Under A Rock

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Under A Rock, the first memoir from Blondie's Chris Stein, is a quintessentially New York story of the golden age of the East Village and the makings of international superstars, with a foreword by Debbie Harry.

Debbie Harry defined iconic band Blondie's look. Chris Steinher performing partner, lover, and lifelong friendwas its architect and defined its sound. "Parallel Lines", their third album, catapulted to #1, sold 20 million copies, and launched singles like "Heart of Glass", "Rapture," and "One Way or Another", providing the beat when Bianca Jagger and Halston danced at Studio 54 and the soundtrack to every 1970's punk-soundtracked romance.

Chris Stein knows how to tell a story. Under A Rock is his nothing-spared autobiography. It's about the founding of the band, ascending to the heights of pop success, and the hazards of fortune.

Famous names march through these pagesWarhol, Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more-but you can get famous names anywhere. What you can't get anywhere else is a plunge into the moments that made a giant 1980's artistic sensation. Stein takes us there in this revelatory, propulsive, distinctive memoir.

Author Bio

CHRIS STEIN is not only the esteemed co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist of the legendary band Blondie, but also a renowned photographer whose work has captivated audiences in galleries and publications globally, including in his acclaimed books of photography: Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk (Rizzoli), and Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene (Rizzoli). His most recent project: GIGER: Debbie Harry Metamorphosis (Titan), an art book he curated which chronicles the extraordinary collaboration between Stein, Debbie Harry and H.R. Giger for Harry's 1981 solo album KooKoo was released in 2023. Beyond his groundbreaking contributions to the world of music with Blondie, Chris Stein has an illustrious history of artistic collaborations with other iconic figures such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs, Devo, Glenn O'Brien, and Shepard Fairey. Stein still resides in New York City, where he continues to expand on his creative pursuits in music and art.