Unsane N.Y.C.
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Chris Spencer, Vincent Signorelli, Dave Curran
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Formed - 1988 in New York.
Noise rock trio of Chris Spencer (Cutthroats 9, The), Vincent Signorelli (Swans) and Dave Curran (Cutthroats 9, The & J.J. Paradise Players Club, The). The original lineup consisted of Spencer, Pete Shore and drummer Charlie Ondras, who passed away from a drug overdose in 1992.
Video for a song "Scrape" (from their 1995 album "Scattered, Smothered And Covered") recieved a lot of airplay on MTV and became their biggest hit to date.
Note - in order to avoid confusion with the heavy metal band of the same name, they often used the prefix "NYC".
Noise rock trio of Chris Spencer (Cutthroats 9, The), Vincent Signorelli (Swans) and Dave Curran (Cutthroats 9, The & J.J. Paradise Players Club, The). The original lineup consisted of Spencer, Pete Shore and drummer Charlie Ondras, who passed away from a drug overdose in 1992.
Video for a song "Scrape" (from their 1995 album "Scattered, Smothered And Covered") recieved a lot of airplay on MTV and became their biggest hit to date.
Note - in order to avoid confusion with the heavy metal band of the same name, they often used the prefix "NYC".
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| This Town / Urge To Kill (Single) ◄ (2 versions) | Treehouse Records (2) | 1989 | ||
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| Crunchouse (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) | This Town | Glitterhouse Records | 1989 | |
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Along with Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth (although on an entirely different musical plane), NYC favorite sons Unsane are one of those bands that seems to epitomize what the city is about. By now, many people are familiar with their trademarks - raw and noisy rock music with heavily distorted vocals courtesy of Chris Spencer and bloody record covers, featuring nearly everything from the man lying on the subway tracks with his head cut off to a girl in the bathub on their latest "Blood Run". They went on a hiatus in the mid 90s and suffered the death of a drummer Charlie Ondras in 1992. But as of now, all of those black clouds seem to be gone and they're back to form. Long may they reigh.