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No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City. [4] [5] The term was a pun based on the rejection of commercial new wave music. [6]
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Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex is the third studio album by American no wave band No Trend, released in 1986 through Touch and Go Records.The album continues the experimental path the band created with their previous record, A Dozen Dead Roses.
From the late 1970s into the early '80s, Milwaukee native James Chance startled the New York rock world with his aggressive blend of punk, funk, free jazz and sometimes disco − and, for a time ...
After playing in a band named Death in Milwaukee, Chance moved to New York City and joined the band Flaming Youth in 1976. With his roommate, the equally noise-friendly Lydia Lunch, he started ...
Y Pants were an American all-female no wave band from New York City active from 1979 to 1982. [1] The trio, made up of photographer/musician Barbara Ess, visual artist Virginia Piersol (aka Virge Piersol), and filmmaker Gail Vachon, developed a unique sound via their acoustic toy instrumentation of toy piano, ukulele and a paper-headed Mickey Mouse drum kit, augmented by electric bass guitar ...
Thus the post-punk band members were very much interested in visual and conceptual art and thus they didn’t have much musical training. Something typical of no wave music bands, in general. [3] They were more interested in making conceptual noise music with a beat, than traditional new wave music. For example, Taro Suzuki played the piano ...
The band comprised Phil Kline (vocals, guitar); Jim Jarmusch (vocals, keyboards); Philippe Hagen (bass); Josh Braun (percussion, drums); and Dan Braun (drums, percussion). Lucy Sante wrote lyrics to some of their songs, while Jamie Nares sometimes contributed as a percussionist, and occasionally John Lurie performed with them on stage.