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Richard Hell

Richard Hell

Born: 1949-10-02 • 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.

Filmography
You Don't Know Ivan Julian poster
You Don't Know Ivan Julian
2020 • Self
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers poster
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
2017 • Self
Punk Revolution NYC poster
Punk Revolution NYC
2012 • Himself
No Image
Wild Thing
2012 • Self
Oil City Confidential poster
Oil City Confidential
2009 • Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB poster
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 • Self
Llik Your Idols poster
Llik Your Idols
2007 • Himself
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell poster
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007 • Self
No Image
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007 • Self
Ramones: We're Outta Here! poster
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004 • Self
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home? poster
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
2003
No Image
Blind Light
1998 • Max
What About Me poster
What About Me
1993 • Paul
Sadness at Leaving poster
Sadness at Leaving
1992 • Carl Halman
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets poster
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989 • Self
No Picnic poster
No Picnic
1986 • Irate Tenant
Desperately Seeking Susan poster
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 • Bruce Meeker
Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain poster
Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain
1983 • The Rawhide Kid
Smithereens poster
Smithereens
1982 • Eric
Blank Generation poster
Blank Generation
1980 • Billy
Punking Out poster
Punking Out
1978 • Himself
Final Reward poster
Final Reward
1978
The Blank Generation poster
The Blank Generation
1976 • Self