself. Download the latest song of destiny street repaired. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from richard hell and the voidoids. Destiny street is the second and final studio album by american punk band richard hell and the voidoids. The original junkiepunk richard hell revisits destiny street. But richard hell on a bad day whips most crappy punk brats. The kid with the replaceable head, produced by nick lowe, the 7inch richard hellneon boys appeared. Ive just noticed that wikipedia mentions a new version of this album destiny street repaired where richard hell has redone some musical.
The other thing that richard hell did to repair destiny street was to rerecord his vocals. Richard hell and the voidoids destiny street repaired. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawnon shirts, often held together with safety pins. Richard hell repairs the voidoids 1982 album destiny street.
Richard hells most popular book is i dreamed i was a very clean tramp. Richard hell remakes album 27 years after first release. Richard hell has 19 books on goodreads with 7456 ratings. The best proof of how brazenly punk yoked new yorks posthippie avantgarde to rock and roll is two albums by richard hell. Spurts rhino, 2005 is a retrospective of richard hell, mostly drawn from blank generation and destiny street. John kenyon appreciation of hell s new destiny street repaired and revelatory interview w hell about album. Richard hell was the first person to ever shoot up heroin in front of me. This first pressing of destiny street repaired is a deluxe edition of numbered copies, each signed by richard hell. The 1978 35 mm color feature fiction film blank generation gets rereleased on dvd again and richard talks about it at the wall street journal. Not talking heads, who in the interest of comity hell barely mentions in his new book. Hell has told the story of telling quine to keep adding more guitar tracks because hell was too dope sick to come to the studio. Find richard hell discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Richard hell biography richard hell was born richard meyers on october 2, 1949, and was raised in lexington, kentucky. Granted, he got bill frisell, ivan julian and marc ribot to play some great new leads, but he erased robert fucking quine.
Singer and bass guitarist in the neon boys and television with schoolfriend tom verlaine, nyc midto late 1970s. Destiny street contains some of his best and most popular songs such as the kid with the replaceable head and time but richard always felt dissatisfied with the sound of the album. Richard hell and the voidoids destiny street repaired flac 292mb. The result, destiny street repaired, was a peculiar beast. The original junkiepunk richard hell revisits destiny street the original new york junkiepunk, richard hell, has taken another go at recording the album he was too wasted to do justice to the. Richard hell was one of the original punk rockers to emerge from new york city in the early to mid70s, and is often pointed to as a major influence by other subsequent punk bands whether it be with his music, poetry, or even fashion sense he was one of the first punks to wear ripped clothing. He is the author of i dreamed i was a very clean tramp ecco, an autobiography. Books by richard hell author of i dreamed i was a very. Richard hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion.
Richard hell destiny street repaired steve hoffman music. Listen to music from richard hell and the voidoids. Cd has same tracks with two additional bonus tracks which are eighttrack demos recorded 1979. Blank generation is the debut studio album by american punk rock band richard hell and the voidoids. Destiny street repaired better represents the intentions of the original 1982 sessions than does the destiny street that was released that. In doing so, it shows that hells musical and cultural contributions have been influential in their own right. Richard hell and the voidoids destiny street whats in. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. We were filming the photo comic the legend of nick detroit in early 1976, which would become the worstselling issue. Richard hell to show that punk is both derivative of and a reaction to literary and musical precedents.
Richard golub, nehemiah glanc, hal willner, jim lambie, josh smith, jane friedman, lia vollack, john kilgore, vera beren, alan betrock, roberta bayley, jake riviera, anne militello, anaida thompsen. In 2009 he rerecorded the lp as destiny street repaired. Now, 27 years after destiny streets release, richard hell is revisiting the album and putting it out as destiny street repaired hell rerecorded the entire album with the help of three guitarists. Recently, richard hell came across the original tapes for the album and decided to do it justice. Credited by many with inventing the look of punk rock ripped clothes, spiky hair etc, he claims influenced by a portrait of french poet arthur rimbaud. Richard hell was from what i have gathered in the depths of his heroin addiction while recording this album, and just didnt really care about it. Ive got a download of destiny street repaired and am desperate to hear the original release. It was produced by richard gottehrer and released in september 1977 on sire records. Go now tim kerr, 1995 is a spokenword album excerpts from hells novel with musical accompaniment by robert quine time matador, 2002 is a double disc of rarities including the entire 1984 cassette rip robert quine died in june 2004 of a heroin overdose. Richard hell and the voidoids lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Richard hell was one of the original punk rockers to emerge from new york. While blank generation rotated mainly around stuttering, angular guitar constructions that embodied the bitterness and anxiety of hells lyrics, the songs on destiny street show a more refined pop. Richard hell and the voidoids albums and discography.
According to hell, destiny street suffered due to hells being distracted during the recording process, especially by the use of narcotics. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. A new lineup in 1982, this time with hell, quine and new members naux juan maciel on guitar and fred maher on drums, was featured on the voidoids second album destiny street. Using those original rhythm tracks as the foundation, hell recorded fresh, new vocals, did some editing, gathered new musicians of the highest caliber for the lead guitars, and remixed all the elements to produce destiny street repaired says the.
Richard hell was the first person to shoot up heroin in. Tom waits collaborator marc ribot, jazz guitarist bill frisell and original voidoid ivan julian. Twentyseven years after the release of destiny street, the punkrock legend has rerecorded the album and will release the repaired. Richard hell and the voidoids final album has been remade. Richard hells comments on his guitarists almost certainly referred to the line up on his first album, and, especially since he went to the trouble of redoing the vocals and having much of the guitar tracks rerecorded, with much of the material on the original release removed i need to say that richard hell thought that the original. Download punk torrents from our searched results, get punk torrent or magnet via bittorrent clients. John kenyon appreciation of hells new destiny street repaired and revelatory interview w hell about album. Not his enabler patti smith, who he compliments unstintingly given that he also calls her a hypocritical, pandering diva.
Richard hell finds his peace in east village apartment wsj. Except for a few highlights, like i can only give you everything or destiny street it is a weak album for only true fans to enjoy. Richard hell and the voidoids, destiny street courtesy richard hell punk is 40 years old, believe it or not. Since 1977, richard hell has made only three studio albums, blank generation 1977, destiny street 1982, and dim stars 1992. Now, 27 years after destiny streets release, richard hell is revisiting the album and putting it out as destiny street repaired hell rerecorded the entire album with the help of three. Richard hell was among the first punk rockers of the early to mid70s. His voice was never one of his best assets, and the. Destiny street repaired has been a project nearly 30 years in the making, a challenging, but ultimately thrilling rescue of what should have been the great second richard hell and the voidoids album. Help with richard hells destiny street flag this post. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
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