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毫无疑问Patti Smith 是朋克女艺人的代表人物。她敏感颓废和暴躁的艺术性格在当时十分引人注目。她的表演完全无视音乐演奏的合理性，神经质刺耳的嗓音在毫无感情色彩的钢琴映衬下，从她软性的嗓子里不可思议地爆发出来，直至支离破碎。
Patti Smith的诗词，敏锐地触摸到了时代冲击下的现代都市青年的情感失落，富有强烈的冲击力。她的音乐将摇滚乐的民粹主义与她充满诡异色彩的诗歌结合在一起，并不太注重音乐的平衡性，声嘶力竭的演唱与重金属般的节奏是她的注册商标。
Patti Smith is a poet and rock singer who first gained notice when reading her poetry at gatherings in New York City in the early '70s.By 1974Smith had edged toward music by reading with the backup of electric guitarist and rock critic Lenny Kaye,notably on her independent-label single,"Piss Factory."By 1975Smith had organized a band that was playing in such clubs as the punk birthplace in New York,CBGB's,and she earned a contract with Arista Records.This resulted in the release of Horses,a critically acclaimed album that featured her songs,sometimes melded to dramatic readings,and such rock oldies as "Land of 1,000Dances."Radio Ethiopia was both mainstream-rock-oriented and more experimental,depending on which track you played.With 1978's Easter,Smith was definitely moving in a more commercial direction,especially by pairing with Bruce Springsteen for the hit single "Because the Night."That marked the high point of Smith's rock career.Wave (1979)found her waving goodbye;she married ex-MC5guitarist Fred "Sonic"Smith and retired from the music business.Her return came with the promising 1988album Dream of Life,but she was not back to full-time duty.Smith's husband died suddenly at the end of 1994.In 1995,she began making concert appearances again while preparing a new album due in 1996.In June 1996,Smith released Gone Again;Peace and Noise appeared a year later,and in the spring of 2000she returned with Gung Ho.
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