N.W.W.
Real Name:
Steven Stapleton
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Nurse With Wound or NWW is a British experimental music band, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. In 1979 Heman left the group, and in 1981 it effectly became a solo project of Steven Stapleton, with a variety of assisting musicians over the years.
Purveyors of sinister whimsy to the wretched.
NOTE: DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THIS GROUP! Steven Stapleton is the only current permanent member of the group. All other artists who are "members" of Nurse With Wound for a particular release should be listed in the Extra Artist field on the release.
Purveyors of sinister whimsy to the wretched.
NOTE: DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THIS GROUP! Steven Stapleton is the only current permanent member of the group. All other artists who are "members" of Nurse With Wound for a particular release should be listed in the Extra Artist field on the release.
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| The 150 Murderous Passions (LP, Ltd) | United Dairies | 1981 | ||
| Rock 'n Roll Station (CD, Album) | United Dairies | 1994 | ||
Nurse With Wound's, err, 'music' works on equal terms in a strange cartoon-ish environment (where you'll very possibly find Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse on serious cocaine hook) or in an abstract bordello where fat women and ham win anorexic beauty contests. Of course, everything is covered in additional blood, milk, religion and honey - black and grey always included.
Albums' title-chosen phrases and cover art alone are worth possession of Nurse With Wound's material, but it's their incredibly absurd music that scores additionally to any listener. Stapleton's fascinations with surreal and esoteric provide a funny morbid canvas - it will either frustrate or fascinate. But there is one element that holds both parties in its grip; astonishing dark humour, hard to ignore, sometimes even harder to get.
Effective though, after giving it all, what we'd like to call - a 'proper listen'... or a proper laugh.