By the late 90s, the chances of a Blondie reunion were almost zero. New York’s premier new wave hitmakers had split in 1982, dipping from view after their poorly received sixth album The Hunter, and everyone had gone their separate ways. But a chance meeting with a local industry figure stirred something in guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein.
“Blondie had always been in the back of my mind, like a splinter,” says Stein. “Then I met this guy, Harry Sandler, who hooked us up to a manager. He said: ‘Look, if you don’t do this now, you may never do it.’ So that kind of stuck with me.”
