Blondie

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Overview
Blondie is an American rock band found in 1974 by lead-singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. They were the pioneers in early American punk-rock and new-wave scenes of the late 1970's. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although they were quite successful in Australia and the United Kingdom, but in America they were viewed as a underground band until their next album Parallel Lines being released in 1978. Over the next few years, they release hit singles such as "Call me", "Rapture", and "The tide is high" (along with others,) and they became known for their eccentric mix of genres and sounds and their incorporation of reggae, rap, disco and more.

In 1982, the band broke up after their sixth album release, "The hunter." After that, Debbie made several solo albums with mixed results while she took moments to care for Chris Stein who had been diagnosed with pemphigus, which is a rare autoimmune disease to the skin. In 1997, the band reformed achieving astounding success and creating another #1 hit in the U.K, "Maria", exactly 20 years after their U.K #1 hit.

They toured throughout the world in the following years and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Blondie is still active today and their latest album release was on May 5th, 2017 to the name of "Pollinator."