As a musician, an actor, a muse, an icon, the breadth of Debbie Harry's
impact on our culture has been matched by her almost Sphinx-like
reticence about her inner life. Through it all - while being acclaimed
as one of the most beautiful women in the world, prized by a galaxy of
leading photographers and fashion designers, beloved by legions of fans
for her relentless, high-octane performances, selling 50 million albums
or being painted by Andy Warhol - Debbie Harry has infused her perennial
Blondie persona with a heady mix of raw sexuality and sophisticated
punk cool. In Face It, Debbie Harry invites us into the
complexity of who she is and how her life and career have played out
over the last seven decades.
Upending the standard music memoir,
with a cutting-edge style keeping with the distinctive qualities of her
multi-disciplined artistry, Face It includes a thoughtful introduction
by Chris Stein, rare personal photos, original illustrations, fan
artwork installations and more. Peppered with colourful
characters, Face It features everyone from bands Blondie came up with on
the 1970s music scene - The Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy
Pop and David Bowie - to artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marina
Abramovic and H.R. Giger of Alien fame.
It explores her
successful acting career (she has starred in over 30 film roles,
including David Cronenberg's Videodrome and John Waters's Hairspray),
her weekends with William S. Burroughs and her attempted abduction by
serial killer Ted Bundy. Ranging from the hardscrabble grit and grime of
the early New York City years to times of glorious commercial success,
interrupted by a plunge into heroin addiction, the near-death of partner
Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy and Blondie's break-up as a
band, an amazing solo career and then a stunning return with Blondie,
this is a cinematic story of an artist who has always set her own path.
Inspirational, entertaining, shocking, humorous and eye-opening, Face It is a memoir as dynamic as its subject.
Face It - Debbie Harry
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