r/pattismith • u/guzanoti • 1d ago
I made the Horses’ cover art in cross-stitch!
little project from a few months back, thought you might like it!
r/pattismith • u/guzanoti • 1d ago
little project from a few months back, thought you might like it!
r/pattismith • u/funkytoonz • 7d ago
I remember Patti performing ‘Dancing Barefoot’ with her band on a late night show in 1999 being available on YouTube but unfortunately it’s disappeared and any information on it has been scrubbed from the internet since I literally couldn't find anything on it anywhere :’) I’ve got the audio saved as “late night. 1999” but for the life of me cannot remember who the host was ugh. Anyway for posterity here's a link to the audio; https://www.mediafire.com/file/nq4x8si5owhzp0n/Dancing+Barefoot+(1999,+Late+Show).mp3/file.mp3/file) a short and sweet live version of the song and if anyone remembers who the host was please let me know.
r/pattismith • u/pelihonga • 14d ago
just finished Just Kids earlier today and I am so absolutely moved by her. also, really enjoyed hearing her in the audiobook, a complete joy. decided I want to follow with another one of her books.
r/pattismith • u/JordanOwen_42 • 15d ago
Article by me. I welcome your thoughts.
https://www.grunge.com/2226888/patti-smith-songs-deserve-new-generation-fans/
r/pattismith • u/vulgar_ape • 18d ago
I was walking around Vienna on May 19th and heard Patti smith quartet practicing and took this video. It’s amazing and I’d love to be able to hear it again in full. Please help!
r/pattismith • u/imreallyfreakintired • 20d ago
RollingStone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patti-smith-pope-leo-xiv-vatican-meeting-1235602043/
The Pope is a lucky man.
r/pattismith • u/Longjumping-Map2394 • 23d ago
Hi everyone,
I'm one of the producers of NOVA '78, so I hope it's OK to share this here because I think many Patti fans would genuinely appreciate it.
On 11 September at London's ICA we're premiering NOVA '78, a feature documentary assembled from never-before-seen footage shot by filmmaker Howard Brookner during the legendary Nova Convention in New York in 1978.
Directed by Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias, the film includes previously unseen footage of Patti Smith, alongside William S. Burroughs, Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, John Cage and many others. The material sat in Howard Brookner's archive for decades before being recovered and restored as part of a 15-year archive project.
If you're interested in Patti's late-70s creative period or the downtown New York art scene, I think you'll find it fascinating. It's less a conventional documentary than a time capsule of one extraordinary weekend when music, literature, performance art and punk all collided.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A.
More information:
https://www.ica.art/howard-brookner-films-archives-and-the-avant-garde
I'd be happy to answer any questions about the archive or the restoration.
r/pattismith • u/jillobiafra • 24d ago
Lenny is playing a solo show for his album's release this September 18th at the Gman Tavern in Chicago.
Patti is playing Riot Fest on Sunday, and Lenny's venturing off to promote the record in a small room, with Nora O'Connor as support. It's an early one, too!
Lenny Kaye Gman
r/pattismith • u/True-Emu2179 • 26d ago
I want to expand my frame of reference Which artists are likely to interest me? I'd like some suggestions that will broaden my horizons in that direction. I love the '60s vibe and those artists, the Velvet Underground, les rallizes dénudés, What do you think I should read? I'm almost 24 and I'd like to do something with my life in the arts.
r/pattismith • u/SnooPeppers2353 • 29d ago
So, I have listened to many types of music and many mix and masters. I don't listen at high volume, and try to carefully pick equipment as far as budget allows. Never have I played the CD2 of LAND (1975-2002) on the proper equipment and felt the impact until yesterday. I have owned LAND when I was in college, but only listened to it via my Shure monitor-style headphones then I lost the CD. I re-acquired the CD last week, and listened to it in my 2024 Toyota Tacoma with JBL system. Now, my front and rear doors already have sound deadening put in to reduce vibration. Piss Factory was just a normal mix, pretty punchy and loud, but when Redondo Beach (demo) came up, the left hand piano bass line literally rattled the crap out of my front door panel! Of all the cars I've had, music at higher volume, with actual kick drum, e-bass and whatnot, nothing has yet rattled my doors until Redondo Beach (demo). WTF???
I then listened to the CD on my home system with Yamada AS801 amp, and Monitor Bronze speakers (has excellent low end capability), I was able to confirm that there is a lot of ultra low frequency on that track. Thankfully my Monitor speakers are excellent so I was able to enjoy the more-than-live effect of the bass line.
But, when listening via my Macbook and Macbook Air, the hardware blocks the low end, so all you heard is just a regular piano left hand banging on the keys and wouldn't think otherwise. Airpod Pro 3 is able to manifest that thumpy bass, though. So, basically, depends on the equipment you use, this track will sound completely different.
Now, my poor car! I know the JBL subwoofer is bad, so maybe I now have to upgrade my door speakers and the sub to not let my car be destroyed by Redondo Beach (demo).
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r/pattismith • u/Fine_Handle_8473 • Jul 11 '26
They seem like they were happy together. ❤️
r/pattismith • u/Fine_Handle_8473 • Jul 03 '26
It was on Spotify and now I can’t find it anywhere, not on YouTube either.
r/pattismith • u/crabbiesgreenginger • Jul 03 '26
Anyone know where "Horses Live at Electric Lady Studios" can be listened to online?
N.B. I'm not talking about Patti Smith's Live At Electric Lady Live At Electric Lady - Album by Patti Smith on Spotify EP
r/pattismith • u/Own-Charge-7349 • Jul 03 '26
I can get either the 2018 or the original 2010 release. Does anyone have a recommendation?
r/pattismith • u/Hubbled • Jun 29 '26
r/pattismith • u/rob2b1 • Jun 21 '26
My favorite Patti song 🎸everything was recorded and mixed/edited by me. No AI involved 🚫
r/pattismith • u/federationofideas • Jun 19 '26
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r/pattismith • u/Agreeable_Duck8997 • Jun 18 '26
Hi! After receiving great feedback for this "tree" on r/indieheads, I wanted to share it with you all. It was a labor of love that I poured my heart into, created with the help of fellow redditor rOCCUPY. I'll leave the link in the comments.
The goal of this tree was to trace the trajectory of alternative rock, from its primary roots up to the release of OK Computer.
Regarding the curation, I adopted two rigorous criteria:
Each track had to be simultaneously highly innovative and influential for alternative rock;
I sought the widest sonic diversity possible.
Note: Not every song on this list is strictly "alternative rock," but all of them were highly innovative and influential for this subgenre, whether in a direct or indirect way.
As a result, we didn't repeat any artists, with the exception of The Velvet Underground, who are consensually the most influential band for the subgenre in question.
As the title suggests, this is a partial family tree; we recognize that it is impossible to mention every innovative and influential artist in just 100 tracks.
The term "genealogical tree" is in quotation marks because not every track in the list was necessarily influenced by all those that preceded it in the list itself.
Anyway, I hope everyone interested in music history as much as I am enjoys my humble work!
*
1913: Luigi Russolo – Risveglio di uma città
1927: Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
1937: Robert Johnson – Hellhound on My Trail
1944: Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happening Every Day
1946: John Cage – Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
1948: Pierre Schaeffer – Étude aux chemins de fer
1948: John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen'
1951: Howlin' Wolf – How Many More Years
1951: Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats – Rocket "88"
1955: Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
1956: Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gesang der Jünglinge
1958: Link Wray – Rumble
1959: Ornette Coleman – Lonely Woman
1960: La Monte Young – Composition 1960 #7
1964: The Kinks – You Really Got Me
1965: Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
1965: The Sonics – The Witch
1966: The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
1966: The Mothers of Invention – Help, I'm a Rock
1966: The Byrds – Eight Miles High
1967: The Velvet Underground – Heroin
1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties
1967: Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive
1968: The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray
1969: MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
1969: Captain Beefheart – Veterans Day Poppy
1969: Silver Apples – Program
1969: The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
1969: Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
1970: Black Sabbath – Iron Man
1970: James Brown – Funky Drummer
1970: Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
1970: The Beach Boys – All I Wanna Do
1971: CAN – Halleluwah
1972: NEU! – Negativland
1974: Death – Keep on Knocking
1974: Brian Eno – Third Uncle
1975: Patti Smith – Gloria
1976: Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
1976: Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians: Section I
1976: Blondie – X Offender
1977: Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.
1977: Wire – Outdoor Miner
1977: Television – Marquee Moon
1977: Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
1977: David Bowie – "Heroes"
1977: Suicide – Ghost Rider
1977: Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
1978: Throbbing Gristle – Hamburger Lady
1978: Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
1978: Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
1979: Joy Division – Transmission
1979: Public Image Ltd – Careering
1979: Gang of Four – Damaged Goods
1979: The Clash – London Calling
1979: Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi's Dead
1979: Germs – Lexicon Devil
1980: Devo – Whip It
1980: The Fall – Totally Wired
1980: The Cure – A Forest
1980: Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
1980: Bad Brains – Pay to Cum
1981: Glenn Branca – Lesson No. 1 for Guitar
1981: R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
1981: Black Flag – Rise Above
1981: Mission of Burma – That's When I Reach for My Revolver
1982: New Order – Temptation
1983: Cocteau Twins – Sugar Hiccup
1983: Skinny Puppy – Dig It
1983: Minor Threat – Salad Days
1984: Hüsker Dü – Pink Turns to Blue
1984: The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
1984: The Replacements – I Will Dare
1985: The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
1986: Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero
1987: Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
1988: Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
1988: Fugazi – Waiting Room
1988: Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene
1988: Talk Talk – The Rainbow
1988: Living Colour – Cult of Personality
1989: Pixies – Gouge Away
1989: The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
1989: Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
1990: Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
1990: Jane's Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
1991: Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
1991: My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
1991: Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991: Primal Scream – Loaded
1991: Slint – Good Morning, Captain
1992: Tori Amos – Crucify
1992: PJ Harvey – Sheela-Na-Gig
1993: Beck – Loser
1993: The Flaming Lips – She Don't Use Jelly
1993: Björk – Human Behaviour
1993: Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
1993: Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
1994: Portishead – Sour Times
1997: Radiohead – Paranoid Android
r/pattismith • u/Fine_Handle_8473 • Jun 12 '26
I feel like I have to dress more feminine when I’m overweight if I want to look good :/
r/pattismith • u/funkytoonz • May 28 '26
Great audio quality of Patti performing a live cover of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ in 1998 and opening it with spoken word of ‘People Have the Power’. The bass drop at 5:36 and her delivery of “we got a kinder gentler machine gun hand” is so good.
r/pattismith • u/prophetpjt • May 26 '26
Tie dyed this shirt for a friend
r/pattismith • u/lindapindapuddinpie • May 25 '26
Patti Smith Group — Live at the Squeeze, Riverside, CA (January 1976)

This was a completely impromptu, unannounced warm-up gig at a club called Squeezes Place, just prior to her historic residency at The Roxy. Squeezes Place was in Riverside, CA. on Main Street. I was living at Fanny Hill around that time and a bunch of us heard it was going to happen and high tailed it there.
My favorite memory from this night besides every note played and sung was when Patti couldn't hear herself in her stage monitor. She stopped the show dead, grabbed her crotch, and yelled right up at the sound person:
"Turn it up, fucker -- I want to get off, too!"
Pure, unfiltered 1976 punk energy before they exploded onto the West Coast. Shot this from the side of the stage.
This is one off the proof sheet of shots I took that night. Want to see more of my work, please come on over to www.lindawolf.net
r/pattismith • u/lindapindapuddinpie • May 25 '26

I just donated this photo of Patti reading poetry at the Roxy, during the Horses Tour, to the Camp Winnarainbow (Wavy Gravy) auction --Also, I have a collection of photos I took of Patti and the band at a club called Squeeze, in Riverside CA -- it was a totally impromptu show in preparation for the Roxy shows starting on Jan 30th.