Friday, September 30, 2011

Six Degrees: Richard Hell & The Voidoids to The Ronettes






1. After leaving both Television and Johnny Thunder's Heartbreakers behind, punk poet Richard Hell forms a band with The Voidoids and records the classic 1977 album Blank Generation. The distinctive lead guitar lines are played by the late, brilliant Robert Quine.



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2. Quine plays on Lloyd Cole's solo albums including 1995's Love Story produced by the prolific Stephen Street.



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3. Street ( best known for his shimmering sheen on albums by The Smiths, Morrissey and The Cranberries) produces Blur's 1994 quadruple platinum concept album Parklife. In 2010, The Royal Mail selects Parklife's cover for a set of "classic album cover" postage stamps.



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4.The Royal Mail also selects the cover of Primal Scream's critically acclaimed 1991 album Screamadelica. The lead singer is Bobby Gillespie.



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5.Gillespie is the drummer on the first Jesus and Mary Chain album , 1985's Psychocandy. The third single from the album, "Just Like Honey", borrows something from a famous hit song from 22 years earlier.

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6. It's Hal Blaine's drum intro to The Ronette's 1963 classic "Be My Baby", declared by Brian Wilson to be "the greatest pop record ever made." Sonny and Cher were on hand to provide backing vocals along with Darlene Love.

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