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.