Theoretical Girls - You Got Me

Theoretical Girls was a New York band formed by Glenn Branca and Jeff Lohn that existed from 1977 to early 1979. They were among the most enigmatic of the late '70s New York no wave bands, famous not so much for their music, since they released only one single during their brief existence, but because the group launched the careers of two of New York's best known experimental music figures, composer Glenn Branca and producer Wharton Tiers. The latter played drums, the former guitar (as you might expect) in the quartet, which also featured keyboardist Margaret DeWys and vocalist/guitarist Jeffrey Lohn, a classically trained composer who, like Branca and so many others in the no wave scene, wasn't interested in working with popular musical forms until inspired to do so by the explosion of punk rock. The group's sound was comparable to that of the other no wave bands working in Manhattan at the time, i.e. Contortions and DNA. Always confrontational and often funny in an aggressive way, the band's sound consistently displayed the influence of American minimalist composers, ranging from sparse, clattering rhythm pieces that sound like immediate forbear of early '80s Sonic Youth to fascinatingly brutal, abrasive slabs of art-punk noise.

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[TheWeekendWolf]

@mediattackrecords theoretical girls came before gang of four....

[chizulch4]

Thank you for uploading this. As a 20yr old I visited New York for 12 days in June of 1979. I saw the Theoretical Girls play in Max's Cansas City. I seem to remember being struck by their totally uncompromising style. One song they played really was the last word on No Wave: it was called "Fuck Yourself" and it consisted of the band singing the line "Fuck yourself" continuously over a minimalist riff. I wish someone had a recording of it!

[TOCaneoja]

makes me wanna listen to atdi again

[wrotebydogs]

@TheWeekendWolf No they didn't.

[mookie2637]

Amazing - so uncompromising. Who is making anything close to this these days?

[mediattackrecords]

@nowaverocker more like rock n roll capitalist marxism

[mediattackrecords]

excellent i hear the gang of four influences

[PnxNdd420]

no wave. nyc, beginning of punk

[theRCRchannel]

thanks for uploading

[nowaverocker]

Anarchy Noise Guitars,love mom&dad too!