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San Francisco, United States (1977 – present)
Tuxedomoon is an experimental avant-garde/post-punk/new wave group formed in San Francisco, California consisting of core members Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown and Peter Principle.
Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Reininger and Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College, with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by The Angels of Light, a San Francisco based, radical theater troup. Brown’s connections to local theater gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank, Victoria Lowe, and, most frequently, Winston Tong. The band gained some level of recognition in 1978 when they opened for Devo. Michael Belfer, (guitarist), and Paul Zahl, (drummer) joined the band in time to help with the group’s first EP, No Tears. Lowe left prior to the album’s release in 1978. Soon afterward, Tong and Belfer left the group temporarily, and bassist Peter Principle joined the lineup. In 1979, the group signed to The Residents’ Ralph Records, with whom they recorded their next two albums, Half-Mute in 1980 and Desire in 1981, after which the band relocated to Rotterdam for a small time and moved on to Brussels, believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe.
The band soon created the score for a ballet by Maurice Bejart, which was released in 1982 as Divine.
Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Reininger and Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College, with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by The Angels of Light, a San Francisco based, radical theater troup. Brown’s connections to local theater gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank, Victoria Lowe, and, most frequently, Winston Tong. The band gained some level of recognition in 1978 when they opened for Devo. Michael Belfer, (guitarist), and Paul Zahl, (drummer) joined the band in time to help with the group’s first EP, No Tears. Lowe left prior to the album’s release in 1978. Soon afterward, Tong and Belfer left the group temporarily, and bassist Peter Principle joined the lineup. In 1979, the group signed to The Residents’ Ralph Records, with whom they recorded their next two albums, Half-Mute in 1980 and Desire in 1981, after which the band relocated to Rotterdam for a small time and moved on to Brussels, believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe.
The band soon created the score for a ballet by Maurice Bejart, which was released in 1982 as Divine.
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Holy Wars
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Solve Et Coagula: The Best of Tuxedomoon
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Desire / No Tears
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Half-Mute/Scream With A View
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devahan wrote:
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Fury112 wrote:
one of the best bands ever
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dp263 wrote:
No Tears!!!
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Communty wrote:
NO TEARS FOR THE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT!
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MADBOATZ wrote:
THIS SHIT IS GRAND.
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RussellChap wrote:
@ K1ngSh0t start at the beginning...
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greylenses wrote:
start with Holy Wars
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K1ngSh0t wrote:
Where should I start with these guys?
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olegeddie wrote:
great band!! have all albums!) i like!
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snowbleed wrote:
I used to listen to this band a long time ago, but for some reason I can't remember shit about them but how "59 to 1" sounds.
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prominence_la wrote:
Damn, I love this band. (Desire / No Tears isn't a bad place to start, either.)
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StDionysus wrote:
Divine is their unheard masterpiece
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RussellChap wrote:
Just the right side of pretentious & the wrong side of rock...
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boyscantdance wrote:
no tears is fucking ill! no shit.
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CookieKentuki wrote:
why does it scrobble In A Manner Of Speaking by Novelle Vogue?
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WatsonWW wrote:
argee with those finding exceptional epithets for the band. absolutely exceptional mix of top-level art-rock and punk
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Tattooed_man wrote:
I feel this band achieved everything. This band is everything.
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cat-dentures wrote:
Finally they get over a million plays. but they still deserve so much more.
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AMDA wrote:
Cool band, quite similar to Coil in some aspects
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siecle_foma wrote:
nice saxe
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News
Tuxedomoon to play an exclusive show in NYC!
20 Aug 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/tuxedomoon
Usually more visible along the coast of the Mediterranean or
the Baltic, legendary band Tuxedomoon will be making a rare
appearance stateside in New York City for one show only at Le
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Tuxedomoon to play an exclusive show in NYC!
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20 Aug 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/tuxedomoon
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