Devil Dogs

(Los Angeles November 1980 - February 1981)

Chronology

Devil Dogs Line-up #1 (L-to-R): Stanley Adler, Lydia Lunch, Jim Sclavunos and Michael Paumgardhen. Credit: Tom Bessoir.


Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads), 
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American band Devil Dogs. 

-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

1980 The year in which this very short lived live band is founded and does a small US tour.

From August/September 1980 Lydia Lunch resides in Topanga Canyon (the 'Snake Pit' area), Los Angeles. Later she moves to a house in the Venice area of Los Angeles where she stays until February 1982. She forms this band with ex-Teenage Jesus & The Jerks member Jim Sclavunos and ex-8 Eyed Spy member Michael Paumgarden. Stanley Adler [later in The Same] joins on bass. Lydia asks Robert Quine [Voidoids] (who had worked with Lydia on her "Queen of Siam" album) for some fun blues songs from his collection of 78rpm blues records, he made her a tape, and that was the basis of their live set.

Line-up #1 (Los Angeles: October/November 1980): Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Michael Paumgarden (guitar)/ Stan(ley) Adler (bass) and Jim Sclavunos (drums)

	xx-Oct-80 US NY,New York City,Mudd Club Photo: Credit Felipe Orrego. Another photo by Bob Bert [Sonic Youth]. Note: Their first NYC concert. The Mudd club was co-founded by Diego Cortez with Steve Mass and Anya Phillips and opened on the 31st of October 1978 and was located @ 77 White Street in downtown Manhattan.

	04-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Tier 3 [with The Offs and Frisco Whites] Ad: Scan of advert from Village Voice, from No Wave Facebook group.

	07-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Tier 3 Flyer: Photo of flyer, collection Thurston Moore, via No Wave Facebook group. Ad: Scan of advert from Village Voice, from No Wave Facebook group.

	xx-xxx-80 US NY,New York City,80's Club

	12-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Hurrah [with Deadline] Note: With Robert Quine guesting on guitar.

	13-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Rock Lounge Ad: Scan of ad taken from the East Village Eye November 1980.

	14-Nov-80 US IL,Chicago,Waves [with Ama-Dots] Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Chicago Tribune 14-Nov-80. Note: Start of a small tour of the Midwest, in Marty Nation's ["Fingered" movie star] '58 Ford pickup truck (photo credit Julia Gorton).

	15-Nov-80 US MN,Minneapolis,Zoogie's 16-Nov-80 US MN,Minneapolis,Zoogie's Note: Zoogie's was formerly The Longhorn. Ad: Scan of ad courtesy of Dan Peterson.

	18-Nov-80 US WI,Madison,Merlyn's Ad: Scan of ad taken from The Capital Times 13-Nov-80.

	20-Nov-80 US WI,Milwaukee,Starship Ad: Radio ad by Downstairs Dan (mp3 675KB). Poster: Scan of poster.

	21-Nov-80 US MI,Detroit,Bookie's Club 870 [with Mission Of Burma] Poster: Photo of poster, design by Gary Grimshaw. Card: Photo of calendar card.

	22-Nov-80 US MI,Lansing,Club DooBee [with The Lips Are Back] 23-Nov-80 US MI,Lansing,Club DooBee [with Trainable] Flyer: Original flyer. Ad/Review: Scan of advert, and review taken from the Lansing State Journal 22/24-Nov-80.

	24-Nov-80 US MI,Ann Arbor,Second Chance [with R.U.R. and Retro] Handbill: Photo of handbill. Ad: Scan of advert from Detroit Free Press 16-Nov-80. Review: Scan of review, taken from the Michigan Daily 26-Nov-80.

	2x-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Mudd Club Note: "The first time I went to America was with Siouxsie & The Banshees, and the very first night [..] I arrived at the hotel as everyone was leaving. They told me to drop the bags, they were off to the Mudd Club. [..] Devil Dogs were performing. I ended up in a diner with Siouxsie, Budgie, and Lydia, talking about Alice Cooper. I immediately hit it off with Lydia -she seemed to think I was Siouxsie's boyfriend, so she was interested in me. I was only eighteen at the time." Murray Mitchell [Siouxsie's roadie and in '81 in Lydia's "The Agony Is The Ecstacy" performance], quoted in "Lydia Lunch- The War Is Never Over", a book by Nick Soulsby (Jawbone, 2020).

	26-Nov-80 CA ON,Toronto,Concert Hall [support for The Stranglers] Listing: Scan of listing from The Varsity 21-Nov-80.

	27-Nov-80 CA ON,Toronto,The Edge Listing: Scan of listing from The Varsity 26-Nov-80.

	28-Nov-80 US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge

	29-Nov-80 US MA,Boston,The Channel [with Swinging Madisons and The Dark] Listing: Scan of listing from Boston Globe 28-Nov-80.

Robert Maché replaces Michael Paumgarden on guitar and Kristian Hoffman replaces Jim Sclavunos on drums. Robert was in the Swinging Madisons (1980-1982) with Kristian Hoffman, Bleaker Street Incident (1983-198x), with Kristian and Ann Magnuson, and in the 90's he joined Steve Wynn's band. Kristian was in The Mumps (1975-1980), the Swinging Madisons (1980-1982), The Agony Is The Ecstacy (1981), Bleaker Street Incident (1983-198x), Congo Norvell (1991-1995) and tons more bands. Rudi Protrudi [born born Glen Dalpis, in Tina Peel (1976-1979), later frontman of the Fuzztones. From the East Village,NYC.] joins on bass, replacing Stan Adler.

Line-up #2 (New York: December 1980 - February 1981): Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Robert Maché (guitar)/ Rudi Protrudi (bass) and Kristian Hoffman (drums)

	xx-Dec-80 US NY,New York City,basement of Kristian Hoffman and Bradly Field's loft (@ 240 Grand Street) Note: One rehearsal with the new guys, preparing for the upcoming shows.

	xx-Dec-80 US NY,New York City,Tier 3/TR3 Note: Tier 3 (also known as TR3) opened late May 1979 and closed in December 1980. Hilary Jaeger was the live music booker. For a story of the club read an interview with Hilary Jaeger @ Perfect Sound Forever.

	06-Dec-80 US NJ,Hoboken,Maxwell's Ad: Photo of advert. Note: "Hoboken was the famous set where Lydia was doing her solo [with a drumstick] on a cast iron frying pan in the middle of a song, and looked at me, and started laughing so hard that she peed her pants." [Kristian Hoffman email, 2009].

	xx-Dec-80 US DC,Washington,9:30 Club

	12-Dec-80 US PA,Philadelphia,Omni's Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Philadelphia Inquirer 12-Dec-80.

	13-Dec-80 US GA,Atlanta,688 Club [with Vietnam] Setlist: I Feel So Worried [Sammy Lewis/Willie Lee Johnson. 1955]/ Twelve Year Old Boy [Elmore James/Mel London. 1957]/ I Don’t Want Nobody/ Be Careful What You Do [John Brim. 1953] / Jive/ Racketeer’s Blues [Lonnie Johnson. 1932]/ Memphis Yodel-Rocky Road Blues [Jimi Rodgers. 1928/ Bill Monroe. 1945]/ Snatch It Back and Hold It [Junior Wells. 1965]/ Get Your Business Straight [Morris “Magic Slim” Holt]/ He Fooled Me/ It's Tight Like That [Clara Smith/Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker. 1929]/ Young, Dumb & Full Of Cum. Listing: Scan of listing, taken from the Atlanta Constitution 13-Dec-80. Note: Rudi Protrudi vocals on "Young, Dumb & Full Of Cum". When I got the call for the next gig, I had a recording of the first gig [..] We recorded that night for what was going to be a live record [..]. Unfortunately, Lydia decided that she had laryngitis and she did not want the record to come out. It was funny because, when I heard the recording, [..] she was off-key as always. I refer to Lydia's style as 'bitching the blues': she doesn't sing [the songs], she bitches them, which has a certain charm if you understand where she's coming from." Rudi Protrudi quoted in "Lydia Lunch- The War Is Never Over", a book by Nick Soulsby (Jawbone, 2020). The recording of this show has been made available on the "Bitchin' The Blues" bootleg CD-R (Black Cat Records 2006).



1981 The year in which the band is doing 4 dates in Italy and then split up without having recorded.

	23-Feb-81 IT Roma,Teatro Olimpico [with Leroy Jenkins] Note: Start of the short (4 dates) Italian tour. They do a 35 mins show. Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007) was an American composer and free jazz violinist. In 1981 he released his "Lifelong Ambitions" album on the italian Black Saint records label.

	24-Feb-81 IT Milano,Sala dei Congressi della Provincia (Via Corridoni 16) - Jazz festival [with Leroy Jenkins, Orchestra Luna] Setlist: Racketeer’s Blues [Lonnie Johnson. 1932]/ Twelve Year Old Boy [Elmore James/Mel London. 1957]/ Snatch It Back and Hold It [Junior Wells. 1965]/ Get Your Business Straight [Morris “Magic Slim” Holt]/ He Fooled Me/ Jive/ Young, Dumb & Full Of Cum. Note: After the 30 mins show the band is interviewed for Prisma magazine (published April 1981).

	25/26-Feb-81 IT -,- [with Orchestra Luna, ..] Note: After these 2 final dates somewhere in Italy the band splits.

Chronology 13.13 / The Agony Is The Ecstacy (Spring 1981 - December 1981) Home mail me (don't forget to remove the anti spam section). Last modified 28th of January, 2024.