No Wave / Marc Masters ; foreword by Weasel Walter.
| Author/creator |
Masters, Marc |
| Other author/creator | Walter, Weasel 1972- editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Black Dog, 2007. |
| Description | 204 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | No!: the origin of No Wave -- From ten to one: Mars and DNA Dark Day -- Dissattisfied: Lydia Lunch and James Chance, Lydia Lunch's Queen of Siam -- Theoretical music: the SOHO contingent, Red Transistor -- The Offenders: No Wave cinema, TV Party -- Too Many Creeps: the aftermath of No Wave, No Magazine and Tape #1. |
| Abstract | Best known for short songs and even shorter life-spans, No Wave bands fused disparate styles to fashion abrasive, rhythmic songs that were completely original and utterly compelling. The primary perpetrators--Lydia Lunch's howling Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, James Chance's skeletal Contortions, the dark-noise groups Mars and DNA--all drew on primitivism, performance art, and the avant-garde. The book also delves into No Wave cinema, where pioneers like Amos Poe, Eric Mitchell, and Beth and Scott B. translated the aggression and innovation of No Wave music to the screen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes selected discography (pages 202-203). |
| ISBN | 9781906155025 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 190615502X (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3477.8.N48 M32 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |