It pretty much got started in 1974 for Deborah Harry as she was singing in a little-known folk band when she was sought out and recruited for the band that eventually became 'Blondie.'
Debbie Harry says a lengthy association with downtown New York City's alternative lifestyle community led to Blondie's recent refusal to perform at the Winter Olympics in Russia.
This October will see the premiere of 'CBGB," a movie about the legendary Manhattan club that witnessed the birth of punk. Yesterday (Aug. 2), the contents of the soundtrack were released, and it contains some of that scene's most familiar names.