I haven't posted to this blog in a while, so I reckon it's time to get the ball rolling again. So far, I've been posting about my favourite songs and albums, so this time I'll do something a little different. Over the Christmas holiday period, I picked up the following book in a local bookstore:
BLONDIE: PARALLEL LIVES by Dick Porter and Kris Needs (trade paperback, Omnibus Press, London, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-78305-746-7)
PARALLEL LIVES is billed as (on the back cover blurb) as "the definitive biography of BLONDIE, the iconic New York band led by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein", and is based on interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and drummer, Clem Burke. The book has come about as a result of what was to be an ongoing friendship between co-author Kris Needs and the band, which began during their first UK tour in 1977.
The book is centred around the relationship between Harry and Stein, through all the personal and financial problems, right up to the present day - despite all those problems, Blondie are still going strong. It gives a great background picture of the crazy New York rock scene of the Seventies which is worth the price of the book alone.
Fascinating book, and highly recommended for all Blondie fans.
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