The Contortions
The Contortions
Top Songs
| 1 | Bedroom Athlete | ||
| 2 | Twice Removed | ||
| 3 | Roving Eye | ||
| 4 | Throw Me Away | ||
| 5 | Contort Yourself |
Albums
Jan 1979 • 9 songs
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Biography
Formed by James Siegfried (aka James Chance) in the late '70s, the Contortions were a collision of punk and harmolodic jazz that, along with Bill Laswell's Material and James Blood Ulmer, constituted New York's no wave scene. Chance's awareness of cutting-edge jazz -- and a defiantly original saxophone style, an unholy combination of Captain Beefheart and Maceo Parker -- injected his music with a brittle energy that was unmatched. The Contortions -- comprising Chance, Pat Place (guitar), Jody Harris (guitar), Adele Bertei (keyboards), George Scott III (bass), and Don Christens...