Biography

Horses opens with a mission statement: ambition, innocence, and danger braided.

Because the Night bridged Springsteen craft with Smith’s elemental performance.

Lenny Kaye’s guitar psychology steered dynamics between drone and surge.

High-bitrate audio preserves room leakage, Patti’s aspirate consonants, and amp bloom.

New Clear Radio streams curated rock-focused programming with quality up to 320kbps—ideal for hearing guitar-driven records with depth and punch.

At a glance

  • American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 around poet and vocalist Patti Smith.
  • Horses (1975) is widely cited as a landmark debut in punk and art-rock history.
  • Patti Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2007.