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Appearances Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Movies Books Various Refers
LUNCH Lydia
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born: 02.06.1959 (Rochester, New York, USA)

Appearances:

1976-79 Teenage Jesus And The Jerks
1978-79 Beirut Slump
1981 8 Eyed Spye
? The Davil Dogs
5/81-1982 13.13
1989 Harry Crews
since 1987 Honeymoon In Red
2009 Big Sexy Noise

Line-Up (2011):

Lydia Lunch - voc
James Johnston - g
Terry Edwards - g
Ian White - ds

Former Members:

Robert Quine (g, cca 1980); Pat Irwin (g,kb, cca 1980)
Jack Ruby (bg, cca 1980)
Douglas Browne (ds, cca 1980)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Queen Of Siam11/1980 Ze
2.The Agony And The Ecstasy / Drunk On The Pope's Blood
& Birthday Party
(mini LP)		19.02.19824AD
3.Hard Rock1984
4.In Limbo
(mini LP)		9/1984 Double Vision
5.The Uncensored Lydia Lunch3/1985 Double Vision
6.The Intimate Diaries Of The Sexually Insane4/1985 Torso
7.The Drowning Of Lucy Hamilton6/1985 Widowspeak
8.Hysterie
(2LP)		6/1986 Widowspeak
9.Honeymoon In Red
& Rowland S. Howard		4/1988 Torso
10.Stinkfist
& Clint Ruin & Jim Thirwell
(mini LP)		11/1988 Widowspeak
11.Oral Fixation9/1989 Torso
12.Conspiracy Of Women5/1991 Pathological
13.Shotgun Wedding
& Rowland S. Howard		10/1991 UFO
14.Crimes Against Nature
(3CD, reissue LP 5,11,12)		05.07.1993Widowspeak/Trident
15.Trance Mutation
(&)		31.10.19942CD
16.Rude Hieroglyphic
& Exene Cervenka		11/1995 Rykodisc
17.Matrikamantra
(2CD)		13.04.1998Atavistic
18.Widowspeak
(2CD)		25.05.1998Burning Airlines/EFA
19.Shotgun Wedding Special
& Rowland S.Howard		21.06.19992CD
20.Smoke In The Shadows01.11.2004Breakin' Beats
21.Deviations on a Theme: Retrospective20.03.2007
22.Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch
& Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
(mini LP)		15.10.2007Willie Anderson
23.U Turn
& Minox, reissue		07.07.2008Get Back
24.Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise
& James Johnston & Terry Edwards & Ian White		11.12.2009Sartorial
25.Road Rant19.06.2012MVD Visual
26.Taste Our Voodoo
& Philippe Petit		03.12.2013Rustblade
27.Medusa’s Bed
& Zahra Mani & Mia Zabelka		10.12.2013Monotype
28.Retrovirus17.04.2014Interbang
29.A Fistful of Desert Blues
& Cypress Grove		03.06.2014Rustblade
30.Twin Horses
& Spiritual Front & Cypress Grove		10.02.2015Rustblade
31.Operettamorale
& H.R. Giger & Coil & Black Sun Productions		07.04.2015Rustblade
32.Urge To Kill09.06.2015Rustblade
33.My Lover the Killer
& Marc Hurtado		24.06.2016Munster

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Some Velvet Morning / I Fell In Love With A Ghost
& Rowland S. Howard		16.07.19824AD
2.Durstiges Tier / Thirsty Animal
& Einstürzende Neubauten		1983 Zick Zack
3.Death Valley '69
& Sonic Youth		6/1984 Blast First
4.Heart Of Darkness EP10/1985 Torso
5.The Crumb / Done Dun / Dead River
& Thurston Moore		3/1988 Torso
6.Don't Feal The Reaper EP
(Don't Fear The Reaper / Clinch / Serpentine / Why Don't We Do It In The Road)
& Clint Ruin		10/1991 Widowspeak
7.Unearthly Delights / Busted26.03.1993Clawfist Singles Club
8.Nothing But Trouble / Champagne Cocaine & Nicotine Stains / Potango Tango (remix) / Guericnana
with The Anubian Lights		04.03.2002Crippled Dick Hot Wax
9.Smoke In The Shadows / Lost World / Blame / Pass Like Night18.12.2006Mule Musiq
10.Master Alchemist
& Solvent & Jori Hulkkonen		23.01.2009Echoism

Movies:

1. Fingered (starring)
2. Black Box (starring)
3. Vortex (starring)
4. Kiss Napoleon Goodbye (starring)
5. No Age: New York (1993, interview)

Bibliography:

Exene Cervenka, Lydia Lunch: Adulterers Anonymous (1982, book of poetry)
Lydia Lunch: Fifty One Page Place
Lydia Lunch: Incriminating Evidence (1993)
Lydia Lunch: Paradoxia

Various:

own jménem Lydia Koch

Compilation Appearances:

"Gloomy Sunday" on compilation "Josh's Blair Witch Tape" (9/99)
"Heart Attack And Vine" on Tom Waits tribute LP "New Coat Of Paint: The Songs Of Tom Waits" (2000)
"My Cadillac" / "St. Marks Place" on compilation "'We Are Only Riders – The JLP Sessions Project" (11.1.2010, Glitterhouse)
"Walkin' Down The Street (Doin' My Thing)" on compilation "'We Are Only Riders – The JLP Sessions Project" (11.1.2010, Glitterhouse, & Dave Alvin & The JLP Sessions Project )
"The Brink" on Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute LP "The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - The Journey is Long" (9.4.12)
"In My Room" on Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute LP "The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - The Journey is Long" (9.4.12, & Tex Perkins)
"Love, Life, And Money" on LP "The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull" (8.12.23)

Press References:

Big Beng!
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19971120.03.199712Liveprofile
1998912.03.199827Forum kritikumalbum review
19991920.05.199916profile, discography
19992103.06.199914Livegig review
19992515.07.199937Knihy
Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
198912 373Melodie ze světa
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19792828.07.197916interview
19814905.12.198131Caught In The Actgig review
1982927.02.198227Albumsalbum review
19822917.07.198210interview
19822917.07.198215Singles Barsingle review
19843406.10.198436Albumsalbum review
19923926.09.199216Livegig review
19931724.04.199331Singlessingle review
19932412.06.19935News
19932810.07.199318Livegig review
19933024.07.19936
19933528.08.199348True Stories - Biting Tongues
19973026.07.199745Albumsalbum review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19974 98Livegig review
19996 122Recenze - Knihy
19997 94Livegig review
20038 34
200911 8Rock & Top
Rock'88
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
10 10profile, discography