I find it tedious to discuss/debate "what is No Wave?" Please go to a source like Marc Masters, Byron Coley/Thurston Moore or Weasel Walter. Can we say without fear of disagreement that Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were a quintessential No Wave band, though? I thought you might agree! So, here's a track by TJ & tJ . The second band I was ever in, Information, have the honor of opening the sh...
So I'm officially getting old, turning 33 in a few days. This is also known as the Jesus year because, as you may have heard, he died at 33. It's always a good time to lean back and reflect on one's time on this planet and ask, "If I died today, would anyone want to start a religion after me?" Lots to live up to, thanks son of god. I decided to see what iTunes would dig up if i typed this in an...
Our friends at ATP have given us an exclusive on the latest list of acts announced for this Decembers Nightmare Before Christmas festival; Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, Boss Hog, Rahzel, Double Negative and Tweak Bird. TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS - first European show in 30 years, a 'Re-Animation' of the band featuring Lydia Lunch, original bass player Jim Sclavunos (Bad Seeds) on dru...
Bradly Field, original drummer for Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, photographed eating a burger at Duke'sTeenage Jesus & the Jerks was the first band that Lydia Lunch formed and/or was in. Formed in 1977, they were one of the first so-called "no wave" bands - post punk before there was even a notion of post punk. I chalk it up to Lydia's innate sensibility for postmodernity and post-structuralism....