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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
and the only reason Ricghard Hell is considered a "seminal" punk is because everyone thought he was so cute and wanted to dress like him. fuck him, and fuck his boring ass record.
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Besides the (at least quasi-) anthemic connotations of the scene-song "Blank Generation" (a take on "My Generation" to some degree, no doubt), perhaps another key reason why he's highly associated with the Bowery and No Wave Punk scene is that Hell co-starred in the slice-of-(street)life indie feature
Smithereens in 1982. He sort of plays himself, and the movie uses some of his songs; it's pretty good, was filmed on location in early-'80s Manhattan, and is generally well-reviewed.