Teenage Jesus and The Jerks Schedule 2 NYC Shows
Legendary no-wavers Teenage Jesus & the Jerks have scheduled 2 concerts at the [New York] Knitting Factory in June. The lineup will include miss Lydia Lunch, Jim Sclavunos (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds), and an “unnamed” bass player. The band’s reunion was prompted by and deliberately coincides with the release of a book about the no wave scene, (appropriately) titled No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980. No Wave contains 150 (mostly) previously unpublished images and its text comes was extracted from hundreds of hours of personal interviews by none other than Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth, Mix Tape) and Byron Coley (Forced Exposure, Spin).
**intro by Lydia Lunch. The first edition hits shelves in May of 2008, but you can pre-order it here.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:21 am
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March 28th, 2008 at 2:02 am
::nods head::
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Isn’t that what Lydia never wanted to do? Moving backward rather than forward? Still, would be fun to see it.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
yea i thought the same thing…unfortunately i don’t live in NY so i won’t be able to catch what will likely be a god-awful spectacle.
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 am
She’s the last person I would expect to do this. Then again, she might be clever enough to play entirely new material and abstain from a rendition of ‘Orphans’ for an encore. Can’t go either, though, I’m in the UK.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
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