LILIPUT EISIGER WIND 1981
LILIPUT EISIGER WIND 1981 , The women of early 80s PostPunk! See also the video: X RAY SPEX DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAY GLO 1978 The spirit of Punk was to try anything without restraint As soon as it became a recognizable formula as in Sid the media rushed to pronounce it dead after two years But in truth it had already mutated past them Worldwide a new attitude virused: challenge everything try it from another angle go to next The word PostPunk is a loose term used to describe the eclectic electric that ensued from 1978 to around 1982 Punk wasnt supplanted it was the planter of the seeds that grew into most cutting edge music made since The holy trinity of Joy Division/Wire/Gang Of Four bands from the dawn of the 80s are the obvious blueprint for modern disciples like Franz Ferdinand Interpol She Wants Revenge Radio 4 The Killers and Elefant; the bounding deadpan yet funky pulse the polyrhymic crack of drums the sheets of noise guitar and the wired automaton vocals But PostPunk was more than that trio It encompassed world musics and Dub Punk Funk Death Disco No Wave noise Mutant Disco proto Industrial Goth HipHop hybrids skronky jazz fusion and Harmolodics and more And most importantly there were more women in this revolution than any time before in Rock history The following women are the mothers of most rocker grrrls today All of this music was too intense for the times and ignored but now is the soundtrack of the current generation Whether they know it or not From these pioneers we get The Breeders Bikini Kill Bratmobile Hole Elastica Cibo Matto Garbage Sleater Kinney Ladytron Chicks On Speed Lesbians On Ecstasy Erase Errata Boyskout Peaches Electrocute the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Metric The architects: LENE LOVICH US/UK and NINA HAGEN Germany updating Yma Sumac for the new wave; ARI UP and THE SLITS exploring the wilds of world dub UK ; LiLiPUT the best PostPunk band youve never heard of and equal to any Switzerland ; FATAL MICROBES a teen band featuring two kids of Vi Subversa from the Poison Girls UK ; STINKY TOYS who played the first all Punk show ever with the Pistols and newcomer Suzie and the Banshees France ; the minimalist robot synth of FLYING LIZARDS featuring PATTI PALLADIN of Snatch NY/UK ; TINA WEYMOUTH and the TALKING HEADS the fountainhead for indie dress PunkFunk and more styles than weve caught up with New York ; the collective PULSALLAMA with Wendy Wild and Ann Magnuson bringing polyrhthmic fun NY ; THE BLOODS with funky punk; LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX making dissonant guitar clang danceable France/NY ; THE MODETTES modeling impossibly catchy pop with reggae bounce NY ; JILL KROESEN with rhythmic skronk and chant NY ; The BUSH TETRAS a funky punk band whose influence covers Romeo Void to Kim Gordan NY ; the brilliant spartan funk of E S G by the Scroggins sisters South Bronx ; Her Mercurial Majesty of Goth and so much more SIOUXSIE SIOUX UK ; the stripped edge of Young Marble Giants whose Credit In the Straight World was covered by Hole Wales ; Y PANTS forecast the bratty casualism of Bratmobile NY ; UT rode tribal drums and fuzzy chords through alien synths NY ; TINA WEYMOUTH and Chris Frantz of TOM TOM CLUB spun the NY scenes punkfunk through hiphop and reggae to conquer the world with Genius Of Love NY ; while KIM GORDAN and SONIC YOUTH channeled the scenes No Wave noise into a startling career US ; the punkfunk priests GANG OF FOUR converted bassist SARA LEE to the cause in their second revolution UK/US ; VANESSA BRISCOE emitted the bent transmissions of PYLON Georgia ; Throbbing Gristle had split nicely into the fresh folds of CHRIS COSEY with conceptual and sexual artist COSI FANNI TUTTI UK ; The SELECTER sure picked it right with lead singer PAULINE BLACK kicking tough ska UK ; EDITH NYLON made the synth pop and kick France ; ALICE BAG of the Bags now crusaded with the CAMBRIDGE APOSTLES L A ; SU TISSUE cut an askew swath through SUBURBAN LAWNS L A ; Native American DEBORAH IYALL serenaded in the ROMEO VOID San Fran ; DOMINATRIX predated Lords of Acid and Peaches with sexual dance music NY ; and LAURIE ANDERSON made the avant garde fun and grooving NY About LiLiPUT: This Swiss punk band started as Kleenex but got sued As LiLiPUT their flexible punk now flourished through ever fluid line ups At the center always were guitarist Marlene Marder and bassist Klaudia Schiff Their vocals and restless spirit were the pulse that propelled a winding course; tough punk kraut rock redux loping pop angular beauty All of the work of both bands has been compiled by the Kill Rock Stars label on the affordable double CD LiLiPUT KRS 373; 2001 Expand your world with the sonic peers of The Slits and the Raincoats! Also these CDs: NEW YORK NOISE 1 2 3 www souljazzrecords co uk/releases/?id=4886 RIP IT UP START AGAIN: POSTPUNK 1978 1984 ROUGH TRADE SHOPS: POSTPUNK vol 1 GIRL MONSTER SEXUAL LIFE OF THE SAVAGES Brazil postpunk NAO WAVE Brazil postpunk Book: RIP IT UP START AGAIN by Simon Reynolds Check out these web resources: Women In Punk: www comnet ca/~rina/ www punk77 co uk/punkettes/features htm www mindspring com/~acheslow/AuntMary/bang/wip html rateyourmusic com/list/Goregirl/dont misbehave in the new wave women in the new wave post punk no wave first wave of punk/ Alice Bags great site on Women of L A Punk: www alicebag com/mainindex html All rights reserved Fan made video to promote awareness of the artists www youtube com/funknroll