He joined the Stilettoes in 1973 as their guitarist and formed a romantic relationship with one of the band's vocalists, Debbie Harry, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny. Inspired by the burgeoning new music scene at the Mercer Arts Center in Manhattan, Chris Stein sought to join a similar band.
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1.6 2013–present: Ghosts of Download and Pollinator.1.5 2008–2012: Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour and Panic of Girls.1.4 1997–2007: Re-formation, No Exit and The Curse of Blondie.The band's eleventh studio album, Pollinator, was released on May 5, 2017. Blondie has sold around 40 million records worldwide and is still active. The group toured and performed throughout the world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and their sixth number one single in the United Kingdom with " Maria" in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK No. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. Over the next five years, the band achieved several hit singles including " Heart of Glass," " Call Me," " Atomic," " The Tide Is High," and " Rapture." The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, also incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music.īlondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album, The Hunter, in 1982. Their first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. The band was a pioneer in the American new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.