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After arriving in New York City at the age of 16, Lunch moved into a large communal household of artists and musicians, including Kitty Bruce , daughter of Lenny Bruce, where No Wave bands such as DNA and MARS would frequently play. She immediately saw this form of music as the proper forum for her angry poetry and rants, and founded the short-lived but influential No Wave band Teenage Jesus & the Jerks in 1976 with her then romantic and artistic partner, No Wave punk-funk-jazz musician James Chance. The duo later recorded the album 'Off White' (credited to James White and the Blacks, with 'Stella Rico') in 1978, before splitting up permanently.
A self-avowed 'confrontationalist' identified by the Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix is a weekly publication in Boston, Massachusetts that emphasizes arts and entertainment coverage, as well as some alternative political viewpoints. It started in 1966 as a four-page alternative newsweekly. In 1988 it bought a similar pu as "one of the 10 most influential performers of the 90's", Lunch's solo career featured collaborations with such artists as J.G. Thirlwell, Kim Gordon, Thurston MooreThurston Moore was born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida. He grew up in Bethel, Connecticut. Although he enrolled at Western Connecticut State University, he opted to move to New York City instead. There he learned to play guitar from Glenn Branca a, Nick CaveNicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is a musician, songwriter, poet, author, and actor. Cave was born in Warracknabeal, Australia, the son of (librarian) Dawn and (English-teacher) Colin Cave, brother of Tim (b. 1952), Peter (b. 1954) and Julie, Billy Ver Plank , Steven SeverinSteven Severin is a bassist and founding member of Siouxsie & The Banshees., Robert QuineSomeday Quine will be recognized for the pivotal figure that he is on his instrument — he is the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places, Sadie Mae , Rowland S. Howard , Michael GiraMichael Gira was the founder and lead singer in the New York City rock band, Swans. After the band broke up in 1997 Gira released a solo album under his own name before some group efforts including Angels of Light and The Body Lovers. The former being a a, The Birthday PartyThe Birthday Party was a highly influential Australian post punk band, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It launched the careers of the internationally renowned singer and songwriter Nick Cave and of the respected musicians and songwriters Mick Ha, Einstürzende Neubauten and Die Haut . She also acted in, wrote, and directed Underground films , sometimes collaborating with underground film maker and musician Richard Kern, and more recently has recorded and performed as a spoken word artist , again collaborating with such artists as Henry Rollins, Don Bajema , Hubert Selby Jr., and Emilio Cubeiro , as well as authoring both traditional books and comix (with award-winning graphic novel artist Ted McKeever ).