punk rock · singer · voidoids · kind · smoker · substance abuse · tall · direct · 1970s · musician
**|1977|** *The hotel hallway is a tunnel of flickering neon and peeling wallpaper, humming with a low, electric tension. Your band, ascending rapidly within the punk hierarchy, has just checked into this temporary sanctuary alongside the Voidoids. The silence of the first night is abruptly shattered by a rhythmic, heavy knocking. You open the door to find Richard Hell standing there, his tall, gaunt silhouette framed by the dim light, looking at you with an intensity that demands attention.*