13.13 - 1981
The year in which the band is founded, records an album, tours the US and folds.
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From August/September 1980 Lydia Lunch resides in Topanga Canyon (The Snake Pit area), Los Angeles. Later Lydia moves to a house in the Venice/Highland Park area of Los Angeles where she stays until February 1982.
She forms this band with Johnny Nation and (ex- Weirdos) Greg Williams and Alex MacNichol [later Green On Red] who had just split up. Johnny Nation (ex- Endless Banana, ex- Bags) was in 1979 briefly in The Cyclones with Jeffrey Lee Pierce and is also the brother of "Fingered" (Kern/Lunch's movie) star Marty.
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Line-up #1 (Los Angeles: Spring 1981 - July 1981):
Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Johnny Nation (guitar)/ Greg Williams (bass) and Alex MacNichol (drums)
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Spring 1981
US CA,Los Angeles,Silverlake,O.N. Klub
Setlist: Stares To Nowhere/ ?/ Teenage Twilight/ and more...
Review: Review by Byron Coley taken from new York Rocker September 1981.
Note: Debut concert at a club which used to be part of the Californian Mod/Ska scene.
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06-Jun-81
US CA,San Francisco,Elite Club
[with The Dead Kennedys and Lockjaw]
Flyer: Scan of flyer.
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14/15-Jun-81
US NY,New York City,Bond International Casino,Aluminum Nights
The Kitchen's birthday party and benefit
[with Glenn Branca, Raybeats,DNA,etc..]
Flyer: Scan of flyer.
Photo: Taken from "Sonic Youth etc..: Sensational Fix" book, credit Paula Court.
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18-Jun-81
US NY,Trenton,City Gardens
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22-Jun-81
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with D-Day]
Poster: Photo of poster.
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July 1981
Johnny is replaced by another ex Weirdo Dix Denney and Alex by Cliff Martinez [later Red Hot Chili Peppers].
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Line-up #2 (Los Angeles: July 1981 - November 1981):
Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Dix Denney (guitar)/ Greg Williams (bass)& Cliff Martinez/Roman (drums)
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July 1981
US CA,Sun Valley,Perspective Sound,recording the "13.13" album.
Engineered by Steve McDonald.
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24-Jul-81
US CA,Hollywood,Whiskey A Go Go
[with The Bush Tetras]
25-Jul-81
US CA,Hollywood,Whiskey A Go Go
[with The Bush Tetras]
Ad: Scan of ad taken from the Los Angeles Times 05-Jul-81.
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09-Aug-81
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande
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August 1981
US CA,Woodland Hills,Preferred Sound,recording the "13.13" album.
Engineered by Thom Wilson [o.a. Dead Kennedys].
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September 1981
US NY,NYC,Blank Tapes studios,mixing the "13.13" album.
Engineered by Bob Blank.
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18-Sep-81
US NY,New York City,Mudd Club
Ad: Microfilm image from the Village Voice September 1981, courtesy of Jonathan Luftig.
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xx-xx-81
US NY,New York City,Club 57 @ Irving Plaza
Setlist: ?/ Stares To Nowhere/ This Side Of Nowhere/ 3X3/ ?/ ?.
Note: Club 57 was in 1978 co-founded by Ann Magnuson and her collaborators (such as Eric Bogosian and Joey Arias). It was a hangout and venue for performance- and visual-artists and musicians, including Keith Haring, John Sex, Wendy Wild, David McDermott, etc..
Club 57 operated at the same time at 2 locations. One (focussing on film screenings and "neo-Dada cabaret") was located in the basement of the Holy Cross Polish National Church @ St.Mark's Place 57. Photo of the exterior of Club 57 credit Harvey Wang. The other (for live concert shows) was @ an old Polish dance hall called the Irving Plaza on Irving Place 17. In 2007 it was re-opened as the "Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza".
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05-Oct-81/14-Nov-81
US/CAN Supporting Siouxsie and the Banshees on some dates of their long (25 dates) tour.
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26-Oct-81
US CA,Los Angeles,Club Lingerie
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30-Oct-81
US LA,New Orleans,Jeds
Setlist: 3X3/ Snakepit Breakdown/ Stares To Nowhere/ Lock Your Door/ Suicide Ocean/ Afraid Of Your Company/ I Fell In Love With A Ghost(*).
Note: (*) In March 1982 Lydia recorded this track with Rowland S.Howard and released it on their "Some Velvet Morning" 12".
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13-Nov-81
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Siouxsie and the Banshees]
14-Nov-81
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Siouxsie and the Banshees]
Note: At the 2nd show the New York City Fire department came in and said there would be no show. About half the people left. The show went on after all.
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November 1981
US NY,New York City, Lydia is offered the open for both the Birthday Party and The Cure on their UK tours. She breaks up 13.13 and asks Kristian Hoffman [The Mumps/Swinging Madisons] to join and once in London enlists Steven Severin and Murray Mitchell [respectively guitar with and roadie for Siouxsie and the Banshees] who she met before @ the Roundhouse in London on 11-Dec-77 (during her Teenage Jesus days) and again on their joint US October/November '81 tour.
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The Agony Is The Ecstacy - 1981
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Line-up #1 (UK/Europe: November-December 1981):
Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Steven Severin (bass)/ Murray Mitchell (guitar) and Kristian Hoffman (drums) + backing tapes.
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November 1981
UK London,a studio,the band rehearses and records the backing tracks for "The Agony Is The Ecstacy" performance. They improvise over an LP record with sound recordings from the Arab-Israel Six-day war (June 1967) "Lydia read little bits from her diary, lay on the ground, moaned, and just sort of flailed around." [Kristian Hoffman 2009]
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25-Nov-81
UK Sheffield,Lyceum
[with And Also The Trees and The Cure]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Note: First date of supporting The Cure on some dates of their (8 dates) "Eight Appearances" tour.
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26-Nov-81
UK London,The Venue
[with The Birthday Party]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Note: Complete performance (18 mins) available on the split "The Agony Is The Ecstacy" 12" (4AD 1982), other side by The Birthday Party recorded on the same date.
Ad: Taken from UK mag 28-Nov-81
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27-Nov-81
UK Manchester,Rafters
[with The Birthday Party]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
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28-Nov-81
UK London,West Hamstead,Moonlight Club
[with UT]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
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29-Nov-81
UK Stoke-On-Trent,Queens Hall
[with And Also The Trees & The Cure]
30-Nov-81
UK Coventry,Apollo
[with And Also The Trees & The Cure]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Ad: Taken from a UK mag Nov-81.
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01-Dec-81
UK Brighton,Dome
[with And Also The Trees & The Cure]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Poster: Photo of poster.
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03-Dec-81
UK London,Hammersmith Palais
[with And Also The Trees & The Cure]
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Ad: Taken from a UK mag Nov-81.
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December 1981
UK London, Steven Severin leaves the band halfway through the tour because he was too embarrassed with the material.
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Line-up #2 (Europe December 1981):
Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Murray Mitchell (guitar) and Kristian Hoffman (drums)
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December-81
Start of their 8 date European tour.
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09-Dec-81
SW Malmö,-
10-Dec-81
SW Stockholm,Skeppet
Ad: Scan taken from from Schlager magazine #30, 24-Nov-81, courtesy of Matti A.
Note: At one of the Swedish shows they do such a horrible and embarrasing performance that Lydia has to go and hide for some time in the bathrooms.
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15-Dec-81
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
Poster: Credit Martin Kaye.
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17-Dec-81
NL Groningen,Vera
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18-Dec-81
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar
[with The Signals]
Setlist: Rip It Up/ Stares To Nowhere/ Silent/ I Don't Know Why/ Killing You.
Note: Broadcast by Dutch FM radio. Apparently a lot of new songs had been written which have never been recorded.
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21-Dec-81
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje
Setlist: The Agony Is The Ecstacy.
Note: Could have happened on the 21-Nov-81.
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21-Dec-81
NL Venus Hotel,Room 9, Lydia Lunch writes some poetry that would later appear in her "Adulterers Anonymous" book (with Exene Cervenka).
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18-Feb-82
UK Release of "The Agony Is The Ecstacy" 12" (4AD).
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18-Apr-82/01-May-82
UK Lydia Lunch joins Robert Smith on The Cure's "Fourteen Explicit Moments Tour" and alledgedly keeps a 'funeral diary'.
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27-Jun-82
US Release of the "13.13" album (Ruby).
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September-82
UK/GE Release of the "13.13" album (Situation2/Line).
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20-Jan-11
FR Re-release of the "13.13" album (Le Son Du Maquis).
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Chronology
Rowland S.Howard (March 1982 - August 1982)
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