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[2.7.05] [Andrew Gallix]
HELL COMES IN SPURTS
 Brace yourselves for some serious Richard Hell action following the East Village Rimbaud's post-Meltdown performance. First of all, there's the publication of his majestic second novel, Godlike, set in the bohemian poetry circles of early 70s New York, which will form the basis of a forthcoming in-depth interview here at 3:AM. Then there's a CD anthology entitled Spurts to be released in August. It covers Hell's entire music career from the fabled Neon Boys (with Tom Verlaine) to the Dim Stars through Television, the Heartbreakers and inevitable Voidoids. In the accompanying booklet, the inventor of punk explains its raison d'etre: "It's always been a dream project of mine to put together a release that I can listen to all the way through without jumping back, that could be playing in your house without making you scratch your head." He also rejects the poet-turned-musician description as well as that of musician-turned-writer: "There's never been a rock'n'roll song that survived on the strength of its lyrics. People give me this same shit about my books, going the opposite direction. That I'm a musician who writes. Fuck that. Also, the way I write songs is to write the music first, and then I listen to the music and see what it makes me think, and write the words to it". Watch this space.
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