![]() ![]() Evil,” “The Corpse Also Rises,” and “I’ll Break You,” Live Skull chiseled out its style and its worldview. The band’s ’80s recordings buzz with the danger, depravity, and creative freedom that defined NYC sound aesthetic in those years. Live Skull’s sound was influenced by British post-punk – but was located squarely in the depths of Downtown Manhattan. Together with Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull defined the term “noise rock” in the ’80s, spearheading the post-No Wave underground music scene in NYC with a series of legendary live performances and eight groundbreaking records released over the course of that decade. ![]() The reanimated crypt of Live Skull spawns a new brood of cheerful tunes sure to make your blood boil again! The latest in Live Skull’s continuing saga of depravity and redemption: “Saturday Night Massacre” The New York no-wave psychos are back! LIVE SKULL exploited the imagery of gore movies to express their disillusion with society’s turn toward darkness now the facts are gory enough on their own. Live, on stage, Dave Hollinghurst is currently the fourth band-member. On the new album Thalia Zedek and Marnie Greenholz can be heard on vocals. The core of LIVE SKULL now consists of Mark C., Kent Heine and Rich Hutchins. LIVE SKULL will play Transmissions Festival in Italy in November, plus other shows across Europe. In his much-quoted review for The New York Times, Robert Palmer declared “With each new record, New York’s Live Skull delivers a more concentrated brand of emotional intensity, a more ferociously disciplined sonic assault”. “Of the scowling noise-rockers peppering downtown Manhattan throughout the 80s, Live Skull was the They also add some drone-like early Velvet Underground sounds as well as the compelling darkness of Joy Division. Together with Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, and Swans, LIVE SKULL are the founders of the NY noise-rock-scene. ![]() Formed in 1982, the quintessential New York noise band LIVE SKULL ( Homestead Records) are back this year with a brand-new album ‘Saturday Night Massacre’, out now in Europe on Bronson Recordings. ![]()
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