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Chris Stein (Christopher Stein) was born on 5 January, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, US, is an American guitarist. Discover Chris Stein's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Occupation Musician
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 5 January 1950
Birthday 5 January
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, US
Nationality United States

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1950

Christopher Stein (born January 5, 1950) is an American musician known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie.

He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style, and writer of the soundtrack for the film Union City, as well as an accomplished photographer.

Stein was born to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York, on January 5, 1950.

He grew up in the Midwood section of Brooklyn and attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, but he was expelled for his long hair.

1973

In 1973 Stein became the guitarist of the Stilettos and began a romantic relationship with Debbie Harry, one of the singers.

1974

In the summer of 1974 Stein, Harry, and the band's rhythm section left to start their own group which they eventually called Blondie.

They soon became fixtures in the punk and new wave scene centered around CBGB and Max's Kansas City and by the end of the decade achieved international stardom.

1978

Stein was co-host of TV Party, a public-access television cable TV show in New York City, that ran from 1978 to 1982.

1982

Blondie broke up in 1982, but reformed in 1997 and has been active off and on ever since.

In addition to being the sole writer of the Blondie song "Sunday Girl", Stein co-wrote numerous hits with Harry, including "Heart of Glass", "Dreaming", "Island of Lost Souls", "Rapture", and "Rip Her to Shreds".

Stein also ran the Animal Records label between 1982 and 1984.

Some of the photographs in Negative have also been published in the Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Victor Bockris co-authored volume Making Tracks: The Rise of Blondie, first published by Elm Tree, London (1982).

1983

In 1983, Stein was diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.

He was cared for by his then-partner Debbie Harry and he has since regained normal function.

Stein had developed a mild form of the disease, and was able to control it with a program of steroids.

While in Blondie, Stein and Harry maintained a romantic relationship but never married.

1985

The couple went their separate ways in 1985, but have continued to work together on a professional basis.

1998

Making Tracks was later reissued by Da Capo, New York (1998).

1999

In 1999, Stein married actress Barbara Sicuranza, with whom he has two daughters.

In July 2023, Stein said that one of their daughters had died in May.

She had struggled with substance abuse, and overdosed.

2013

Stein's photography has also been shown in an exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery, West Hollywood in August 2013; in a joint exhibition with Eddie Duggan at the University of Suffolk (April–May 2017), entitled A la recherche du punk perdu, and in an exhibition in a Blondie 'pop-up' shop in London's Camden Market, linked to the 2017 Blondie performance at the Roundhouse.

2014

Stein's photography was published most recently in September 2014 by Rizzoli in his book, Chris Stein / Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk.

The book Negative: Me, Blondie and the Advent of Punk was launched with in an exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch at the Chelsea Hotel’s Storefront Gallery in New York City alongside images by the likes of Mick Rock, Bob Gruen, Annie Leibovitz and Robert Mapplethorpe, which also coincided with the fortieth anniversary of the formation of Blondie.

There was also an exhibition at Somerset House in London.

2015

In 2015, Blondie members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein made a guest appearance alongside The Gregory Brothers in an episode of Songify the News, and they collaborated again to parody the 2016 United States presidential election debates.

A photographer, Stein documented the early New York City punk music scene, the visual allure of Debbie Harry and Blondie, and his collaborations with artists including Andy Warhol and H.R. Giger.

2019

Stein has not toured with Blondie since 2019 due to heart issues, but has remained a recording member in subsequent releases, as on Pollinator (2019) and an upcoming Blondie album.

About his health condition, he stated: "I've been dealing with a dumbass condition called Atrial Fibrillation or AFib which is irregular heartbeats and combined with the meds I take for it I'm too fatigued to deal."