Clem Burke

New Wave Punk Rock 

The Vapors Create a Buzz with Wasp in a Jar

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Blondie, Clem Burke, Eddie Munoz, Josh Kantor, Keith Streng, Michael Giblin, New Wave, Split Squad, The Baseball Project, The Fleshtones, The Plimsouls, The Vapors, Turning Japanese, Vapors Own Records, Wasp in a Jar

Bassist Steve Smith talks about the New Wave legends’ fourth album in 45 years

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New Wave Punk Rock 

Catching Blondie Through The Decades

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Blondie, CBGB, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri, No Exit, Pollinator

A celebration of the NYC legends in honor of guitarist Chris Stein’s 75th birthday

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

Picture This: Blondie’s Parallel Lines at 45

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Blondie, Chris Stein, Chrysalis Records, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Hanging On The Telephone, Heart of Glass, Jimmy Destri, Mike Chapman, Nigel Harrison, One Way or Another, Parallel Lines, The Nerves. Mike Chapman

Honoring a glistening jewel of pop rock perfection that hasn’t dimmed since 1978

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Uncategorized 

Blonde On Blondie: Inside the New Box Set

August 30, 2022 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments Against The Odds: 1974 to 1982, Autoamerican, Blondie, Chris Infante, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Eat To The Beat, Gary Valentine, Numero Group, Parallel Lines, Plastic Letters, The Hunter

Against The Odds is the most definitive compendium of the legendary NYC band yet

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

Clem Burke: Full Moon, Empty Hearts

September 14, 2020September 16, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy Babiuk, Blondie, CBGB, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Ed Stasium, Elliot Easton, Jon Varvatos, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Cars, The Chesterfield Kings, The Empty Hearts, The Romantics, Wally Palmar

An exclusive chat with the Blondie drummer about the second album from his current band and the good old days on The Bowery

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020March 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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New Wave Pop Punk 

Touched by Her Presence, Dear: Debbie Harry’s ‘Face It’

November 13, 2019November 20, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Adopted, Blondie, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, David Bowie's size, Debbie Harry, Face It, NME interview, Rob Roth and Chris Stein, St. Mark's Place, St. Mark's Place rent in 1965

Blondie drops truth bombs in her long awaited memoir

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Pop Punk Rock 

And It Was A Gas

September 24, 2018September 25, 2023 Luci Turner 1 Comment 1978, 40th Anniversary, Blondie, CBGBs, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri

Blondie’s Parallel Lines at 40

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Pat DiNizio

December 13, 2017April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Clem Burke, Duckman, Jason Alexander, Jim Ellison, Kathy Valentine, Material Issue, Mike Zelenko, Pat DiNizio, Pete Zeremba, Smithereens, Telecommando Americano, The Wild Bunch, Wayne Kramer

Smithereens singer was 62

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Punk 

The Last Ramone: Marky Carries the Punk Rock Banner

June 26, 2015April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Brian Jones, Buddy Rich, CBGBs, Clem Burke, Dave Brubeck, Dave Clark. Keith Moon, Dust, Grand Funk Railroad, Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner, Joe Morella, Marc Bell, Marky Ramone, Mitch Mitchell, Mountain, Peter Criss, Punk Rock Blitzkrieg, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Ringo Starr, Robert Quine, The Ramones, Wayne County

The last living member of the Ramones on getting sober, his favorite drummers and battles of the band

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