Patti Smith With Silverlake Conservatory Founder and Students

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Rock Legend Patti Smith Rocks Out at 'Patti Smith: Dream of Life' Pre-Party in Los Angeles

At SPIN and Citi's once-in-a-lifetime evening, a privileged group of rock'n'roll fans took in a screening of the punk legend's new documentary and an exclusive performance!
Patti Smith and Director Steven Sebring / Photo By Chris Polk

The SPIN Interview: Patti Smith

In the three decades since her debut, Patti Smith, rock's poet laureate and subject of a new documentary, found domestic bliss and endured tragic loss. That longevity shocks even her: "When I did Horses, I never expected to make another album."

With casual androgyny now as common as rehab and pop-star poetry a recurring joke, it's hard to imagine how strange Patti Smith must've seemed when she exploded out of New York with Horses 33 years ago. Defiant, literary, and rocking, Smith's debut, and the albums that followed, weren't only great pieces of art, they were life-changers. Just ask Michael Stipe or Courtney Love.

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