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Phoenix, United States (1981 – 2007)

Sun City Girls was a melting pot of free rock, demented surf, ragas, Arabic folk songs, free-form freakouts, gamelan percussion and dada poetry, among various others. A fiercely independent trio, their only credo seemed to be to continually stretch boundaries whilst leaning towards performance art in their live shows. This process led to a dizzying array of vinyl, cassette and CD releases stretching over 20 years.

Formed in Phoenix, AZ, Sun City Girls first performed under the name in 1981, and after morphing into the short-lived Paris 1942 (with former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker), the group emerged as a trio with brothers Alan Bishop and Sir Richard Bishop and percussionist Charles Gocher in 1982. They released their first album, Sun City Girls, in 1984 on placebo Records, going on to release nearly 30 official albums and countless limited-edition vinyl, cassette, and CD-R projects, making their discography almost impossible to completely document.
Throughout their history, Sun City Girls remained a challenging, unpredictable and eclectic musical unit, operating outside the commercially driven mainstream recording industry and eventually becoming something of a beacon to independent musicians and artists everywhere. Relocating to Seattle in the early ’90s, Sun City Girls established their own label, Abduction Records, as well as an archival imprint, Sublime Frequencies.
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  • takeoutmyeyes

    baked asterisk owns

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  • pathtoyirah

    I would say their self-titled album, Horse Cock Phepner, and Torch of the Mystics

    15 days ago

  • Monty__

    Just pick the first couple of albums you find and off you go!

    16 days ago

  • anesthetize666

    Looking at their discography, I have no idea where to begin. Could someone recommend me what my first couple of listens should be?

    16 days ago

  • kwintoobay

    Doesn't matter, he's coming back!

    20 days ago

  • Treason_is_bad

    I could have sworn Charles would have owned death and his puny logic with his MAGICAL FUCKING DRUM SOLOS.

    20 days ago

  • oaquard

    I WAS SO SAD WHEN THEY BREAKED UP. Also their music is awesome to listen to while driving.

    last month

  • yorammorad

    @kwintoobay We also don't allow anything else that's good on Spotify, but Fascists will be Fascists...

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