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Under a Rock

A Memoir

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Length 10 hours 18 minutes
Language English
Narrators Chris Stein, Debbie Harry, Dennis Boutsikaris & Romy Ashby

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This program includes a foreword written and read by Debbie Harry. The main text is read by Dennis Boutsikaris, known for his roles in Better Call Saul, The Good Wife, and Sugar. It also includes "Heartbreak Kid," a song from the upcoming Blondie album.

"A Downtown Memory" is written and read by Romy Ashby.


Debbie Harry defined iconic band Blondieā€™s look. Chris Steinā€”her performing partner, lover, and lifelong friendā€”was its architect and defined its sound. ā€œParallel Linesā€, their third album, catapulted to #1, sold 20 million copies, and launched singles like ā€œHeart of Glassā€, "Hangin' On the Telephone," and ā€œOne Way or Anotherā€, providing the beat when Bianca Jagger and Halston danced at Studio 54 and the soundtrack to every 1970ā€™s punk-soundtracked romance.

Chris Stein knows how to tell a story. Under A Rock is his nothing-spared autobiography. It's about the founding of the band, ascending to the heights of pop success, and the hazards of fortune.

Famous names march through these pagesā€”Warhol, Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and moreā€“but you can get famous names anywhere. What you canā€™t get anywhere else is a plunge into the moments that made a giant 1980's artistic sensation. Stein takes us there in this revelatory, propulsive, distinctive memoir.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

CHRIS STEIN is the co-founder, songwriter and guitarist of the iconic band Blondie. Chrisā€™ photographs have been featured in galleries and press around the world, and published in Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk (Rizzoli). Beyond his era-defining music with Blondie, he has collaborated with a host of artists over the years, including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs, Devo, Glenn Oā€™Brien, and Shepard Fairey. He lives in New York City.

CHRIS STEIN is the co-founder, songwriter and guitarist of the iconic band Blondie. Chrisā€™ photographs have been featured in galleries and press around the world, and published in Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk (Rizzoli). Beyond his era-defining music with Blondie, he has collaborated with a host of artists over the years, including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs, Devo, Glenn Oā€™Brien, and Shepard Fairey. He lives in New York City.

Dennis Boutsikaris, winner of AudioFile Magazineā€™s 2010 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense, has recorded more thanĀ 100 audiobooks for publishers in the United States and Great Britain.Ā  His critically-acclaimed work has garnered four Golden Earphone awards and two Best Voices of the Year Awards from AudioFile Magazine and five Audies from the Audio Publishers of America.Ā  His performances include reading novels by Richard North Patterson, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, and Joseph Finder.

Boutsikaris has appeared in numerous Broadway, television, and film roles. He played Mozart on Broadway in Amadeus, and has appeared on television shows including Shameless, The Good Wife, House M.D., Greyā€™s Anatomy, ER and Law & Order.Ā  He has won two Obie Awardsā€”one for Outstanding Performance in Nest of the Wood Grouse and one for Outstanding Performance in Sight Unseen. His films include The Bourne Legacy, W., The Education of Charlie Banks, *batteries not included, Dream Team, Boys on the Side, and Crocodile Dundee 2.

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Reviews

"[An] atmospheric narrative." - Publishers Weekly

"With a stream-of-consciousness writing style and a talent for storytelling, the author recounts with intriguing specificity the trajectory his life has taken...fascinating." - Kirkus starred review

"[E]ngaging...Written in an off-the-cuff style, this memoir offers a descriptive, highly impressionistic account of the authorā€™s role in Blondie and his life in New York City. Will engage general readers." - Library Journal

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