Biography
Richard Lester Meyers (born October 2, 1949), better known by his stage name Richard Hell, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. Hell was in several important early punk rock 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 track was named "One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock" by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time Top 10 punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk. Since the late 1980s, Hell has devoted himself primarily to writing, publishing two novels and several other books. He was the film critic for BlackBook magazine from 2004 to 2006.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Goo
1990
Blank Generation
1977
End Of The Century
1980
Childish Prodigy
2009
New Wave
1977
L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes)
1994
Osaka Popstar And The American Legends Of Punk
2006
Time
2002
Dim Stars
1992
Disappearer
1990
Ballot Result
1986
L.A.M.F. Revisited
1984
Hurt Me
1983
Ork Records: New York, New York
2015
Glam, Punk And Junk
2007
No Talking Just Head
1996
Dim Stars E.P.
1991
Better An Old Demon Than A New God
1984
Chinese Rocks
1984
Destiny Street
1982
D.T.K. (Live At The Speakeasy)
1982
Live At Max's Kansas City
1979
L.A.M.F.
1977
#3
1996
Credited work
646 releases · 136 albums · active 1976–2026
- Performance · 2,066
- Other credits · 186
- Production · 170
- Engineering · 73
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Electric Lady Studios · Plaza Sound Studios · Max's Kansas City · CBGB
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
- Johnny Thunders
- Ramones
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids
- The Heartbreakers (2)
- Sid Vicious
- The Loft