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Lydia Lunch

Real Name:
Lydia Koch
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*2 June 1959 in Rochester, New York, USA

Lydia Lunch began her activity in 1979 with Teenage Jesus And The Jerks as lead singer and guitar player, taking part in the No Wave Movement. She has been an actress in experimental movies by Richard Kern and by Beth B & Scott B, and she's also known for her spoken word performances. She's still producing music and collaborating on several projects as Anubian Lights and leading her solo career. She's also involved in writing and has edited books of poetry and fiction, including "Adulterers Anonymous" in collaboration with X's Exene Cervenka, and the novel "Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary".
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Discography

Releases:
Queen Of Siam (Album) (7 versions)   ZE Records ... 1980
13.13 (Album) (6 versions)   Outline Records ... 1982
Drunk On The Pope's Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy (12", EP)   4AD 1982
Some Velvet Morning (12")   4AD 1982
Hard Rock (Cass)   Ecstatic Peace! 1984
In Limbo (2 versions)   Doublevision ... 1984
Heart Of Darkness (10")   Widowspeak Productions 1985
The Drowning Of Lucy Hamilton (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Widowspeak Productions 1985
The Right Side Of My Brain (VHS)   Widowspeak Productions 1985
Hysterie (Comp, Album) (5 versions)   Widowspeak Productions ... 1986
Stinkfist (MiniAlbum) (5 versions)   Widowspeak Productions ... 1987
Oral Fixation (LP)   Widowspeak Productions 1988
The Crumb (12")   Widowspeak Productions 1988
The Gun Is Loaded (VHS)   Visionary Communications 1988
Drowning In Limbo (Comp) (3 versions)   Widowspeak Productions ... 1989
Extracted From 'Oral Fixation' / 'Respect Is Gray' From 'The Death Of An Asshole' (Flexi, 7")   The Catalogue 1989
The Uncensored & Oral Fixation (CD)   Widowspeak Productions 1989
Untitled (CD, Album)   Widowspeak Productions 1989
Conspiracy Of Women (2 versions)   Widowspeak Productions ... 1990
Honeymoon In Red (2 versions)   Atavistic ... 1990
Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven (2xLP)   Widowspeak Productions 1990
Don't Fear The Reaper (Maxi) (2 versions)   Big Cat UK Records 1991
Drunk On The Pope's Blood (CD, RE)   Shock (2) 1991
Shotgun Wedding (Album) (5 versions)   Triple X Records ... 1991
Twisted (7", Pur)   Insipid Vinyl 1991
P.O.W. (CD, Album)   Soyo Records 1992
Unearthly Delights (7")   Clawfist 1993
Crimes Against Nature (3xCD, Album + Box)   Triple X Records 1994
Transmutation / Shotgun Wedding Live In Siberia (Album, Comp) (2 versions)   Trident Music International ... 1994
Rude Hieroglyphics (CD)   Rykodisc 1995
Universal Infiltrators (CD)   Atavistic 1996
The Desperate Ones (CD, EP)   Atavistic 1997
Matrikamantra (2xCD, Album + 2xCD, Album, Lim)   Crippled Dick Hot Wax!, Atavistic/Figurehead 1998
U Turn (CD, Maxi, Ltd)   Suite Inc. 1998
Widowspeak (3 versions)   NMC Music ... 1998
Re-Up (CD, Album, Ltd)   Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier 1999
The Devil's Racetrack (CD)   Almafame 2000
Hangover Hotel (CDr, Comp)   Not On Label 2001
Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine Stains (EP) (3 versions)   Crippled Dick Hot Wax! 2002
In Our Time Of Dying (CDr)   Widowspeak Productions 2003
Memory And Madness (Album) (2 versions)   Sartorial Records ... 2003
Live In London 2004 (DVDr)   Widowspeak Productions 2004
Smoke In The Shadows (Album) (3 versions)   Breakin Beats ... 2004
Fueling The Rose Of Fire : Live In Barcelona 1989-2005 (DVDr)   Widowspeak Productions 2005
Willing Victim (DVD-V)   Atavistic 2005
Smoke In The Shadows (12")   Mule Musiq 2006
Touch My Evil (CDr, Ltd)   Widowspeak Productions 2006
Ghosts Of Spain (CDr, Ltd)   Widowspeak Productions 2007
Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Willie Anderson Recordings 2007
Video Hysterie : 1974 - 2006 (DVD-V)   Atavistic 2007
Frankie Teardrop (10", Ltd)   Blast First Petite 2008
When I'm Loaded (7" + CD + , Ltd)   Amphetamine Reptile Records 2008
Big Sexy Noise (CD, Promo)   Sartorial Records 2009
Big Sexy Noise (12", MiniAlbum, Ltd)   Sartorial Records, 2009
Master Alchemist (2 versions)   Echoism 2009
Production:
The Death Of An Asshole (LP)   Widowspeak Productions 1989
Mix:
Shut Up And Bleed (CD, Comp) The Closet, Less Of Me... Cherry Red 2008
Appears On:
No New York (Album) (4 versions) Burning Rubber, Closet... Antilles ... 1978
Baby Doll (7")   Lust/Unlust Music 1979
Off White (Album) (7 versions) Stained Sheets, White ... ZE Records ... 1979
Orphans (7")   Lust/Unlust Music 1979
Pre Teenage Jesus And The Jerks (12")   Celluloid 1979
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks (12")   Lust/Unlust Music 1979
8 Eyed Spy (LP)   Fetish Records 1981
Live (2 versions)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) ... 1981
Der Karibische Western (12") Der Karibische Western Zensor 1982
Thirsty Animal (2 versions) Thirsty Animal Not On Label (Einstürzende Neubauten Self-released) 1982
Vortex (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) Grey Death, Black Box ... Neutral Records (3) 1982
Dagger & Guitar (LP) Boy-Girl, As She Weeps Medley Records 1983
The Last Testament (LP, Comp) Lazy In Love Fetish Records 1983
Death Valley '69 (2 versions) Death Valley '69 Iridescence Records ... 1984
A Dozen Dead Roses (LP, Album)   No Trend Records 1985
Bad Moon Rising (Album) (6 versions) Death Valley '69 Blast First ... 1985
Death Valley '69 (12") Death Valley '69 Blast First 1985
Chemical Imbalance #4 (7") Marilyn Moore (Live) Chemical Imbalance (2) 1986
EVOL (Album) (7 versions) Marilyn Moore SST Records ... 1986
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town / Boy-Girl (7") Boy-Girl Medley Records 1986
Untitled (Album) (2 versions) Come Fall, So Your Hea... Widowspeak Productions ... 1987
The Death Of An Asshole (LP) Meat For The Masses Widowspeak Productions 1989
A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By A Make-Believe Lover... 'Cuz It's Hot (Maxi, Single) (4 versions) A Girl Doesn't Get Kil... Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
Naked In Garden Hills (Album) (2 versions)   Big Cat UK Records 1990
Head On (Album) (3 versions) Parts Unknown, Vandal,... What's So Funny About.. ... 1992
13 Above The Night (Album) (2 versions) Dirty Little Secrets Interscope Records ... 1993
Brute Force (2 versions) Stares To Nowhere Intellectual Convulsion 1993
Fear Engine II: Almost As If It Had Never Happened... (CD) Suicide Ocean, Head, T... Cyclops Prod 1993
Hum Of Life (LP) Love Split With Blood Konkurrel, Project A Bomb 1993
Sweat (Album) (3 versions) Parts Unknown Triple X Records ... 1993
Unhealthy (Album) (2 versions) Rant, Rave Invisible ... 1993
Vital Juices (CD, Comp) Twisted, Twisted Insipid Vinyl 1993
Workdogs In Hell (CD, Album) * Sympathy For The Record Industry 1993
Arkkon (CD) Terminal Distraction, ... Tonus Kozmetica 1995
Blotter (CD, Album) Some Boys Relapse Records 1996
Flesh, Fangs & Filigree (3xCD, Comp) Stinkfist Dressed To Kill 1996
Home Alive - The Art Of Self Defense (2xCD, Comp) Why We Murder Epic 1996
Tendercide (CD, Album) Bethlehem Steel (Ill-W... Cyclops Prod 1996
Undead - 50 Gothic Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp + Box) Twisted Dressed To Kill 1996
8 Eyed Spy (CD, Comp)   Atavistic 1997
Black Box (Box, Ltd + 5xCD)   EMI-Medley (Denmark) 1997
Kerouac - Kicks Joy Darkness (CD, Comp) Bowery Blues Rykodisc 1997
Live Fuck Love Songs (LP, Album, Ltd) Orphans Infinite Egg 1997
Some Have To Dance... Some Have To Kill. (CD, Comp, Promo) A Girl Doesn't Get Kil... Red Ant Entertainment 1997
York (First Exit To Brooklyn) (Album) (3 versions)   Thirsty Ear ... 1997
Brooklyn Bank (Album) (2 versions)   Dune Records (2) ... 1998
Dirty Little Secrets (Music To Strip By) (CD) Dirty Little Secrets (... Rykodisc 1999
Gutter Queen (CD, Album) Not Today I'm Not Hydra Head Records 1999
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground (CD) Death Valley '69 Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Undead A Gothic Masterpiece (3xCD, Comp + Box) Twisted Dressed To Kill 1999
Rotunda (CD, Album) Crimes Against Nature Soleilmoon Recordings 2000
Downworks (CD) Arp 2001, Cobalt Suite Inc. 2001
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years (4xCD) Death Valley ' 69 Mute Records Ltd. 2001
Electric Jazz Volume.01 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Champagne, Cocaine & N... Globe (2) 2002
Exploding Plastic Pleasure (CD, Album) On The Prowl (Ex-Renta... Electrovenus Records 2003
Irresistible Impulse (4xCD, Comp) Stained Sheets, White ... Tiger Style 2003
Diamonds & Daggerz (Album) (2 versions)   Rykodisc 2004
Kalte Sterne (CD, RM) Thirsty Animal Mute, Mute Corporation 2004
Elegy Sampler 34 (CD, Smplr) Portrait Of The Minus Man Elegy 2005
OperettAmorale (CD) The Ballad Of Sexual T... Divine Frequency 2005
The Chance / White Box Set (4xCD) Stained Sheets, White ... ZE Records 2005
Live At Max's Kansas City 1977 (CDr)   Widowspeak Productions 2006
Prime Cuts (CD, Comp, Promo) Death Valley '69 Geffen Records 2006
Protocol (CD, Album) Sex Is A Contract, His... Planet Mu 2006
Solo Cholo (CD, Comp) Parts Unknown (Live 19... New York Night Train Recordings 2006
The Impossibility Of Silence (Comp) (2 versions) Murdered Sons Old Europa Cafe ... 2006
Amnesia Ibiza: The Best Global Club (2xCD, Mixed, Comp + DVD) Human Animal DJ Center Records 2007
Human Animal (12")   Joia Records 2007
Cult Ritual (7", EP, Ltd) 8-9-69 Drugged Conscience 2008
Les Aus, Sheik Anorak / Weasel Walter Duo (10")   Gaffer Records 2008
Shut Up And Bleed (CD, Comp)   Cherry Red 2008
The Milky Smell Of Phantom Sperm (Album) (3 versions) Passing Water Old Europa Cafe ... 2008
3rd EP (7", EP, RP, Ltd) 8-9-69 Drugged Conscience 2009
Bad Seeds Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations (CD, Comp) Done Dun Mojo Magazine 2009
Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Album) (2 versions) Alpha (Law Of Nature P... Neurot Recordings 2009
Films From The Death Trip Volume Two (VHS, PAL)   Essa Distribution  
Tracks Appear On:
Speed Trials (LP) Main Kelly And Me On A... Homestead Records 1983
Better An Old Demon Than A New God (LP) What It Is Giorno Poetry Systems 1984
Plow! (LP) Death Valley '69 Organik (Switzerland) 1985
Tellus: Experimental Theater (Cass, Comp) The Cancer Has Finally... Tellus 1987
The Birth Of Tragedy Magazine's Fear, Power, God (4 versions) The Human Animal CFY Records ... 1987
Peyrere (Cass, Comp, C60) Dear Whores Peyrere 1988
Zetrospective (2xLP) Lady Scarface Island Records 1989
Zetrospective: Dancing In The Face Of Adversity / Hope Springs Eternal (2xCD, Album) Lady Scarface Island Records 1989
Downtown Does The Beatles Live At The Knitting Factory 1992 (CD) Why Don't We Do It In ... Knitting Factory Works 1992
Vital Juices (CD, Comp) Twisted Insipid Vinyl 1993
Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love (Comp) (4 versions) Death Valley '69 Geffen Records 1995
Flesh, Fangs & Filigree (3xCD, Comp) Stinkfist Dressed To Kill 1996
Flesheaters - The Return Of The Undead (3xCD, Comp + Box) In My Time Of Dying Dressed To Kill 1996
Home Alive - The Art Of Self Defense (Comp) (2 versions) Why We Murder Epic 1996
Mind The Gap Volume 9 (CD) Untitled Gonzo Circus 1996
Out Of Their Mouths (2xCD, Comp) Untitled, The Crumb Atavistic 1996
Undead - 50 Gothic Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp + Box) Twisted, Some Velvet M... Dressed To Kill 1996
Dead & Gone #2 - Totenlieder - Songs Of Death (CD, Dig) Gloomy Gloomy Trikont 1997
Kerouac - Kicks Joy Darkness (CD, Comp) Bowery Blues Rykodisc 1997
Monsters Of Goth (3xCD, Comp, Box) Stink Fist, Some Velve... Dressed To Kill 1997
Stiletto Vamp (3xCD, Comp) Burning Skulls Dressed To Kill 1997
Crippled Champions - The Crippled Bargain (CD, Comp, Ltd) Escape Crippled Dick Hot Wax! 1998
Gothic Erotica (6xCD) Stinkfist, Burning Skulls Dressed To Kill 1998
Songs Of The Witchblade (CD) Witchy Woman DreamWorks Records 1998
Bride Of Darkness (CD) Stink Fist Dressed To Kill 1999
Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History (Album) (2 versions) Excerpt From Paradoxia... Kill Rock Stars 1999
Kaleidoscope #6 (CD) Incubator Kaleidoscope (2) 1999
Princess Gothica (CD) In My Time Of Dying Dressed To Kill 1999
The Blair Witch Project: Josh's Blair Witch Mix (Comp) (2 versions) Gloomy Sunday Gold Circle Entertainment ... 1999
Undead A Gothic Masterpiece (3xCD, Comp + Box) Twisted, Some Velvet M... Dressed To Kill 1999
New Coat Of Paint (Songs Of Tom Waits) (CD) Heartattack And Vine Manifesto (2) 2000
Visionen (CD) Ein Lied Von Liebe Und... Lugert Verlag 2000
Downtown 81 (2 versions) The Closet Recall ... 2001
Live Forever - The Most Beautiful & Haunting Gothic Collection (10xCD, Comp + Box) Twisted, Some Velvet M... Dressed To Kill 2001
Electric Jazz Volume.01 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Champagne, Cocaine & N... Globe (2) 2002
FabricLive. 05 (CD, Comp, Mixed) The Human Animal Fabric (London) 2002
Nu Jazz Vol. 3 (2xCD) Champagne, Cocaine & N... Zoomshot Media Entertainment 2002
Solo Cholo (Comp) (2 versions) Parts Unknown (Live 19... Not On Label ... 2002
The Sound Of Il Giaguaro Vol. 2 (CD) Nothing But Trouble Giaguaro Records 2002
N.Y. No Wave (Comp) (2 versions) Lady Scarface, Mechnic... ZE Records 2003
Better An Old Demon Than A New God (File, MP3, Comp) What It Is UbuWeb 2004
Elegy Sampler 34 (CD, Smplr) Portrait Of The Minus Man Elegy 2005
25 Ans De Musique D'Avant Nova (25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Lady Scarface Nova Records 2007
Girl Power ! (CD, Comp) Baby Faced Killer Les Inrockuptibles 2008
Les Aus, Sheik Anorak / Weasel Walter Duo (10") Dead Man Gaffer Records 2008
(Reciprocess: +/VS.) - Documenting The Process Of Musical Reciprocality Between Philippe Petit & Friends (CD, Promo) Untitled BiP_HOp, Wire Magazine 2009
Bad Seeds Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations (CD, Comp) Done Dun Mojo Magazine 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Unhealthy (CD, Unofficial, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Diurne (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) A Quiet Night Of Murde... Not On Label 2008
Funhouse (LP) Funhouse A-Lad-Insane  
Sex Voodoo (LP, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial) Some Velvet Morning World Youth Records  
The Front Row Is Not For The Fragile (LP) Slaughterhouse Tuff Monk Records  
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