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James Chance & The Contortions

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Years Active
1977 – 1980 (3 years)
Founded In
New York, United States
One of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene, the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White (birth name James Siegfried). The group formed in New York City in 1977 and ended along with the No Wave scene in 1979. Their first recorded appearance, credited solely as the Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New York. The following year, two albums were issued almost simultaneously on the ZE label, Buy the Contortions (an extreme jazz-punk LP) and Off White (a disco/standards hybrid released under the moniker James White and the Black… read more
One of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene, the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White (birth name James Siegfried). The group formed in New York City in 1977 and ended along with the No Wave scene in 1979. Their first recorded appearance, cr… read more
One of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene, the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White (birth name James Siegfried). The group formed in New York City in 1977 and ended along with the No Wave scene in 1979. Their first recorded appearance, credited solely as the Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New Yo… read more

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1 Play track Buy the Contortions Contort Yourself
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 86 listeners
2 Play track Buy the Contortions My Infatuation
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 31 listeners
3 Play track Buy the Contortions Roving Eye
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 31 listeners
4 Play track Buy the Contortions Design to Kill
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 30 listeners
5 Play track Buy the Contortions Throw Me Away
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6 Contort Yourself - Buy Version Contort Yourself - Buy Version
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7 Play track Buy the Contortions Anesthetic
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 19 listeners
8 Play track Don't Want to Be Happy Don't Want to Be Happy
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9 Play track Live Aux Bains Douches - Paris 1980 Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
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10 Play track Buy the Contortions Bedroom Athlete
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Albums

  1. 27,787 listeners

    Sep 1979 · 9 tracks

    Buy
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  2. 23,300 listeners

    12 tracks

    Buy the Contortions
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  3. 3,003 listeners

    31 Dec 2003 · 8 tracks

    Live Aux Bains Douches - Paris 1980
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  4. 1,932 listeners

    12 Sep 2000 · 7 tracks

    White Cannibal
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