Richard Hell

read Richard Hell's statement on Ivan Julian ahead of cancer benefit show

“It’s horrible that he has to suffer some terribly painful, life-threatening illness, and have it ravage him financially as well. American barbarism. What’s left are his friends, admirers, and sympathizers.”

Ivan Julian diagnosed with cancer; Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, Lenny Kaye, The Dictators & more playing a benefit

To benefit Voidoids guitarist Ivan Julian, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, a concert will go down with his former bandleader Richard Hell, fellow New York punk icons Debbie Harry, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) and The Dictators NYC, plus Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter, Living Colour’s Vernon Reid, post-punk vets Bush Tetras, and more.

members of Antlers, Yeasayer, APTBS, Bear In Heaven, Real Estate & more playing Dave Harrington's holiday show

PLUS: new remix series launched photo: Dave Harrington w/ Darkside in 2014 (more by PSquared) To celebrate the holidays, Darkside’s Dave Harrington is kicking off a 12 Days of Remixes series, which includes remixes and edits of Beyoncé, Nils Frahm, Tyondai Braxton, Empress Of, Steve Reich, and m…

Carrie Brownstein, Elvis Costello, John Darnielle, Kirstin Hersh, Richard Hell & other upcoming book appearances

Elvis Costello will release a memoir this year, titled Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink and due out October 13 via Penguin (pre-order). Here’s more, via Penguin’s description:”Unfaithful Music” describes how Costello’s career has somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop star…

BAM "Indie '80s' film series: 'Decline II,' 'Spinal Tap,' 'River's Edge,' 'Let's Get Lost' & more

BAMcinématek will be presenting “Indie ’80s” from Jul 17–Aug 27 at BAM Rose Cinemas, featuring a wide variety of off-kilter American cinema classics from the Reagan Years…

Numero Group releasing punk label Ork Records entire output on new comp feat. Television, Alex Chilton, Feelies & more

In August of 1975, the world’s first punk record label was born. Ork Records: New York, New York is a tale of Terry Ork, a film-obsessed fugitive of Warhol’s Factory set…

Pussy Riot share new song/video "I Can't Breathe" featuring Richard Hell and members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Miike Snow

This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror — killed, choked, perished because of war and state sponsored violence of all kinds — for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for changePussy Riot have released a new song/video, “I Can’t Breathe,” which is partially about Eric Garner who was killed by an NYC policeman last summer…

Richard Hell launching new series w/ Lydia Loveless, Donald Cumming of The Virgins & more

Punk legend Richard Hell still isn’t really performing these days, but he’s keeping busy in other ways like with his writing and now with a new series where he’ll interview an artist and then have them perform…

Richard Hell being interviewed in NYC this week; Glen Matlock & Sylvain Sylvain touring; Deniz Tek too, & more

NYC punk legend Richard Hell is celebrating the paperback release of his autobiography I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp this month with some live talks/intervi…

Ramones/Blondie producer Craig Leon reissuing solo material on RVNG, playing Moogfest & NYC (stream a track)

Leon moved to Manhattan in the early 1970s where he accepted an A&R position at Sire Records in New York under Gottehrer and his partner Seymour Stein…
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