Dec 7, 2025
The LOUNGE LIZARDS
"The Lounge Lizards"
(LP. Editions EG. 1981 / rec. 1980) [US]
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The LOUNGE LIZARDS
"The Lounge Lizards"
(LP. Editions EG. 1981 / rec. 1980) [US]
Jazz No Wave: The Chaotic Avant-Garde of the 1980s
In 1980s New York, jazz collided with radical experimentation and urban chaos. The Jazz No Wave movement was born. It was not jazz in the traditional sense, nor conventional punk rock. It was dissonance, extreme improvisation, controlled noise, a sonic rebellion that shattered every rule of groove.
Artists like James Chance, The Lounge Lizards, and DNA blended saxophones, bass, drums, and guitars into fragmented patterns, creating a sound that was abrasive, alive, and unpredictable. They were not after conventional beauty. They wanted to shake, destabilize, and channel the city’s energy and counterculture through every note.
Today, Jazz No Wave remains a pure example of avant-garde music. It is a movement proving that innovation does not have to be polished or comfortable. It has to be bold and total. For open-minded listeners, it is an invitation to rethink harmony, rhythm, and the very boundaries of sound.
1975 one foot carve
The Lounge Lizards - Do The Wrong Thing
Steve Piccolo - Domestic Exile - reissue of 1982 album by Lounge Lizards bassist (Guerssen Records)
Debut album from 1982 by former Lounge Lizards bass player & founding member STEVE PICCOLO, featuring bandmate EVAN LURIE plus G. LINDAHL. A hidden gem of minimalist beauty, mixing a post-punk/DIY/lo-fi aesthetic with art-rock & spoken poetry. Steve Piccolo has been in active since the mid-1970s in music, theater, performance art, sound installations, video and film soundtracks. In 1979 he started with the Lurie brothers the “fake jazz” / No Wave band the Lounge Lizards.
The LOUNGE LIZARDS
"The Lounge Lizards"
(LP. EG rcds. 1981 / rec. 1980) [US]
John Lurie let Painting With John get stranger in season two — more detours, more Cowboy Beckett, more moments where watercolor, music, and philosophy collide. “I just wanted to make something that really didn’t make any sense,” he said, “but that you’d still want to keep watching.” Mission accomplished.
John Lurie on Painting With John, Cowboy Beckett, and Making Something That Doesn’t Behave
