Debbie Harry can’t think about returning to the stage as Blondie following the demise of drummer Clem Burke in April.
She mentioned the state of Blondie and her prolonged profession in a brand new interview with Vainness Truthful. When requested what she’s been most pleased with from her profession to date, Harry humbly named working with Burke and fellow founding member Chris Stein — who has not toured with Blondie since 2019 as a consequence of well being points — on the high of her listing.
“Holding a rock band collectively for 50 years was like a wedding, and it’s unhappy that with Clem’s passing and with out having Chris onstage, I can’t see myself being onstage as Blondie, although I’m the face of Blondie,” Harry stated. “However I’m pleased with the music, and I might nonetheless love to do music.”
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Earlier than Burke’s demise, Blondie was within the midst of finishing a brand new album, which was produced by John Congleton and remains to be set to reach within the fall; past that, Harry is wanting ahead to a time of resetting and remembrance. “I ran right into a wall: the tour ended, Clem died, and wow. What is that this area I reside in now?,” Harry stated. “I’m curing – I’m doing a remedy. And a part of that’s de-cluttering up my area, which is crowded with that life. I have to get some breath, get some air in there.”
Elsewhere in her chat with Vainness Truthful, Harry mentioned her punk-centric early profession days at CBGB’s, how David Bowie as soon as (impolitely) hit on her, Blondie’s monetary struggles, breakup, and ensuing reunion within the late ’90s, and far more. Learn the total interview right here.
Revisit Debbie Harry and Chris Stein’s 2021 look on The Story Behind the Music, the place the pair focus on the making of Blondie’s 1981 hit “Rapture.”