From the late 1970s into the early '80s, Milwaukee native James Chance startled the New York rock world with his aggressive blend of punk, funk, free jazz and sometimes disco − and, for a time, with ...

Ever heard of no wave? No? You’re not alone there. This obscure little genre doesn’t get much mainstream love, but it really is a fascinating type of music. No wave was developed in the late 1970s in ...

With the Contortions and James White and the Blacks, the songwriter and saxophonist set out to challenge musicians and stir up audiences. By Jon Pareles James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and ...

Teenage Jesus & the Jerks were an influential New York City No Wave music group of 1976-79 fronted by Lydia Lunch and James Chance, who later left the band after some conflict about their direction.

Musician Bertei (Universal Mother) recounts in this exhilarating memoir her role in the rise of “no-wave” music, a countercultural sound that mixed “punk, rock, jazz, funk, hip-hop, film, art, and ...

Seattle imprint Light in the Attic aims to change that. A label known to be run by passionate crate-diggers with a penchant for reissuing little-known, off-kilter gems in pristine, collector-bait ...

The experimental rock band Swans, who pioneered “no wave” music in New York City in the early 1980s, will perform at Albuquerque’s Sunshine Theater on Friday, Sept. 12. Swans’ setlist will feature ...