Lydia Lunch pays tribute to Stiv Bator(s)

On 2 June 1990, Stiv Bator of the Dead Boys, The Wanderers and Lords of the New Church unexpectedly died in Paris after being hit by a car. At the end of the month I held a benefit to raise money for his parents to help with the cost of their trip to France for the funeral, which was a great success. I did an interview with punk pioneer/poet/performance artist Lydia Lunch for VidMag-TV and asked her to give us a tribute to Stiv.

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• The Wanderers
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• Teenage Jesus & the Jerks

[VidMag]

Well, that's as may be Steve, but given that she IS a poet and performance artist (I recorded this when she performed here - along with a full interview), it's not surprising she's rather verbose. But I can relate, too, because I can be too sometimes :D

[Hister333]

@markwasthere Actually, the Dead Boys are one of my all-time favorite bands, and I own all the LOTN records, and his first solo album. I dunno why I said that, unless I was listening to a lot of Iggy...

[markwasthere]

@Hister333 eh c'mon man, Stiv was great

[sharkattacksteve]

Typical broad who takes a thousand words to say what a guy could say in 12 and it's still mostly about herself. Hey look for the vid where the stand up comedian totally rips the shit out of Lydia it's awesome.

[dirtypearl]

Lydia forever, RIP Stiv

[Hister333]

Love the Dead Boys, hate this woman. She not only innovated nothing, she contributed nothing. Same goes for Stiv, but at least he didn't lie to himself about it.

[stoogefan138]

Super!!