1979
The year in which the band is founded.
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Until August 1980 Lydia Lunch is living on East 12th street, New York City.
Lydia disbands Teenage Jesus in July 1979 and hooks up with George (Leonard) Scott. George Scott had moved from Iowa to NYC in 1974. Lydia [with Teenage Jesus] and George [with Jack Ruby] once shared the bill @ the Village Gate in New York City on 25-Aug-77 and had a mutual admiration for each other.
George also used to live at that same No New Wave rehearsal space on Delancey street as Lydia did.
When George left The Contortions in April 1979 (just after the "Buy" album sessions) he joined John Cale's live US touring band. One of those shows (@ CBGB's, June 1979) was released on John Cale's "Sabotage" album.
After leaving the John Cale band George forms The Raybeats, an instrumental band with Pat Irwin, Jody Harris and Don Christensen.
Together with George, Douglas Bowne (who was also in the John Cale live US touring band) and multi-instumentalist Pat Irwin [The Raybeats] Lydia records her "Queen Of Siam" solo album in September 1979.
When these sessions are done George and Lydia decide to form a band. Michael Paumgardhen and Pat Irwin are both recruited by George and Lydia brings in Jim Sclavunos [Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Beirut Slump].
The Raybeats would exist in parallel (August 1979-August 1980) with 8-Eyed Spy.
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Line-up (New York City: September 1979 - August 1980):
Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ George Scott III (bass) /Michael Paumgardhen (guitar) /Pat Irwin (guitar/sax/bass)
and Jim Sclavunos (drums)
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22/23-Sep-1979
US MN,Minneapolis,Marathon '80 festival
[with James Chance, Devo, Richard Loyd,...]
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October 1979
US NY,New York City,Mudd Club
Note: Their first NYC concert.
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30-Nov-79
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of EaViL.
Photo: Scan from, Tier 3 booker, Hilary Jaeger's notebook schedule, Nov/Dec 1979. Sourced from Perfect Sound Forever .
Note: Show started at midnight. Concert preceded by screening of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film. Tier 3 was located at 225 West Broadway.
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06-Dec-79
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
Setlist: I Want Candy/ Ran Away Dark/ Dead Me You Beside/ Love Split With Blood/ Innocence/ Swamp/ Boy Meets Girl/ Looking For Someone/ Lightning's Girl/ Frantic.
Poster: Photo of poster.
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1980
The year in which the band tours a lot and records 5 studio tracks.
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04-Jan-80
US NY,New York City,Club 57 @ Irving Plaza
[with the Fleshtones]
Note: Club 57 was re-opened in January 1980.
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16-Jan-80
US NY,New York City,Hurrah
[support for XTC]
Note: Perhaps also performing on the 17th of January 1980 as support for XTC.
Ad: Scan of ad.
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31-Jan-80
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
Setlist: a.o. Dead Me You Beside (a.k.a. Get You Me B Side).
Note: Above track available on the "Hysterie" compilation.
Flyer: Scan of flyer.
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09-Feb-80
US CA,San Francisco,Mabuhay Gardens (3 sets)
Setlist: a.o. Looking For Someone (a.k.a. Me Minus You)/ Ran Away Dark/ Maintaining My Cool/ I Want Candy/ Boy Meets Girl/ Frantic/ You Twist I Shout.
Note: Part of their West coast tour. All above tracks filmed by Terry Hammer and available on a Target VHS video compilation. "I Want Candy" also available on the "8 Eyed Spy" album. Some track(s) (like "Frantic") from this concert where recorded by Terry Hammer and were used (without Terry's permission) on the "Live" album on Roir.
Photo: Screen capture taken from the Target VHS video compilation.
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xx-Feb-80
US CA,Palo Alto,Stanford University
Note: Part of their West coast tour that was sponsored by ZE records, for which Lydia had recorded the (then just released) "Queen Of Siam" album. Depite the fact that 8 Eyed Spy is not on ZE, they agree to pay for the tour costs nevertheless. Some of these dates were in support of Lene Lovich.
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xx-Feb-80
US CA,Berkeley,University
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
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14-Feb-80
US CA,San Diego,Skeleton Club
[with Mature Adults, The Exterminators]
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
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15-Feb-80
US CA,Hollywood,The Troubadour
[with The Gears and Fear]
Note: Part of their West coast tour. The band reportedly makes a $146 profit.
Poster: Photo of poster.
Article: Scan of review from the Los Angeles Times 18-Feb-80.
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18-Feb-80
US CA,Los Angeles,Hong Kong Cafe
[with B-People and Human Hands]
Setlist: Lazy In Love/ I Want Candy/ Love Split With Blood/ Looking For Someone/ 2 Square (a.k.a. Two Square)/ You Twist I Shout/ Lightning's Girl/ Motor Oil Shanty/ Frantic/ Diddy Wah Diddy.
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
Poster: Photo of poster.
Photo: Credit Suzan Carson. Taken from Slash Magazine Vol3 No.#2, Feb-1980.
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19-Feb-80
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go
[with the Go Go's and The Textones]
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
Ad: Scan of ad from the Los Angeles Times 03-Feb-80.
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xx-xxx-80
US CA,Los Angeles,Al's Bar
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22-Feb-80
US CA,Los Angeles,Hong Kong Cafe
[with Monitor and Suburban Lawns]
Flyer: Photo of flyer.
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
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23-Feb-80
US CA,San Diego,North Park Lions Club
[support for X]
Note: Part of their West coast tour.
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February 1980
Because the band does not play any tracks from the just released "Queen Of Siam" album (on ZE records) ZE pulls the plug on the West cost tour. ZE Records (established by French designer Michael Zilkha and critic Michael Esteban) reportedly owes the band $4,000 [NY Rocker June 1980] According to ZE records it was the band's tour manager Bob Segerman's fault [East Village Eye 30-Mar-80].
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2x-Feb-80
CA BC,Vancouver,Commodore Ballroom
Note: Show cancelled.
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2x-Feb-80
US OR,Portland,-
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1980
US MI,Ann Arbor,-
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1980
US NJ,Morristown,Community Theater
[support by Kid Creole and the Coconuts]
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29-Feb-80
US WA,Seattle,Showbox Theater
[support for XTC]
Poster: Photo of poster.
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06-Mar-80
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
07-Mar-80
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of EaViL.
Note: On one of these dates Robert Quine joins the band for an unannounced jam on "Polk Sallad Annie", "I Want Candy" and "Maintaining My Cool".
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11-Mar-80
US NY,New York City,Hurrah
ZE Revuu/ZE Records Night
[with Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cristina Monet and Suicide]
Note: 8-Eyed Spy does not perform because they are displeased with the label's support. Lydia Lunch however does join Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Jodi Harris [The Raybeats].
Photo: Credit Lisa Genet. Taken from NY Rocker June 1980.
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Mar-80 , courtesy of Scott D.
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15-Mar-80
CA ONT,Toronto,Gerrard St. East, The Edge
[with The Government]
Note: Filmed by John Porter for his Super-8 short film "Lydia Lunch and Harbinger".
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26-Mar-80
US NY,New York City,Hurrah
[with The Bush Tetras]
Setlist: Diddy Wah Diddy/ 2 Square/ Looking For Someone/ Love Split With Blood/ Ran Away Dark/ Lightning's Girl/ You Twist I Shout/ Motor Oil Shanty/ Swamp/ Run Through The Jungle/ Lazy In Love.
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Mar-80, courtesy of Scott D.
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27-Mar-80
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
(Lydia Lunch as guest DJ)
[with The Individuals and The Skunks]
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Mar-80, courtesy of Scott D.
Note: Not an 8 Eyed Spy show.
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04-Apr-80
US NY,New York City,80's Club
[with The Bush Tetras]
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Apr-80, courtesy of Scott D.
Note: Club owned by ROIR records president Neil Cooper, who died on 13-Aug-08 at the age of 71.
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18-Apr-80
US NY,New York City,Tier
[with DJ Niles Jaeger]
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Apr-80, courtesy of Scott D.
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19-Apr-80
US NY,New York City,Trax
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Apr-80, courtesy of Scott D.
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xx-Apr-80
US NY,New York City,Metropolitan Correctional Facility
Note: 'Free' concert.
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17-May-80
US NY,New York City,Zzyzx
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice May-80, courtesy of Scott D.
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13-Jun-80
US NY,New York City,Hurrah
[with The Method Actors]
Ad: Scan taken from the Village Voice Jun-80, courtesy of Scott D.
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June 1980
US,CA,Los Angeles,Lydia Lunch is briefly hospitalized.
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30-Jun-80
UK London,West Hamstead,Moonlight Club
[with The Brainiac 5]
Note: Apparently cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
Ad: Taken from the NME 28-Jun-80.
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01-Jul-80
UK London,West Kensington,The Nashville Club
Note: Apparently cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
Ad: Taken from the NME 28-Jun-80.
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02-Jul-80
UK London,Camden,Dingwalls
Note: Apparently cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
Ad: Taken from the NME 28-Jun-80.
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04-Jul-80
UK London,Islington,Hope & Anchor
Note: Apparently cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
Ad: Taken from the NME 05-Jul-80.
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05-Jul-80
IT Bologna,Arena Puccini,IV Settimana Internazionale della Performance
Communist woman's festival
[with Ann Magnuson, Boris Policeband and Rhys Chatham]
Note: First of 3 Italian concerts. Filmmaker Renato de Maria went to New York in 1979, stayed a year, and became friends with Arto Lindsay, Lydia Lunch, John Lurie and many underground filmmakers. Thanks to this he managed to bring many of these people to Bologna for concerts.
Photo: Credit Gianni Melotti.
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0x-Jul-80
IT -,-
Note: Second of 3 Italian concerts.
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08-Jul-80
IT Rimini,Arena Italia
New Wave festival
[with Confusional Quartet]
Setlist: Lazy In Love/ Diddy Wah Diddy/ Love Split With Blood/ Sorry For Behaving So Badly/ Looking For Someone/ ?/ Motor Oil Shanty/ Swamp/ Run Through The Jungle/ You Twist, I Shout/ Frantic.
Note: Third of 3 Italian concerts.
Poster: Photo of poster.
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11-Jul-80
US IL,Chicago,Thorne Hall
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15-Jul-80
US MN,Minneapolis,Loring Park
(afternoon)
Setlist: a.o. White Rabbit.
Note: Above track available on side 2 of the "8-Eyed Spy" album.
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15-Jul-80
US MN,Minneapolis,7th Street Entry
(evening)
16-Jul-80
US MN,Minneapolis,7th Street Entry
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19-Jul-80
MI,Detroit,Bookie's Club 870
Card: Photo of calendar card.
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24-Jul-80
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
Ad: Courtesy of Gary Reese.
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25-Jul-80
US LA,New Orleans,New Place (1st set)
Setlist: I Want Candy/ Sorry For Behaving So Badly/ Lazy In Love/ 2 Square (a.k.a. Two Square)/ Motor Oil Shanty (*)/ Diddy Wah Diddy/ Lightning's Girl/ Ran Away Dark (*)/ Looking For Someone/ Love Split With Blood (*)/ Frantic.
Note: (*) available on the "Hysterie" compilation album.
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25-Jul-80
US LA,New Orleans,New Place (2nd set)
Setlist: Lazy In Love/ Diddy Wah Diddy/ Ran Away Dark/ Innocence/ Maintaining My Cool/ Boy Meets Girl/ Swamp Song/ Run Through The Jungle/ Dead Me You Beside (a.k.a. Get You Me B Side)/ Looking For Someone/ Motor Oil Shanty/ You Twist, I Shout/ Lightning's Girl.
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26-Jul-80
US TX,Austin,Duke's Royal Coach Inn
Setlist: Lazy In Love/ Diddy Wah Diddy/ Ran Away Dark/ Innocence/ Boy Meets Girl/ Maintaining My Cool/ Sorry For Behaving So Badly/ Swamp Song/ Run Through The Jungle/ I Want Candy/ Love Split With Blood.
Photo: Credit Bobby Beeman. Used with kind permission.
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27-Jul-80
US TX,Houston,Rock Island
Poster: Scan of poster.
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01-Aug-80
US NY,New York City,Tier 3
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03-Aug-80
US NY,New York City,Hurrah
Setlist: Motor Oil Shanty/ Lightning’s Girl/ You Twist, I Shout/ I Want Candy/ Two Square (a.k.a. 2 Square)/ Maintaining My Cool/ Get You Me B Side (a.k.a. Dead You Me B Side)//
Sorry For Behaving So Badly/ Innocence (*)/ Boy Girl (*)/ Two Square (a.k.a. 2 Square)/ Motor Oil Shanty/ Swamp/ Run Through The Jungle.
Note: First set of tracks available on side 2 of the "8 Eyed Spy" album.
Other tracks filmed by Paul Tschinkel (for his "Inner-Tube" Punk and New Wave documentary/cable TV series) and all available on the "Video Hysterie" VHS video ("Two Square" not on the DVD).
(*) also available on the "8 Eyed Spy Collection" CD.
Photo: Screen capture taken from the "Video Hysterie" VHS video compilation.
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05-Aug-80
US NY,New York City,George Scott III dies at 6 a.m. from an accidental drug overdose at age 27.
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Aug/Sep-80
US Lydia Lunch leaves New York, quits the band and moves to Los Angeles, California.
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October 1980
US NY,New York City,(Bobby) Blank Tapes & 39th Street Studios,recording "Diddy Wah Diddy", "Love Split With Blood", "Ran Away Dark", "Lazy In Love", and "Swamp-Run Through The Jungle" for side 1 of the "8-Eyed Spy" album. The remaining members had convinced Lydia to re-join the band for these sessions.
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09-May-81
US Release of the "Live" cassette on Roir.
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18-Oct-81
UK Release of the "8-Eyed Spy" album on Fetish Records.
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09-Feb-82
UK Release of the "Diddy Wah Diddy" 7" single on Fetish Records.
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Chronology
Devil Dogs (November 1980 - February 1981)
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