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Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is a controversial American post-punk singer, spoken word artist, poet, writer, photographer, and actress. Her extensive, 30-year-plus body of multimedia work is characterized by its extreme obsessiveness with the darkness of the human psyche, often focusing on nihilism, rage, violence, eroticism, surrealism, and pornographic art as key points of topic.
After arriving in New York City at the age of 16, she worked as a bar maid and go-go dancer at the Baby Doll Lounge on White street in Tribeca. Lydia met Suicide (who become her first friend in NYC) and Willy DeVille (who gave her the name ‘Lunch’ because she’d often been stealing lunch for The Dead Boys). Then she moved in for about a year with then-boyfriend James Chance (born James Siegfried) who had come to New York (from Milwaukee) in the last week of 1975. They lived at a funky two-room fifth-floor walk-up apartment on East 2nd street (between Avenue A and B) and at a tiny storefront on Twelfth street.
Lunch moved into a large communal household of artists and musicians in NYC, including Kitty Bruce, daughter of Lenny Bruce. After befriending the ‘godfathers of punk’ Suicide at Max’s Kansas City, she founded the short-lived but influential No Wave band Teenage Jesus And The Jerks in 1976 with her artistic partner, James Chance.
After arriving in New York City at the age of 16, she worked as a bar maid and go-go dancer at the Baby Doll Lounge on White street in Tribeca. Lydia met Suicide (who become her first friend in NYC) and Willy DeVille (who gave her the name ‘Lunch’ because she’d often been stealing lunch for The Dead Boys). Then she moved in for about a year with then-boyfriend James Chance (born James Siegfried) who had come to New York (from Milwaukee) in the last week of 1975. They lived at a funky two-room fifth-floor walk-up apartment on East 2nd street (between Avenue A and B) and at a tiny storefront on Twelfth street.
Lunch moved into a large communal household of artists and musicians in NYC, including Kitty Bruce, daughter of Lenny Bruce. After befriending the ‘godfathers of punk’ Suicide at Max’s Kansas City, she founded the short-lived but influential No Wave band Teenage Jesus And The Jerks in 1976 with her artistic partner, James Chance.
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Alec_Trevelyan wrote:
I live for Lydia.
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barfore wrote:
cool
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Ynarmousiest wrote:
oh, jesus
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Rawrrrrr_ wrote:
genial *
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jorgefuzzo wrote:
If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and bang early 80s Lydia Lunch. and Cosey Fanni Tutti. At the same time. [2] Let's not forget Debbie Harry, please.
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Anira_Sugar wrote:
Nena, eres la crema!
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infant-tango wrote:
I'M GONNA STUFF SOMETHING REALLY REAL INSIDE YOU WHERE YOUR GUTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, RIGHHHHHHHHHHHT
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bomzhucho wrote:
melancholically =((
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punksuja wrote:
i love!!
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shootmeadeer wrote:
If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and bang early 80s Lydia Lunch. and Cosey Fanni Tutti. At the same time.
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epiphanygene wrote:
Matrikamantra and 13.13 are really great Autumn / Winter albums.. for those who's taste changes according to the season :D
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epiphanygene wrote:
@hedphylem hahahaha the Narwuar interview is hilarious. There are so many insightful, interesting interviews with Lydia though. She is nihilistic and moody and she can be pretentious sometimes - but I've never heard her deny it.
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pojebanie wrote:
@hedphylem sorry, about an interview, reporter was on on bad drugs. take a good look on right-wing trip of him. he totally wanted lydia to look bad on the interview and lydia knew that. sry 'bout your tottaly misunderstanding of it^^
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jmanzo2009 wrote:
I saw a Nardwuar interview where she was being hilarious and cunty, mostly cunty though.
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viciadoemarroz wrote:
Take a listen on this album when you have a bit time. I just putted it together yesterday and I don´t think it will be online for a long time due to copyright problems. http://richardthere.bandcamp.com/album/musical-rapes Nirvana, Lydia Lunch, Alien Sex Fiend, The Flaming Lips, Syd Barret, The Goodluck Boys, Daniel Johnston, Frank Sinatra, Donovan, Leonard Cohen and Luna !!! All together in a musical orgy with Richard There!!
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hedphylem wrote:
yeah she's very moody, nihilistic and a broody pretentious bitch. i'll give you that. i actually just came onto this page after seeing her interview with nardwuar and i instantly took a dislike to her lol
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ElisMoon wrote:
It's ok to be pretentious when you have talent and charisma. :D
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hedphylem wrote:
she's a pretentious bitch and makes pretentious bitch-ass music apparently yeah i went there
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cjkisaragi wrote:
She did do a cover version of Heartattack and Vine, MoonlitAutumn. I imagine that's the closest you'll get.
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mothcake wrote:
13.13 is gold and that is that.
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Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise
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Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise
O2 Academy 2 Islington, London, United Kingdom
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