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:: Friday, September 03, 2004 ::

Punk Rock Countdown: No. 31 (and the 1,000th post on bloggedy blog. Huzzah.)
"Blank Generation," by Richard Hell and the Voidoids
I belong to the blank generation/and I can take it or leave it each time.

So sang Richard Hell, one of the New York punk scene's seminal figures. But what, exactly, was he trying to convey? A sense of punk nihilism? (That's certainly what many assumed.) A label for the disenchanted youth of that scene and era? According to Hell himself, the "blank" was intended to be a positive, rather than nihilistic, statement: as in "fill in the blank" and create your own future. The "blank generation," Hell insisted, was one full of possibilities -- and one that resonates with punk's do-it-yourself ethic.

Richard Hell's spiked hair and ripped clothing set the standard for future punks like the Sex Pistols. In fact, Pistols manager Malcolm MacLaren got the idea for their look from Hell. For that alone, he and the Voidoids deserve recognition. But "Blank Generation" also deserves a place on the chart as one of punk rock's early anthems.

:: Andrew 15:39 + ::
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