This was released as Destiny Street Repaired in 2009. He enlisted Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, and Ivan Julian to overdub the solos (Quine had died in 2004 and Naux in 2009) and he re-sang everything. In the early 2000s, Hell discovered a cassette from 1981 that contained just the album’s rhythm tracks (drums, bass and two rhythm guitars) and he realized he could add new guitar solos and vocals to that to obtain a cleaner, improved version of the songs. Richard had wished forever that he could remix the original Destiny Street, but was told by the record company that the original 24-track masters had been lost. The Destiny Street-era band retained Quine, but otherwise the backing lineup became Naux (Juan Maciel) on guitar and Fred Maher on drums. After another year, Richard departed The Heartbreakers and created Richard Hell And The Voidoids, which, along with other CBGB bands of the era, such as the Ramones and Patti Smith, formed the template for punk, the effects of which are still being felt.Īpart from Hell on vocals and bass, the original Voidoids comprised Robert Quine (guitar), Ivan Julian (guitar), and Marc Bell (drums). When Hell left Television in 1975, he formed, with Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, both formerly of the New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers. Richard Hell co-founded his first band, the Neon Boys, with Tom Verlaine in 1973.

As he says in his new liner notes to Destiny Street Remixed, “The final mix was a morass of trebly multi-guitar blare.” The album was originally recorded in 1981 and released in 1982, but not to Richard Hell’s satisfaction. Demos from Richard Hell And The Voidoids’ second and final album now available as a stand-alone release.ĭestiny Street was the follow-up album to one of the greatest punk albums of all time, 1977’s Blank Generation.

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