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NY punk godfather Richard Hell plays a not-very-fictionalized version of himself in Ulli Lommel's 1980 drama film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078873/ Blank Generation]''. The film actually features footage of Hell and the Voidoids playing at CBGBs, so it's not clear why they bothered giving Hell's character such a bland name.
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NY punk godfather Richard Hell plays a not-very-fictionalized version of himself in Ulli Lommel's 1980 drama film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078873/ Blank Generation]''. The film actually features footage of Hell and the Voidoids playing at CBGBs, so it's not clear why they bothered giving Hell's character such a bland name.
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Fake band connection: Two years later Hell played another  [[Smithereens|fake punk musician]].
 
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Revision as of 09:33, 16 May 2018

NY punk godfather Richard Hell plays a not-very-fictionalized version of himself in Ulli Lommel's 1980 drama film Blank Generation. The film actually features footage of Hell and the Voidoids playing at CBGBs, so it's not clear why they bothered giving Hell's character such a bland name.

Fake band connection: Two years later Hell played another fake punk musician.