Biography
Walter "Doc" Steding is an interesting character from the New York No Wave scene in the early 1980's. He was a violinist, who came to NY in the 70's, and worked as a janitor in Andy Warhol's Factory while pursuing his music career. He made a few early videos, among them "Secret Spy" is the best. His group the Dragon People made an album of quirky, interesting new wave-pop(ouch!not easy to classify), without all the pomp and grandiosity of Devo. Try "New Day" for a good example of this music. Walter is also semi-notorious for being the Doc Severinson-styled character on the underground NYC cable TV show "TV Party" from 1979-1982. He played some strange avant-garde/noise rock on this show that can only be described as "No Wave".
See www.Brink.com for more on TV Party and rare DVD's of Walter, The Dragon People and many other guest musicians.
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