Artist artifact

Punk

Patti Smith

Poet who walked rock into downtown New York art scenes, making Horses a bridge between garage band and Rimbaud.

Biography

Poet who walked rock into downtown New York art scenes, making Horses a bridge between garage band and Rimbaud.

Influence

Legitimized punk as literary practice; women in rock still cite her as permission structure.

Historical context

Poet who walked rock into downtown New York art scenes, making Horses a bridge between garage band and Rimbaud. Legitimized punk as literary practice; women in rock still cite her as permission structure. Horses opens by reinventing 'Gloria'—covers as possession, not tribute.

Associated instruments

  • Vocals
  • Electric Guitar

Specimen note

Horses opens by reinventing 'Gloria'—covers as possession, not tribute.