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Richard Hell
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bassista, cantante e compositore statunitense
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Vinony's link graph records 229 inbound references to Richard Hell, and connects out to Patti Smith, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Mark Twain.
It is catalogued under topics including 1949 births, 20th-century American bass guitarists and 20th-century American male actors.
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- 19
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Lexington, Kentucky
Richard Lester Meyers, better known by his stage name Richard Hell, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins.
Known for
- You Don't Know Ivan Julian — Self2020
- Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers — Self2017
- Wild Thing — Self2012
- Punk Revolution NYC — Himself2012
- Oil City Confidential — Self2009
- Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB — Self2009
- NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell — Self2007
- Llik Your Idols — Himself2007
- Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk — Self2007
- Ramones: We're Outta Here! — Self2004
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1962-09-06
Discography
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- 121,967
- Total plays
- 1,138,350
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Richard Hell and the Voidoids (A.K.A. The Voidoids) was an American punk band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell (born Richard Meyers), a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers. Formed in New York City, at various times the band included influential guitarist Robert Quine, Ivan Julian, Naux Maciel, former Contortions and The Raybeats guitarist Jody Harris, Golden Palominos leader Anton Fier, and future Ramones member Marc Bell (Marky Ramone). <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lester
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Spouse
- Patty Smyth
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sire
- Official website
- www.richardhell.com
- Image
- Richard Hell 3 by David Shankbone.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richard Hell
- date of birth
- 1949-10-02
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Richard Hell
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- name in native language
- Richard Meyers
- floruit
- 1987-01-01
- birth name
- Richard Lester Meyers
- member of
- Richard Hell and the Voidoids
- pseudonym
- Richard Hell
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Richard Hell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article · Italiano
Richard Hell, vero nome Richard Meyers (Lexington, 2 ottobre 1949), è un bassista, cantante, compositore, scrittore e attore statunitense. È stato membro di famosi gruppi proto-punk quali Television, The Heartbreakers (con Johnny Thunders), The Voidoids e . È opinione comune che sia stato proprio Richard Hell ad adottare per primo il tipico look punk a base di catene, magliette strappate e chiome ispide, in seguito scaltramente imitato da Malcolm McLaren. Questioni estetiche a parte, il bassista e cantante statunitense merita un posto d'onore tra le figure chiave del punk rock, sia per aver composto quella Blank Generation diventata un inno ufficiale del movimento, sia per aver militato in band storiche quali Television, The Heartbreakers e The Voidoids. È stato sposato con la cantante Patty Smyth con la quale nel 1985 ha avuto una figlia, Ruby.
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