Richard Hell

Richard Hell

Born: October 2, 1949
in Lexington, Kentucky
Richard Lester Meyers, better known by his stage name Richard Hell, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins.

Movies for Richard Hell...

You Don't Know Ivan Julian
Title: You Don't Know Ivan Julian
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2020
Type: Movie
Since the inception of punk rock in New York, Ivan Julian has enjoyed a long and storied career as one of rock's most innovative guitarists. "You Don't Know Ivan Julian" invites us to an intimate exploration of his creative process, his noteworthy collaborations and his life's many highs and lows.
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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Title: Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
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Punk Revolution NYC
Title: Punk Revolution NYC
Character: Himself
Released: June 19, 2012
Type: Movie
This documentary film traces the entire history of New York's punk movement; the VU years, the Warhol influence, the Dolls reign, and the handover of power to the bands who shared the sensibilities and attitude introduced to the city by Warhol and the Velvets a decade before. With the aid of performance footage, rare archive, exclusive interviews and some of the most exciting music ever recorded, this programme offers an experience of these events second only to having lived through them. Features new interviews with Richard Hell, Suicide's Alan Vega, Blondie's Gary Valentine and many more.
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Wild Thing
Title: Wild Thing
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary about The Troggs (performers of Wild Thing) and other Rock bands.
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Oil City Confidential
Title: Oil City Confidential
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Director Julien Temple's film celebrates Canvey Island's Dr Feelgood, the Essex R 'n' B band that exploded out of the UK in the prog era of the early Seventies, delivering shows and albums that helped pave the way for pub rock and punk.
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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Title: Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2009
Type: Movie
An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.
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Llik Your Idols
Title: Llik Your Idols
Character: Himself
Released: July 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.
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NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Title: NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Released: July 9, 2007
Type: Movie
New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.
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Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Title: Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Character: Himself
Released: September 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary covering The Ramones' long and eventful history, with footage from their final ever show at the Palace in Hollywood, 6th August 1996. Interviews with Joey, Johnny and drummer Marky, tributes from other rock icons including Richard Hell, Debbie Harry and Lemmy.
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Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Title: Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Released: September 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.
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Blind Light
Title: Blind Light
Character: Max
Released: January 14, 1998
Type: Movie
A photographer (Edie Falco), a Swedish author (Per Myrberg) and a filmmaker experience a moment of self-awareness on an Italian island
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Title: The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1995
Type: Movie
The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
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What About Me
Title: What About Me
Character: Paul
Released: January 10, 1993
Type: Movie
After a family tragedy, a young woman finds herself homeless and living on the streets of New York.
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Sadness at Leaving
Title: Sadness at Leaving
Character: Carl Halman
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.
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Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
Title: Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others. Also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. Also expands upon how the poets reached new levels of creativity and inspired social change.
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No Picnic
Title: No Picnic
Character: Irate Tenant
Released: January 17, 1986
Type: Movie
A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Title: Desperately Seeking Susan
Character: Bruce Meeker
Released: March 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.
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Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain
Title: Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain
Character: The Rawhide Kid
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
From the warped mind of underground auteur Nick Zedd comes this campy horrorfest that follows screwy scientist Dr. Frankenberry as he attempts to resurrect the dead, aided by his hunchbacked minion. Adding to the twisted fun are Donna Death as bloodsucking temptress Scumbalina, Richard Hell as punk-rock cowboy crooner the Rawhide Kid and Tyler Smith as Frankenberry’s monstrous two-headed creation, Formaldehyde Man.
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Smithereens
Title: Smithereens
Character: Eric
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: Movie
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
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Blank Generation
Title: Blank Generation
Character: Billy
Released: October 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.
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Punking Out
Title: Punking Out
Character: Himself
Released: September 26, 1978
Type: Movie
The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.
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Final Reward
Title: Final Reward
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A fascinating drama-document on the punk period.
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The Blank Generation
Title: The Blank Generation
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 1976
Type: Movie
The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).