Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene. The Boston Phoenix named Lunch "one of the 10 most influential performers of the 1980s."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 June 1959
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
according ignored music point rather rock rules simply solving time waste
To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But rather than waste time solving that problem, No Wavers ignored it. The point was simply to make music, not to learn how first.
cannot despite steal
I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.
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The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
biggest digest horror truth
The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.
against embrace entertainment hysteria journalist leaving mark mean people point works
Honesty works against you in the entertainment field. I try to be a journalist and a documentarian, but that doesn't mean that people are going to embrace it at the moment. The point is I'm leaving the mark of my hysteria and the political hysteria, and that's it... I can only do what I do.
believe best chemical happiness knowing life living seek silly strife
I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.
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Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their aggression - but women? I've been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I'm blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.
emphasize guess
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'
collective inspirational none says sounds
If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say 'No Wave,' it's kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it... here's this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike.
inflict intensely might performers rest separated since society whom
I'm separated by other performers with whom I might be lumped, since what I say is so intensely personal. I'm anti-art and anti-poetry. As much as possible, I want to inflict my personal pain on the rest of society.
beauty concept represent
Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is.
fuels informs watch work
I watch the news. It fuels my rage; it informs my work.