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London, United Kingdom (1978 – present)

Nurse With Wound is a London, UK based music band, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heeman Pathak. Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by and and were generally considered music, despite the objections of the group.

By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982’s “Homotopy to Marie”, as being the first proper Nurse With Wound release. There are now over 30 full length NWW titles.

Stapleton’s fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW’s output, which, though it draws directly on nearly every musical genre imaginable (from cabaret music to nursery rhymes to John Cage to The Beach Boys to krautrock to pop music to ambient music and Captain Beefheart) retains a distinctive and recognizable aura.

Musique concrete may be the most prominent touchstone, due to Stapleton’s frequent – and often humorous – use of creative tape loops and editing. Athough NWW has a long and illustrious list of collaborators (most notably David Tibet of Current 93), at time of writing, NWW is effectively a duo of Stapleton and Colin Potter, the latter having first worked with NWW on 1992’s “Thunder Perfect Mind” when it was recorded at Potter’s ICR studio.

Those interested in learning more should research the ‘infamous’ Nurse With Wound list” (see also the tag on Last.fm). It is a list of band names of NWW’s obscure influences and it has become a kind of guide for those seeking fringe music of all kinds.
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  • polymorphous71

    @ DefaultXR - The track 'Journey Through Cheese' reminds me a bit of 'cold' from Thunder Perfect Mind.

    16 Apr 10:01pm Reply

  • DefaultXR

    can anybody recommend me something similar to the first track of Thunder Perfect Mind? has he done anything else in that style?

    16 Mar 9:09am Reply

  • ketamineface

    Ketamineaphonia

    11 Mar 2:28pm Reply

  • prinderella

    Looking at that graph made me realize I like more NWW than I thought.

    18 Feb 6:01am Reply

  • deathinjuneluv

    Wounded nurse.

    13 Feb 12:09pm Reply

  • android9791

    check this out. it's art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aPqZsvP9cA

    8 Feb 12:31am Reply

  • sprackcriddler

    sexy

    4 Jan 8:29pm Reply

  • TripleSol

    I'd love to see more creative tags to this very creative project.

    23 Dec 2012 Reply

  • CommanderB

    rockette morton

    18 Dec 2012 Reply

  • NemesisFixx

    Just listening to "Two Golden Microphones" on Rock n Roll (1996) made me a devout convert! I went ahead to learn about the band and grabbed me 3 of the albums - Homotopy to Marie, Rock n Roll Station, and Who Can I Turn to Stereo. U punks are the bomb! Love the industrial ambiance, and love the creeps!

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • borungus

    Nov. 2012 Monsters In Your Ears release "Entering The Divine Coil" now available, 5 tracks so far, more on the way. Material originally recorded at the Motherhead Bug Studio, with David Ouimet on keboards and soundboard. Foetus was Producer on the first Motherhead Bug release. Influenced by PTV, NWW and Coil

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • OnTheFly

    @megajosh2: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maix6grAmw1qei2uso1_1280.jpg

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Charles_Heres

    got to love that artwork.

    29 Oct 2012 Reply

  • oaquard

    His cover pictures have been of the same photoshoot/set/whatever since like 2007 and still whenever I see the thumbnail I still think he looks like such a boss.

    13 Aug 2012 Reply

  • TastyDogChow

    Honestly the best way to get into Nurse With Wound is to go on to his discogs page and pick albums at pure random.

    5 Aug 2012 Reply

  • dr_bun

    just picked up thunder perfect mind

    31 Jul 2012 Reply

  • dr_bun

    I want more stuff like An Awkward Pause, any ideas???

    19 Jul 2012 Reply

  • ibreatheoxygen

    They're all different. I'd say A Sucked Orange, Sugar Fish Drink, and The Surveillance Lounge are all good places to go but none of them have quite the same vibe. Homotopy is just so raw. The collab with Whitehouse is really good. Honestly just pick an album. It's pretty hard to go wrong... even the less amazing releases are still enjoyable listens.

    17 Jul 2012 Reply

  • megajosh2

    I have no idea where the hell to go next after Homotophy to Marie...

    16 Jul 2012 Reply

  • ibreatheoxygen

    The outburst that startles me almost every time is about 5:45 into The Part Of Me Which Is That Part In You Is Now Dead. Love that part.

    15 Jul 2012 Reply
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