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No Wave
No Wave Punks, Bowery summer 1978: Harold, Kristian Hoffman, Diego Cortez, Anya Phillips, Lydia Lunch, James Chance, Jim Sclavunos, Bradley Field, Liz Seidman, KILL YOUR IDOLS, a Palm Pictures release 2006. Photo © GODLIS
Minimalist Punk
Keith Irish was obsessed with no wave from early on. This obsession is one of the driving forces in the creation of Punk As A Doornail
No wave was a very small scene in New York City in the late 1970s. The most known acts were acts like The Contortions, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, DNA and
Mars (though all are pretty obscure do to the fact the scene was so small). The scene lasted about 6 months.
James Chance and Lydia Lunch are probably the most recognized as they continued on a global level after the scene ended.
Sonic Youth appears to be influenced by no wave, though they came a bit later.
Early Sonic Youth Tape Cover
DNA
For the most part, in order to qualify as no wave, one would have to qualify under these 3 items:
1. Exist around 1978
2. Exist in New York City
3. Produce Minimalistic/Atonal Punk/Jazz
Punk As A Doornail At The Doll Hut
Punk As A Doornail
Punk As A Doornail started in 1999 in Southern California. We use a skateboard guitar, so we're pretty limited in what we can play. We actually started as a conceptual art project that I thought up when I was in film school. I was really into classical minimalism,such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Cage. I wanted to start a very arty punk band. No wave, minimalism and conceptual art drived me and Harry Partch was pretty much the catalyst to build the skatar
I think the best way to describe Punk As A Doornail would be SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NO WAVE. But most people don't know about no wave and most people don't know Anaheim isn't in Los Angeles;
but then again, most people aren't gonna like Punk As A Doornail...I guess f' it.
We're So Cal No Wave.
Below are a few links to discover no wave. The best CD to buy as a good representation of no wave would be the "No New York Compilation"
Bands
Contortions
James Chance
Wire
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Lydia Lunch,
Mars
DNA
Arto Lindsay
Theoretical Girls
The Static
Glenn Branca
Sonic Youth
Links
New York No Wave Archive
New York No Wave Archive
Wikipedia:
A quick description
Marc Masters:
An article about no wave
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