Teenage Jesus & The Jerks

Shut Up And Bleed CD

The seminal No - Wave band Teenage and Jesus and The Jerks were lead by primal screamer and guitarist Lydia Lunch, an individual who has fought her artistic way through the decades, always true to her own vision and always brutally honest.

In early 1978, artist and producer Brian Eno attended a series of shows put on to benefit the Artist's Space in Soho and influenced Island Records to finance an anthology LP featuring the four strongest bands - Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Contortions, Mars and DNA. The resulting recording, entitled No New York and produced by Eno, remains as one of the most impressive and extraordinarily bold debuts of the time. Here we compiled all Teenage Jesus and The Jerks recordings, alongside some never previously released live material.

USA: Atavistic

EU: Cherry Red

VIDEO HYSTERIE: 1978 - 2006

An incredible retrospective of her musical collaborations from 1978-2006.

This retrospective of Lydia Lunch's musical collaborations from 1978-2006 is an incredible representation of her approach to art. Hailed by the Boston Phoenix as "one of the 10 most influential performers of the 90's", no other artist of the 20th century has fought, forged, punched, and sculpted their own artistic vision in such a uniquely original way. Defying categorization, Lunch actively has conquered new territories, and has gained international recognition for the innovative quality of her work. Robert Palmer from THE NEW YORK TIMES writes "Miss Lunch was always an effective vocal performer. But rock has grown complacent again -- even the underground rock that has borrowed so much from Miss Lunch's various bands over the years. Perhaps it's time for her to administer it a few more rude shocks." This DVD is sure to please anyone in search of change of pace, a stray from the norm.

Distributed Exclusively by MVD

NO WAVE

Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980. by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley

No Wave is the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and punk in the New York underground of 1976 to 1980. This in-depth look at punk rock, new wave, experimental music, and the avant-garde art movement of the 70s and 80s focuses on the true architects of No Wave from James Chance to Lydia Lunch to Glenn Branca, as well as the luminaries that intersected the scene, such as David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, and Richard Hell.

HNA Books

THE GUN IS LOADED

Black Dog Publishing

Since bursting onto the scene in late 1970s New York, Lydia Lunch's confrontational music, art, literature and spoken word performances have been at the forefront of underground American culture. The Gun is Loaded is a provocative journey into the vision of one of America's most fearless and pioneering underground artists.

Infused with her apocalyptic vision of American spiritual collapse and the violence of sexuality, Lydia's uncompromising work has defied categorisation and been largely under-represented in mainstream media. The Gun is Loaded fills this gap, narrating her evolution from No Wave singer and performer, through art-house actor, to spoken word poet and celebrated author. Featuring prose, poems and narrative alongside her own recent photography projects and a visually stunning collection of archive material, The Gun is Loaded is a provocative and powerful book.

Lydia Lunch
GHOSTS OF SPAIN

CD
Widowspeak

An intimate home recording lush with psycho - poetic soundscapes.

Lydia Lunch with H.O.F
When I'm Loaded 7"

1. When I'm Loaded
2. Crawl 'N Cry
3. God'd Other Son

Limited Edition of 400 (Free CD included)

This unholy matrimony marries the gut punching snuff rock of legendary noise brutarians Halo of Flies to Lydia's nasty caterwauling creating a horribly seductive trauma-scape of aural battery. Beautifully vicious. Buy now or cry later.

Lydia Lunch
DEVIATIONS ON A THEME

CD
Provocateur Media

64 Relentless Tracks with no silence in between. 32 music, 32 edited spoken word tracks on 2 CDs presented in a theatrical experience!

PARADOXIA
A Predator's Diary

The unspeakable sexual confessions of underground legend Lydia Lunch.

"Paradoxia reveals that Lunch is at her best when she's at her worst . . . and gives voice to her sometimes scary, frequently funny, always canny, never sentimental siren song."
--Barbara Kruger, ArtForum

"Hubert Selby, Jr. famously said that he grew up feeling like a scream without a mouth. Lydia Lunch, one of his most celebrated-- and most uncompromising--literary progeny, delivered scream, mouth, teeth, blood, hair, sperm, knife, and adrenaline in her purgatorial masterpiece Paradoxia."
--Jerry Stahl, from the introduction

"Paradoxia is compelling, exhilarating, and infinitely readable."
--Paper

FUELING THE ROSE OF FIRE

DVD

Lydia Lunch live in Barcelona 1989 - 2005

Contains a blistering live performance from the 2005 SMOKE IN THE SHADOWS tour featuring Terry Edwards, Ian White and Marc Viaplana filmed at Barcelona's famed Apolo. FUCKING CHRISTMAS a rare 13 minute slice of video psychosis created by experimentalist Julian Alvarez, and two exquisite illustrated word performances BLOOD IS MEMORY WITHOUT LANGUAGE and ORWELL'S MEMORY HOLE both accompanied by the unique trumpet stylings of Mark Cunningham (Mars).

Widowspeak Productions

LIVE IN LONDON

DVD

Lydia Lunch live in London 2004

Blistering live performance, including sassy rendition of Knives in My Drain from Queen of Siam, harrowing version of The End and new unreleased material.

Watch the Hangover Hotel video clip from the Live in London DVD.

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