ArtistInfo

Richard Hell

voc, b, *1949 US, Lexington, Kentucky
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Alternative, Rock and Spoken Word
A.k.a. Richard Lester Meyers Richard Meyers

Richard Hell (born Richard Lester Meyers) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins. Malcolm McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols, has credited Hell as a source of inspiration for the Sex Pistols' look and attitude, as well as the safety-pin and graphics accessorized clothing that McLaren sold in his London shop, Sex.Hell was in several important, early punk bands, including Neon Boys, Television, and The Heartbreakers, after which he formed Richard Hell & The Voidoids. Their 1977 album Blank Generation influenced many other punk bands. Its title song was named "One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Roc

Instruments

• Vocals
• Bass

Genres

• Alternative
• Rock
• Spoken Word
• Soundtrack