Blondie's Debbie Harry: The Internet Has Ruined Music

Godmother of Punk, Debbie Harry has gone on record arguing that the emergence internet has ruined the music industry.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz, the singer said that the possbility of downloading songs illegally has the power to destroy what artists strive for.

"The music industry is already ruined. Computers and the internet and downloading songs completely ruined the music industry and everything artists used to work for."

Harry also claimed that the music biz has been declining ever since cassettes first replaced vinyls.

"I remember when vinyl was corrupted by cassettes and the whole industry went crazy thinking nobody would sell any records, so it's really been heading this way for quite some time."

These comments follow and echo those of The Who's Pete Townshend who labeled  Apple a "digital vampire".

Blondie released their ninth album earlier in 2011.