HR Giger & Debbie Harry - Metamorphosis signed 1st edn

Chris Stein

ISBN 10: 1803362413 / ISBN 13: 9781803362410

Published by Titan Books, UK, 2023

About this Item

Brand new/unread first edition in new/unread condition. Signed by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein by was of affixed bookplate. A beautiful coffee table art book chronicling the extraordinary collaboration between Debbie Harry and H.R. Giger for Harry?s 1981 solo album KooKoo. When the visual artist H.R. Giger, best known for his biomechanical creature and set design for seminal 1979 sci-fi-horror film Alien, encountered Debbie Harry, the punk icon and lead singer of globally successful New Wave band Blondie, the results were sublime. The artwork for Harry?s 1981 debut solo KooKoo album cover was deemed so frightening it was originally banned on the London Underground. The fantastical videos for two of the tracks on the album, ?Backfired? and ?Now I Know you Know,? featured Giger himself piercing an Egyptian sarcophagus and a newly brunette Harry reimagined as a xenomorphic Giger creature. With photographs and words by Chris Stein, Harry?s long-term collaborator, artefacts and sketches from the Giger archive, and an introduction by Debbie Harry, this is an essential behind-the-scenes insight into the processes of an incredible creative partnership.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HR Giger & Debbie Harry - Metamorphosis signed 1st edn
• Publisher: Titan Books, UK
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1803362413
• ISBN 13: 9781803362410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: HR Giger
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A beautiful coffee table art book chronicling the extraordinary collaboration between Debbie Harry and H.R. Giger for Harry's 1981 solo album KooKoo.

When the visual artist H.R. Giger, best known for his biomechanical creature and set design for seminal 1979 sci-fi-horror film Alien, encountered Debbie Harry, the punk icon and lead singer of globally successful New Wave band Blondie, the results were sublime. The artwork for Harry’s 1981 debut solo KooKoo album cover was deemed so frightening it was originally banned on the London Underground. The fantastical videos for two of the tracks on the album, ‘Backfired’ and ‘Now I Know you Know,’ featured Giger himself piercing an Egyptian sarcophagus and a newly brunette Harry reimagined as a xenomorphic Giger creature.

With photographs and words by Chris Stein, Harry’s long-term collaborator, artefacts and sketches from the Giger archive, and an introduction by Debbie Harry, this is an essential behind-the-scenes insight into the processes of an incredible creative partnership.

About the Author

Chris Stein is the co-founder, songwriter and guitarist of the iconic punk band and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Blondie. He has also collaborated with artists including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs and Devo. His photographs have been exhibited around the world, and collected in two books, "Negative: Me, Blondie", and the "Advent of Punk" and "Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene." Debbie Harry, an American singer, songwriter, and actress, is the lead vocalist and co-founder of the phenomenally successful band Blondie. In 1981, Harry released KooKoo, the first of many solo albums, and also embarked on her acting career. She now has over 30 film and television roles to her credit, including "Union City" (1980), "Videodrome (1983)", "Hairspray" (1988), "Body Bags" (1993), and "Heavy" (1995).