Chris Stein
Chris Stein
Christopher "Chris" Steinis the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film, Wild Style, and writer of the soundtrack for the film Union City. An acclaimed photographer, Stein has taken thousands of images documenting the early New York City punk music scene, the visual allure of Debbie Harry and Blondie, and his collaborations with artistic luminaries including Andy Warhol and H.R. Giger. Stein's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth5 January 1950
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's a continuation. It feels like we were in the studio for 16 years. It was bottled up and this album was an outpouring.
Most of the bands that have regrouped or reformed didn't ring true for me. It smacks of cashing in. We wanted to become a band again and make a new record. It's unfair to fans and musicians to just release reissues.
The reason I brought this is if I ran into those (expletives). They sued us ... (so) they should have a bit of honor.
It seemed to mean so much to other people, and it sort of rubbed off on me.
It means a lot to everybody outside of the business, so much that it's come to mean more to us. It's sort of an insider music thing, not really a mandate of the people. But it's nice to be in there with all of my heroes.
We're a pop art band. Not a pop band.
We didn't want a hybrid of the old stuff. The old records were very dense musically. Now there's a trend towards minimalist sound. That's the main thing.
We exploded after a while and made a lot of horrendously stupid mistakes.
Debbie was accused of being too overtly sexual and now the standards are different. Times have changed.
Our fans come from a wide age group. At our shows, the kids are down in the front and the bald guys are in the back. They're all interested and curious.
Being inducted seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, and by proxy that has sort of rubbed off on me. But it's not necessarily a mandate from the masses, so I don't know. We'll see.
It's nice. You meet some of your neighbors while you're there.
They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned. They should have a little bit of honor. This is supposed to be rock 'n' roll. This is supposed to be friendly. This is like going through the trenches together.
They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned.