RH's image was the inspiration for the "punk" look of Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious etc. Blank Generation was a classic (though not as good as The Ramones or Marquee Moon). Its a shame he didn't follow it up.
As if he didn't have it tough enough being born with the name "Hell", later he gets fired because he couldn't play Marquee Moon. The indignities......
OK. Here's the dumb post of the week. Richard Hell and the Voidoids? Give me a break. Stupid name. Always figured they were a bunch of morons who could probably yell and scream, but definitely couldn't play. Never even bothered to give them a listen. Then, a couple of months ago I did...listen. I guess I was wrong.
Richard Hell & Co. were brilliant. But most of his generation were just as vacant as this generation. And dumber in some ways. Teens today are intense. If lost.
this really is a blank generation now days people dont have thoughts of there own television thinks for all the kids now days television at least back then almost everybody figured out things by them selfs, now we have mediocrity artist mediocrity music mediocrity bands
@SidEskorbuto haha you sound like a rambling bum that staggers on to the subway and everyone just does their best to ignore. If you are over the age of 15, you are pretty silly. If you are under the age of 15 you are a legend in the making.
@pml22 The best thing about him is that his solos had a way of making you wonder whether he had any idea what he was doing—he pulled and stretched them to the breaking point, playing solos that didn't fit (but he made 'em fit anyway), and completely ignoring the structure of the song—and just when it sounded like it was going to go off the rails completely, he'd pull it back in. It had a brilliant way of adding a kind of "dramatic tension" to his playing. Favorite solo? "Betrayal Takes Two"
i didnt rate the yank punk band. but richard hell was f--king awesome . i saw him at the very first gig i went to . the clash and the slits also played .i was hooked from then
Look up Bob McFadden & Dor "The Beat Generation" (there's a clip on YouTube) I always thought that Brian Setzer nicked "Stray Cat Strut" from this song
this is only at least three years after 1975 when he did the songs in the origional heartbreakers....Richard sat around CBGBS doing nothing for quite some time..during his "teresa Stern" phase......richard got himself in creative hot water with this band....he the so desired "arty" sound with quinine ..but there gigs where Richard is suffering from the bands design.......the thing petered out and he became just "A guy hanging around"
Quine is too cool. Love that start totally disintegrated then all of a sudden it comes together. Wonderfully interesting band. As to music now, there has always been more chaff that wheat, there is just more corporate chaff nowdays. The corporations are getting better and better at co-opting the avant guard. Corporate music SUCKS!!! It's just getting harder to find quality because there is so much imitative crap. But as Varese said "the Avant Guard artist refuses to die!" Or something to the eff
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One of the first punk albums I got was Richard Hell & The Voidoids, way back when. They had a lot cooler (or weirder) look than most bands. Robert Quine was an incredibly cool guitarist for an old bald guy. Ahh....the good old days.
One thing that I love most with the New York scene in the 70's is that most of those musicians read alot of poetry, like Rimbaud and Baudelaire. Which makes such a good contrast with their music. It was a really great era for music, none like today.
The sound is fine, just WAY too quiet. In case anyone is interested, this footage comes from a great little documentary on the early NY/CBGB punk scene called 'PUNKING OUT'. Also features rare DEAD BOYS and RAMONES footage. I used to have some of it uploaded on here, but the film-maker asked me to take it down. It is available on DVD and VHS... google PUNKING OUT...
i dont think i would have any interest in them if they didnt have quine. hell was damn lucky to be stupid enough leave a group as good as television and then find someone like quine.
Richard Hell is my HERO. Everything hes involved with I love. This, Television, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers etc. Even his written work is amazing. I met him once and it made my life.
This is actually great footage. The guy at 2:13 is pretentious but very smart, the girl after that knew what she talked about, and the bearded guy in the background (during the girl's answer) is just hilarious.
Does anybody what song or band is playing during 2:53? I mean the harmonica doesn't ring a bell with any CBGB-bands I know.
That's Helen Wheels (RIP) and the bearded guy is Ronald Binder, perhaps most famous in the punk world for being the guy screaming during Down in Flames on the Dead Boys "Young, Loud, and Snotty" LP.
Sorry, I don't know who the other people are and the only band I can think of with a harmonica player is the Fleshtones. It's probably not them though.
This youtube clip is from the doc, Punking Out. It's short but well worth getting.
@skaterboirocker Hell yeah! fuck Beyonce fuck rihanna, fuck those discusting excuses for female role models and fuck todays rock fuck the boring bands.
It's like the media hand picks bands in order to prevent another generation of
@skaterboirocker no kidding... they had a good generation.. but the way i see it is we have way more inspiration its just..the kids of today suck, myself included.. im gonna get a band goin once i get back to college... ill make some actual use out of the place and put up some ads
@skaterboirocker This shit is awesome, but I don't know what the hell you were doing for the past ten years cause there was plenty of fun to be had. Stop living in the past
@skaterboirocker I'm pretty sure there was tons of terrible shit in Richard Hell's time as well, we just won't hear about them. Boy, I can't wait for people to say that the 00s were a golden time for music in 20 years time... plus there's TONS of amazing music out there in the underground, just dig around to find it.
@skaterboirocker - I agree. I'm 44 and have been a fan of Richard's since 1977. But the "00's" really have no solid identity. It's come full circle. Just a cluster fuck of disposable pop culture. I'm not knocking the entire generation because there are a lot of young kids today who are frustrated and poised to punch a fucking hole in the universe. Where's the danger in music anymore? I'd be pissed off if I were a teenager in 2010.
@ProfessorEggflesh Being 23 in 2010 isn't much better, I got to catch the tail-end of the 90s and that gave me so much inspiration, and anger, and frustration, and new sexual positions. Punk is long overdue to come back and save our country, it's time to DIY or DIE.
@AnubisEnd Hey man the world is a really angry place, they just don't act it out with fashion, attitudes, bullshit ethics, and bullshit theories about music.
Who the fuck cares who started it? All that matters is that it fucking happened. I'm sick of hearing the argument of "who started punk rock." Hey, let's argue over who started jazz too. You know WHY we don't argue over who the first jazz musician was? Because no one gives a fuck and there is absolutely no point. Same goes for punk rock.
And you're wrong again: Johnny Rotten alias John Lydon NEVER barfed or cut himself onstage. That was Sid. But then again the Pistols were influenced by the NY scene but they weren't clones or manufactured, they had their own thing going on, intelligent lyrics, a great guitar sound, great catchy tunes. And the "PUNK" term was first used in NY, there was a fanzine called "PUNK" and the Ramones didn't complain about it they even used the term in their songs..
It's unbelievable how many ignorant people still believe Mclaren's bullshit. The Pistols were not a boy band, Mclaren used their fame to sell clothes, but he didn't "create" them, that's a load of fucking shit. And he didn't even "gave them ideas", he actually stole Lydon's ideas and used them or claimed them to be his own.
"Problems", "E.M.I." : Incredibly intelligent lyrics, not even considering also the lack of culture of Lydon when he wrote them and this comes from someone who can't stand him but who can be objective. You're clueless my friend. See you.
@Vash0459 Yeah right, its just a coincidence that the sex pistols look and sound exactly like richard hell, and came out right after richard hell. grow up! the sex pistols were a twisted version of a boy band. like dave thomas in pere ubu said, punk was a marketing gimmick that was popular in england. it stole from real artists like these guys, the stooges, the mc5, and other american bands.
No one can argue against john lydon's talent regardless of the other members. the british punk bands were generally alot more political. if you asked many of the first english punk bands who their influences were they wouldn't say the american punk bands they would say english Mod music like the kinks and the Who in their early days because Richard Hell may have come up with the punk look but the attitude and theories came from the early 60s in britain
I disagree. First off the Ramones were a HUGE influence on ALL british punk bands and they were from New York. Same goes for the New York Dolls. And this song in particular inspired Glen Matlock to write "Pretty Vacant" he says so himself in the "Classic Albums - Never Mind The Bollocks" Dvd. Lydon refuses to acknowledge the influence, but then again Lydon is well-known for rewriting history.
early 60's britain? try early 20th C. mississippi.
hahaha..you stupid bastards would love to take credit for rock and roll wouldn't ya! and if you call it anything other then that, you're still splitting hairs and getting no place.
Just about every important figure from the English punk scene has gone on record as having been influenced by American bands like Iggy and the Stooges, the Dolls, the Velvets, etc. Anyway, going back in time and referring to everything vaguely aggressive as "Punk" is a bit murky, at best. Obviously, the Who were proto-punks, but the punk bands from the seventies were much more into American bands.
The look was far from original. It's shit that the appearance was so important and it wasn't even their's to begin with. But they did know what the hell they were writing and singing about, fuck how can they be at Jo Ho level? I mean damn... but I agree the look that they stole their looks. But I do NOT think they sound like the Ramones... in the least... Both great artists, to me amazing actually, but not similar musically...
Played this tune in a scloch band.cool tune.Also, even though I'm a guitar player, I have a Dan Armstrong Black acyillic bass like the bass in this video. It is said that only 8 were ever made! This is the only other one I've ever seen(obtained mine in 1981) besides mine.Wonder where the other 6 are.
i seen the voids suport iggy at newcastle city hall in 77 and he puts 100% into it. great gig. that weekend i seen Wayne county and the electric chairs at whitely bay Rex hotel. music scene not as good now. no one tours. unless its in a big venue. with a big price. .
The lead guitarist is Robert Quine, who later played with Lou Reed in the early '80s. Sadly, he took his own life just a couple of years ago. The other guitarist (Ivan Julian) used to be in the Foundations ("Build Me Up Buttercup").
I heard Blank Generation for the first time this week. It was on Little Steven's Underground Garage station. Those first few wild guitar chords prior to launching into the song grabbed me hard. So here I am. Never heard of Hell before...and I'm 54, so def was around when punk sprung up. So who is the lead guitar player? That mofo tore it up on Blank Generation. Is he still around? Thanks ....Joel in Tucson
OOPS- thought it was Max's but it's CBGB- 77. I was a Junior in HS- knew Hilly Crystal pretty well back then.
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soapbxprod 1 week ago
I BELONG TO THE BLANK GENERATIONNNN
prettyplagues 2 months ago
I wish I could see Quine's equipment
Renhjarta 3 months ago
@Renhjarta Mad hands.
charlessale 1 week ago
richard hell is fucking bastard...!!! all others are hippies.!!!
carlosortizva 4 months ago 2
wat year ? some1 pls tell me and pregnate my ignorance
mancheromanchero 5 months ago
@mancheromanchero I think it's 1975 or 76 at latest.
dharmabum967 4 months ago
DID YOU EVER TRY BRASILIAN ROCK??/ KING MARS 7 ON YOU TUBE
01nando1967 6 months ago
Influence of Ray Charles on Punk Rock.
tomlevad 6 months ago
RH lived in a blank generation, we live in a zombie generation.
elo333333333 6 months ago
he was born with the name Myers
deesidetinkers1 6 months ago
RH's image was the inspiration for the "punk" look of Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious etc. Blank Generation was a classic (though not as good as The Ramones or Marquee Moon). Its a shame he didn't follow it up.
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Remeber GAROTOS PODRES,RATOS DE PORÃO and CÓLERA,OLHO SECO too
Danddelion34 7 months ago
Remeber GAROTOS PODRES,RATOS DE PORÃO and CÓLERA
Danddelion34 7 months ago
As if he didn't have it tough enough being born with the name "Hell", later he gets fired because he couldn't play Marquee Moon. The indignities......
sydferret 8 months ago
robert quine is the king of punk guitar
jimmygimmy 8 months ago
@jimmygimmy Word. I have his guitar solo on Waves of Fear. Too bad about his wife.
sydferret 8 months ago
pure genius
intenzez 8 months ago
Talking about the PUNK-Generation ...
Dachtewitz 8 months ago
awesome. and that woman perfectly worded what most are trying to say
dizzyisme 9 months ago
Television was his best project. I was too young to see them but saw the Voidoids in various holes downtown.
jimscape 9 months ago
OK. Here's the dumb post of the week. Richard Hell and the Voidoids? Give me a break. Stupid name. Always figured they were a bunch of morons who could probably yell and scream, but definitely couldn't play. Never even bothered to give them a listen. Then, a couple of months ago I did...listen. I guess I was wrong.
MikeB260 10 months ago 3
Your one of the many people who must have confused 70's punk (real punk) with that 80s-00 loud pointless unartistic bullshit.
StrangeFruitSucks 2 months ago
Hell is a nice guy - he filled out a gag postcard that I sent to my friend.
ripporter 11 months ago
i like frothy beverages
Alphabex8 11 months ago
that girl is telling the truth.... true fuck you attitude!!!! and the bikers in the back is making me fuckin loughing....HIGH AS FUCK!!
vastowildbrothers 1 year ago
Richard Hell & Co. were brilliant. But most of his generation were just as vacant as this generation. And dumber in some ways. Teens today are intense. If lost.
zaynzaynzayn 1 year ago
I have a college degree and I'm still a delivery driver dodging the robber'as
LordPaynus 1 year ago
this really is a blank generation now days people dont have thoughts of there own television thinks for all the kids now days television at least back then almost everybody figured out things by them selfs, now we have mediocrity artist mediocrity music mediocrity bands
SidEskorbuto 1 year ago
@SidEskorbuto haha you sound like a rambling bum that staggers on to the subway and everyone just does their best to ignore. If you are over the age of 15, you are pretty silly. If you are under the age of 15 you are a legend in the making.
Scooby
youhavegeniusshins 10 months ago
The song
max888123 1 year ago
My generation is better
max888123 1 year ago
this is how I remember CBGB's, a life time ago
waynealarsen 1 year ago
I don't want to incriminate myself! Fucking funny.
andybarone1984 1 year ago
The only point here is ANY band with Robert Quine is going to sound great. Quine was the greatest guitarist that no one ever heard of.
pml22 1 year ago
@pml22 I didn't know anyone else knew about the brilliant Quine!
drmellray 1 year ago
@pml22 The best thing about him is that his solos had a way of making you wonder whether he had any idea what he was doing—he pulled and stretched them to the breaking point, playing solos that didn't fit (but he made 'em fit anyway), and completely ignoring the structure of the song—and just when it sounded like it was going to go off the rails completely, he'd pull it back in. It had a brilliant way of adding a kind of "dramatic tension" to his playing. Favorite solo? "Betrayal Takes Two"
Salguine 1 year ago
@Salguine
"I'm Your Man" Both solos! Man the video cuts right before he tears in on "Spurts".. Cool stuff.
naisammon 1 year ago
I think people like to call every new generation that comes around a "blank generation."
searchinmymainline 1 year ago
guy in background at 2:40 rules
ocelote90 1 year ago
DIY is not dead. It's just that kids need to learn how to use the technology! :)
EcksAddikMcAddik 1 year ago
Rare video! Thanks.
vampiregirlgbg 1 year ago
i didnt rate the yank punk band. but richard hell was f--king awesome . i saw him at the very first gig i went to . the clash and the slits also played .i was hooked from then
sledgehead2000 1 year ago
Look up Bob McFadden & Dor "The Beat Generation" (there's a clip on YouTube) I always thought that Brian Setzer nicked "Stray Cat Strut" from this song
55KatDaddy 1 year ago
@55KatDaddy both parties nicked the riff from "16 tons."
Quickstoptim 1 year ago
this is only at least three years after 1975 when he did the songs in the origional heartbreakers....Richard sat around CBGBS doing nothing for quite some time..during his "teresa Stern" phase......richard got himself in creative hot water with this band....he the so desired "arty" sound with quinine ..but there gigs where Richard is suffering from the bands design.......the thing petered out and he became just "A guy hanging around"
udohood 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this!
Metrogummusic 1 year ago
Quine is too cool. Love that start totally disintegrated then all of a sudden it comes together. Wonderfully interesting band. As to music now, there has always been more chaff that wheat, there is just more corporate chaff nowdays. The corporations are getting better and better at co-opting the avant guard. Corporate music SUCKS!!! It's just getting harder to find quality because there is so much imitative crap. But as Varese said "the Avant Guard artist refuses to die!" Or something to the eff
cordedpoodle 1 year ago
who do you thinks better: Richard Hell or Television?
TheJonathantheMoss 1 year ago
At 1.15 the boy is Johnny Ramone right?
pinehead89 1 year ago
richard hell was one cool motherfucker! still probably is even though hes like 60 now!
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DaSlushKing 1 year ago
looks like this was in CBGB's
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
One of the first punk albums I got was Richard Hell & The Voidoids, way back when. They had a lot cooler (or weirder) look than most bands. Robert Quine was an incredibly cool guitarist for an old bald guy. Ahh....the good old days.
TeatroEquis 1 year ago
@TeatroEquis Robert Quine can also be found in some of the Lou Reed videos.
nyusedbooks 1 year ago
One thing that I love most with the New York scene in the 70's is that most of those musicians read alot of poetry, like Rimbaud and Baudelaire. Which makes such a good contrast with their music. It was a really great era for music, none like today.
Sailingman 1 year ago
Sex pistols copped this song, turned it into Pretty Vacant. Blank Generation is olllld school!
lynnwoodsmeghead 1 year ago
Blank generation meant "fill in the blank" it's up to you, make it what you want it to be.
This was the original meaning of "generation X."
milascave 1 year ago
Hell yea good ol' punk
HighVoltage015 1 year ago
'rock n roll is music that makes you feel alive." haha no other way to put it ...
shit this is amazing//
....fuck what a song, too.
SagaSudaka 1 year ago
my generation isnt my generation thats what the 00s are to me
supak108 1 year ago
a rocknroll genius. richard hell made intelligent music with a style that can't be copied. I LOVE HIM! love the heartbreakers too
INSANEIOMMI8 1 year ago
Does anyone have a 'Love Comes in Spurts' on it own??
wgilroy 1 year ago
toujours un bon moment pour moi de réécouter ça !!!!
PLUMEdeSOIE 1 year ago
that's a young Tim Robbins (the actor/director) at 1.50
andreaprodan 1 year ago
The sound is fine, just WAY too quiet. In case anyone is interested, this footage comes from a great little documentary on the early NY/CBGB punk scene called 'PUNKING OUT'. Also features rare DEAD BOYS and RAMONES footage. I used to have some of it uploaded on here, but the film-maker asked me to take it down. It is available on DVD and VHS... google PUNKING OUT...
crankenstyne 1 year ago
aawful sound!
MrSKINFLICK 1 year ago
please upload music louder peoples PLEASE
73mandala 1 year ago
@73mandala i had to turn the volume to hear it
SpencerandDannyVids 1 year ago
i dont think i would have any interest in them if they didnt have quine. hell was damn lucky to be stupid enough leave a group as good as television and then find someone like quine.
hoochiedude 1 year ago 2
lol that video is amazing. Until 0:27 is pure junkie shit. But then BOOM
ridedeus 1 year ago
my favorite riff to start a song
fidoucha 1 year ago
!!!!
coblivion 1 year ago
Punk's not Dead
Oi!
Peter
PeterZughetto 1 year ago
Junkie
ReggaeGotSoul89 2 years ago
even though this video is worn out, richard hell and the voidoids rocked
MatticusX22Guitar 2 years ago 3
To hold the t.v. to my lips, the air so packed with cash
then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot
To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks
and watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot
ougk
zbouaerg 2 years ago 6
I love the little reference to his old band
And besides: Richard conveyed in an interview that the blank generation was meant to be something positive, as if you could fill it with something.
AverageCabbage 1 year ago
@zbouaerg complete genius, isn't it xo
RettAlexis 4 months ago
"i come free 'cause i'm priveleged"
LOL
stevensartifacts 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH
LilAdrian 2 years ago
WHY DO THEY CUT IT OFF AT 4:31?!?
THATS EXACTLY WHERE QUINE TAKES A RIPPING SOLO!!
but still awesome footage
jKoch219 2 years ago
@jKoch219 CRUEL ISN'T, BAD FILM-MAKING, FILMFLAKINGFUCKUP
JTerrible63 2 years ago
Richard Hell is my HERO. Everything hes involved with I love. This, Television, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers etc. Even his written work is amazing. I met him once and it made my life.
JCokeisacoolkid 2 years ago 25
i love this song but i never have known of what disc is this, can u tell me?
rotten0flesh 2 years ago
1st album "Blank Generation"
jamesbain00 2 years ago
thanks for posting this, god bless the internets
slosh77 2 years ago
i fucking love this song <3
cherryscentedletters 2 years ago
LOL.. that Guy At 1:48 Looks and sounds like Tim robbins
incrediblydrunk 2 years ago
This is actually great footage. The guy at 2:13 is pretentious but very smart, the girl after that knew what she talked about, and the bearded guy in the background (during the girl's answer) is just hilarious.
Does anybody what song or band is playing during 2:53? I mean the harmonica doesn't ring a bell with any CBGB-bands I know.
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That's Helen Wheels (RIP) and the bearded guy is Ronald Binder, perhaps most famous in the punk world for being the guy screaming during Down in Flames on the Dead Boys "Young, Loud, and Snotty" LP.
Sorry, I don't know who the other people are and the only band I can think of with a harmonica player is the Fleshtones. It's probably not them though.
This youtube clip is from the doc, Punking Out. It's short but well worth getting.
TheLIKP 2 years ago
the 00s are really a blank generation. what do we have but vacant minded divas and shit emo. This stuff was the shit.
skaterboirocker 2 years ago 85
i wouldnt know cuz i cant hear the damn video, the volume is on full blast
ThisIsStupidist 2 years ago
get yourself some better speakers
skaterboirocker 2 years ago
every other video works fine. i found the problem here only....so
ThisIsStupidist 2 years ago
I have to disagree...there's lots of committed artists out there, maybe you're just looking in the wrong places.
lasfinisimas 2 years ago
@skaterboirocker Hell yeah! fuck Beyonce fuck rihanna, fuck those discusting excuses for female role models and fuck todays rock fuck the boring bands.
It's like the media hand picks bands in order to prevent another generation of
angry people pissed of at the establishment.
BluntObject1234 1 year ago
you can't define your own generation. it requires some historical perspective.
OBRETT11 1 year ago
@skaterboirocker no kidding... they had a good generation.. but the way i see it is we have way more inspiration its just..the kids of today suck, myself included.. im gonna get a band goin once i get back to college... ill make some actual use out of the place and put up some ads
TheThroney 1 year ago
@skaterboirocker This shit is awesome, but I don't know what the hell you were doing for the past ten years cause there was plenty of fun to be had. Stop living in the past
madeinmpls 1 year ago 4
@skaterboirocker Listen to Pissed Jeans and Fucked Up.
vansrok1 1 year ago
@skaterboirocker I'm pretty sure there was tons of terrible shit in Richard Hell's time as well, we just won't hear about them. Boy, I can't wait for people to say that the 00s were a golden time for music in 20 years time... plus there's TONS of amazing music out there in the underground, just dig around to find it.
DerekMcA 1 year ago
@DerekMcA I agree 100%
mr3dguy 1 year ago
@skaterboirocker - I agree. I'm 44 and have been a fan of Richard's since 1977. But the "00's" really have no solid identity. It's come full circle. Just a cluster fuck of disposable pop culture. I'm not knocking the entire generation because there are a lot of young kids today who are frustrated and poised to punch a fucking hole in the universe. Where's the danger in music anymore? I'd be pissed off if I were a teenager in 2010.
ProfessorEggflesh 1 year ago
@ProfessorEggflesh Being 23 in 2010 isn't much better, I got to catch the tail-end of the 90s and that gave me so much inspiration, and anger, and frustration, and new sexual positions. Punk is long overdue to come back and save our country, it's time to DIY or DIE.
AnubisEnd 1 year ago
@AnubisEnd Hey man the world is a really angry place, they just don't act it out with fashion, attitudes, bullshit ethics, and bullshit theories about music.
ZachsGayCat 1 year ago
@skaterboirocker we have radiohead.
mcklhs 1 year ago
@mcklhs They got shit after OK Computer. Went mainstream after Kid A.
SirPwn4lot 1 year ago
it can be argued that the Kinks were the first punk band, or the first garage rock band....
other then that maybe the Modern Lovers, or the Stooges were the first?
JoeyTheFatKid 2 years ago
You could also say Mc5 back in the late 60s.
skaterboirocker 2 years ago
uhh...THE VELVET UNDERGROUND?
ZRN959 2 years ago 2
NO, THE NAME IT`S UP THERE: "Richard Hell & The Voidoids"
420FABI 2 years ago
STFU and enjoy the song you morons. Blank Generation is the shit!
Cream794 2 years ago
I hate those pretentious interviewees.
wallyguitar666 2 years ago
The girl at 2:45 is hilariously stereotypical.
stonefreeJMH 2 years ago
2:45 , im in love!
NekroticKvlt 2 years ago
Who the fuck cares who started it? All that matters is that it fucking happened. I'm sick of hearing the argument of "who started punk rock." Hey, let's argue over who started jazz too. You know WHY we don't argue over who the first jazz musician was? Because no one gives a fuck and there is absolutely no point. Same goes for punk rock.
MayaDDW 2 years ago 6
Richard Hell FTW! The band Dim Stars that he formed with Thurston Moore is great too.
robinhatescheese 2 years ago
man i love this band!
hobocakes 2 years ago
And you're wrong again: Johnny Rotten alias John Lydon NEVER barfed or cut himself onstage. That was Sid. But then again the Pistols were influenced by the NY scene but they weren't clones or manufactured, they had their own thing going on, intelligent lyrics, a great guitar sound, great catchy tunes. And the "PUNK" term was first used in NY, there was a fanzine called "PUNK" and the Ramones didn't complain about it they even used the term in their songs..
Vash0459 2 years ago 3
...like "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" or "Judy is a Punk":
Vash0459 2 years ago
Intelligent lyrics from the pistols? They were a fucking boy band. Fuck 'em
zosothedestroyer 2 years ago
It's unbelievable how many ignorant people still believe Mclaren's bullshit. The Pistols were not a boy band, Mclaren used their fame to sell clothes, but he didn't "create" them, that's a load of fucking shit. And he didn't even "gave them ideas", he actually stole Lydon's ideas and used them or claimed them to be his own.
Vash0459 2 years ago 4
"Problems", "E.M.I." : Incredibly intelligent lyrics, not even considering also the lack of culture of Lydon when he wrote them and this comes from someone who can't stand him but who can be objective. You're clueless my friend. See you.
Vash0459 2 years ago 3
Sounds like someone has an obsession with the pistols
zosothedestroyer 2 years ago
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abrashivan 2 years ago
McClaren stole from these guy's, and forced it upon the Pistols.
ZRN959 2 years ago 2
hey! it's a fact!
ZRN959 2 years ago
Its a fact you sleep in a different century
angrysamoan666 2 years ago
yh but no
sex pistols didnt really listen to Mcclaren much and it was more johnny rotten to copyed the style n stuff
willzyx12 2 years ago
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McLaren didn't steal this free jazz wank, you cunt
Anyway this wanker stole that Blank song off Rod McKuen's 'I belong to the Beat Generation'
You fucking wet the beds LOL
angrysamoan666 2 years ago
are you yelling at me?
ZRN959 2 years ago
@Vash0459 Yeah right, its just a coincidence that the sex pistols look and sound exactly like richard hell, and came out right after richard hell. grow up! the sex pistols were a twisted version of a boy band. like dave thomas in pere ubu said, punk was a marketing gimmick that was popular in england. it stole from real artists like these guys, the stooges, the mc5, and other american bands.
Diomedes22 2 months ago
No one can argue against john lydon's talent regardless of the other members. the british punk bands were generally alot more political. if you asked many of the first english punk bands who their influences were they wouldn't say the american punk bands they would say english Mod music like the kinks and the Who in their early days because Richard Hell may have come up with the punk look but the attitude and theories came from the early 60s in britain
oblitz11111 2 years ago 7
I disagree. First off the Ramones were a HUGE influence on ALL british punk bands and they were from New York. Same goes for the New York Dolls. And this song in particular inspired Glen Matlock to write "Pretty Vacant" he says so himself in the "Classic Albums - Never Mind The Bollocks" Dvd. Lydon refuses to acknowledge the influence, but then again Lydon is well-known for rewriting history.
Vash0459 2 years ago 5
yh i know that this song really inspired the sex pistols' nihilistic attitudes which can be seen on most of the british punk albums.
moedelonge 2 years ago
early 60's britain? try early 20th C. mississippi.
hahaha..you stupid bastards would love to take credit for rock and roll wouldn't ya! and if you call it anything other then that, you're still splitting hairs and getting no place.
jbearden 2 years ago
Just about every important figure from the English punk scene has gone on record as having been influenced by American bands like Iggy and the Stooges, the Dolls, the Velvets, etc. Anyway, going back in time and referring to everything vaguely aggressive as "Punk" is a bit murky, at best. Obviously, the Who were proto-punks, but the punk bands from the seventies were much more into American bands.
theIightmachine 2 years ago
The look was far from original. It's shit that the appearance was so important and it wasn't even their's to begin with. But they did know what the hell they were writing and singing about, fuck how can they be at Jo Ho level? I mean damn... but I agree the look that they stole their looks. But I do NOT think they sound like the Ramones... in the least... Both great artists, to me amazing actually, but not similar musically...
JelyBeanMonsterLuvsU 2 years ago 2
They're all ----in GREAT !!!!
stonybrookchief 2 years ago
what a babe
fluffbuttons 2 years ago
Played this tune in a scloch band.cool tune.Also, even though I'm a guitar player, I have a Dan Armstrong Black acyillic bass like the bass in this video. It is said that only 8 were ever made! This is the only other one I've ever seen(obtained mine in 1981) besides mine.Wonder where the other 6 are.
12bar145ne 2 years ago
had it with pepol saying Punk is about Malcom Mc Clarens clothes shop! All those clothes were inspired by this man anyway! Go Richard!!!
desasterz 2 years ago
i seen the voids suport iggy at newcastle city hall in 77 and he puts 100% into it. great gig. that weekend i seen Wayne county and the electric chairs at whitely bay Rex hotel. music scene not as good now. no one tours. unless its in a big venue. with a big price. .
dadswizz 2 years ago 3
2:14 he loks like bruce dickinson but it isnt him i dont think
YayMeYayMeYayMe 2 years ago
ofcourse its not
bruce is english
JoeStrummersGhost 2 years ago
i rather take but some time i leave it bonzo76 rockon!!!!!!!
luvumo2day 2 years ago
"I was sayin let me out of here before I was even born"
best opening line to a rock n roll song ever period.
ekimusman2 2 years ago 13
I agree but you left out "it's such a gamble when you get a face". I LOVE THAT!!! Awesome!!!
LDZZ 2 years ago
what about "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"?
ZRN959 2 years ago 3
That was from Patti Smith's Gloria, right?
Twatzaki101 2 years ago 3
uh-huh
ZRN959 2 years ago
At 1:14 is that Johnny Ramone.
frankduenas 2 years ago
nope, bu that's Marky on the drums.
MillaHead 2 years ago
Ramone?
Twatzaki101 2 years ago
this is great, then the sex pistols swooped in out of no where to take the credit.
DaH1pp1e 2 years ago 6
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Are these the guys that did "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle"?
danieldzula 2 years ago
no. lol that would be the police
tazzman560 2 years ago 2
I've never heard such a bad ass guitar solo come from such a balding man.
023Sammy023 2 years ago 3
LOL
ekimusman2 2 years ago
The lead guitarist is Robert Quine, who later played with Lou Reed in the early '80s. Sadly, he took his own life just a couple of years ago. The other guitarist (Ivan Julian) used to be in the Foundations ("Build Me Up Buttercup").
TheFrogbots 2 years ago
"Def," "mofo," just not the thing's I would expect someone of that age to use. Either way the song remains badass.
mO64StAnG06 2 years ago
I heard Blank Generation for the first time this week. It was on Little Steven's Underground Garage station. Those first few wild guitar chords prior to launching into the song grabbed me hard. So here I am. Never heard of Hell before...and I'm 54, so def was around when punk sprung up. So who is the lead guitar player? That mofo tore it up on Blank Generation. Is he still around? Thanks ....Joel in Tucson
naderchaser 2 years ago
You can't be 54....
mO64StAnG06 2 years ago
Ummm, why can't I be 54? Was it something I said?
naderchaser 2 years ago 3
Bob Quine's dead sadly.
slightlyperturbedmax 2 years ago
Sry, but he's right. this version is to quiet.
I can hear a bit when my stereo volume is full XD
Please upload it again. maybe it's louder than.
(sry for my bad English)
Palme1992 2 years ago
I cant hear anything XD
hummanity 3 years ago
I suggest you go to the doctor.........
pinballwizardben 2 years ago 5
I saw him in NYC in the 70s. We could not order pitchers of beer. The bartender told us they made "good weapons." I knew I was in the right place.
chibitiny 3 years ago 5
Richard makes a good weapon too hehe
ClashCityRockers0 3 years ago
thats pretty fuckig badass XD
sonicreducer92 2 years ago
up the ante!
javimatura 3 years ago
love this video. richard hell is one of a kind
roxypayne 3 years ago
richard hell a true artist ,prophet, and a fucker who could rock
what a great lyricist,,,and great band,,,,,,,top post yung mr schlultz
maxziz 3 years ago 2
from the side richard hell reminds me a little of paul simonon back in the clash days
josh414 3 years ago
I guess I can see that... Richard's nose is even bigger than Paul's ;)
ClashCityRockers0 3 years ago