History Music / BlondieBand

* {{Disco}}: "Heart of Glass".
** "Call Me" and "Rapture" have shades of this too, though the latter also features rapping.
* EightiesHair: Debbie Harry on the cover of ''The Hunter''.
* EpicRocking: The full, extended version of "Call Me" is definitely this- it's over 8 minutes long! "Heart Of Glass" ''almost'' counts- it's just shy of 6.

* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "Denise" became "Denis".

* MaleBandFemaleSinger

* MsFanservice: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Debbie. Motherfucking. Harry.]]

* ''[[http://www.mtvmusic.com/blondie/videos/18111/rapture.jhtml Rapture]]'' - the earliest example of a rock band performing rap music (the parent album was released just a month before TheClash's ''Music/{{Sandinista}}'', which contained "The Magnificent Seven")

* ''Parallel Lines'' (1978)

!!! "Tropes of Glass":

* EightiesHair: Debbie Harry on the cover of ''The Hunter''.

* {{Disco}}: "Heart of Glass"

* ''[[http://www.mtvmusic.com/blondie/videos/18111/rapture.jhtml Rapture]]'' - the earliest example of a rock band performing rap music (the parent album was released just a month before TheClash's ''Sandinista!'', which contained "The Magnificent Seven")

Blondie is an American rock band that formed in 1974-1975, first gained fame in the late [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and has so far sold over 60 million records. The band was a pioneer in the early American Music/NewWave and PunkRock scenes. Its first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of ''Parallel Lines'' in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles and was noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of {{Disco}}, {{Pop}} and {{Reggae}}, while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.

* CreatorCouple: Chris Stein and Debbie Harry.

* RapRock: [[TropeMaker Trope Maker]] ("Rapture") along with Music/{{The Clash}} ("The Magnificent Seven") and the crossover between Run-DMC and Aerosmith ("Walk This Way").

* SmallNameBigEgo: The titular "her" in "Rip Her To Shreds".

* ArtifactTitle: The band name references the fact that they had two blonde backing singers in addition to Debbie Harry. [[ThePeteBest Neither of them stayed long enough to perform live or record with them.]]

* ArtifactTitle: The band name references the fact that they had two blonde backing singers in addition to Debbie Harry. Neither of them stayed long enough to perform live or record with them.

* IAmNotShazam: Debbie Harry is not Blondie.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They are much more popular in the UK and Europe than they are in the US. When they started, American audiences didn't know what to make of them, feeling they were too pop for punk audiences and too punk for pop audiences, plus there was the fact that they had a female singer, which was not common at the time, and meant Blondie were basically known as 'that band with the hot singer' (especially in their CBGB days). In the UK and Europe, audiences seemed to appreciate punk, pop and other genres in equal measure. To this day, Blondie are considered the quintessential pop band in the UK, whereas they are known mainly for "Rapture" and their connection to CBGB's in the US..

Lead singer Deborah Harry [[FaceOfTheBand achieved a level of celebrity that eclipsed other band members]], leading to tension within the group. Following the poorly received album ''The Hunter'' and with core member Chris Stein diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease, the group disbanded in 1982. As members pursued other projects, Blondie's reputation grew over the following decade and the group reformed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with "Maria" in 1999. The group toured and performed throughout the world over the following years, and was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the RockWalk of Fame in 2006.

** Living In The Real World - Punk
* GratuitousFrench: "Sunday Girl".

* RapRock: [[TropeMaker Trope Maker]] along with {{The Clash}}

Blondie is an American rock band that formed in 1974-1975, first gained fame in the late [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and has so far sold over 60 million records. The band was a pioneer in the early American Music/NewWave and PunkRock scenes. Its first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of ''Parallel Lines'' in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles and was noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, {{Pop}} and {{Reggae}}, while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.