Artist
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch, a no wave artist from the 1970s New York scene, delivers visceral and abrasive music that demands attention.
About
Lydia Lunch doesn't ask permission. She demands attention. From the bowels of the 1970s New York no wave scene, she erupted with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, dragging punk through a dissonant hellscape. Her output is visceral, abrasive, and unrelenting. Queen of Siam (1981) shrieked through ZE Records, leaving a scar on alternative rock. Her voice, a weapon — both spoken and screamed — tore through the chaos of dissonant instrumentation. Lunch's collaborations range wide: Lucy Mamilton on The Drowning Of Lucy Hamilton (1985), and the explosive Honeymoon In Red (1987) on Widowspeak Productions. Not content with just sound, her influence spills onto the page. Her magazines — Incriminating Evidence, Paradoxie — pulse with subversive themes and raw intensity. A prolific force, she remains a cornerstone in the abrasive world she helped mold.
Discography
10 total
Literature
Members
- Algis Kizys — member
- Harry Crews — member
- Weasel Walter — electric guitar
- Bob Bert — drums (drum set)
- Tim Dahl — bass guitar
- Bomb Gang Girlz — member
- Pigface — member
- 8 Eyed Spy — member
- Beirut Slump — member
- 13.13 — member
- Big Sexy Noise — member
- Medusa's Bed — member
- Shotgun Wedding — member
- Willing Victim — member
- Teenage Jesus and the Jerks — member
- The Immaculate Consumptive — original