Debbie Harry – Gen X Playlist

Debbie Harry Reveals What She Still Has in Her Closet from Blondie Days (2025)

Debbie Harry Reveals What She Still Has in Her Closet from Blondie Days (2025)

Debbie Harry Reveals What She Still Has in Her Closet from Blondie Days (Exclusive)

The Blondie frontwoman wants to do an exhibition of her old clothes

By Meredith Wilshere
June 1, 2025

Debbie Harry kept “everything” from her Blondie days.

Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie The rockstar, 79, revealed what she plans on doing with all the clothes while at the New York City Ballet Gala on May 8.

“I have everything,” she tells PEOPLE. “I have everything, and I hope to put on a little exhibition at some point.”

Harry was famous for her iconic punk style, mixing grunge and glamor each time she took the stage. The rocker, known for her signature bleach-blonde ‘do, frequently paired denim with an edgy T-shirt, bold stripes, patterns or sequins.

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What Rock Fans Don’t Want to Admit by Damon Linker

What Rock Fans Don’t Want to Admit by Damon Linker

I’m Gen X, so some of the performers listed in this essay are a little before my time, but of course, I am familiar with them and have heard of them and a lot of their music.

Gen X has so far lost Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Michael Hutchence, Prince, Eddie Van Halen, and Marie Fredriksson (of Roxette). (There’s also drummer Frankie Banali (of Quiet Riot), Charlie Daniels, Mac Davis, and Tony Lewis (of The Outfield)).

What Rock Fans Don’t Want to Admit by Damon Linker

by Damon Linker
September 4, 2021

The recent death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts at the age of 80 is just the latest rude reminder of what all of us know in our bones but nonetheless choose to ignore most days: The classic rock era is nearly dead and buried — and so are its greatest icons.

I wrote about this two years ago, and, inevitably, things are looking even bleaker now. Bob Dylan is 80. Paul McCartney and Paul Simon are 79.

And not far behind them are a host of rock stars well into their 70s: Brian Wilson, Carole King, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Debbie Harry, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Elton John, and Don Henley.

James Taylor and Jackson Browne just completed a tour together; the former is 73, the latter 72.

The baby of the bunch, Bruce Springsteen, currently wrapping up another residency on Broadway, turns 72 next month.

Over the next decade, most of these superstars are going to die, and the remaining holdouts soon after.

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NYC in the ’80s Changed Music – and Launched Madonna, Run-DMC and More

NYC in the ’80s Changed Music – and Launched Madonna, Run-DMC and More

Zachary Kussin
June 11, 2021

How did disco sound when it died? In 1980s New York, it disappeared in a melodic revolution of hip-hop beats and rock riffs that helped fuel the rise of contemporary music.

Now, a just-opened museum exhibit explores the peak years of this musical renaissance, which changed the local cultural landscape — and eventually found its way to a global stage.

“New York, New Music: 1980-1986,” on view at the Museum of the City of New York, shows visitors how it all happened — thanks to emerging genres, new collaborations and the power of television. Another factor: a slow transition out of the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, which meant that New York was still affordable.

“That allowed a lot of artists to be freely creative and not have to also worry about making music as a career — and so people could be a little more experimental,” said Sean Corcoran, 47, the exhibit’s curator. “In the end, what we see is a lot of meeting and sharing of ideas across different communities … we thought that was a very New York story.”

…The exhibit uses photos, video clips and more to focus on this era, highlighting 14 moments that changed music forever.
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