No Wave legend, James Chance, died.
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- Jun 22 remydean.bsky.socialRIP James Chance - "a lynchpin of the 1970s NY no wave scene & beyond with influential bands including the Contortions & Teenage Jesus and the Jerks" - his distinctive edgy jazz sax was integral to the soundscape of my formative years tribute via Pitchfork: pitchfork.com/news/james-c...
- Jun 21 historyasif.bsky.socialRIP James Chance, No Wave legend.
- @theubj@mastodon.socialRemembering James Chance Pioneer of Punk-Funk and ‘No Wave’ Icon James Chance, the influential saxophonist and singer known for his pioneering role in the "No Wave" movement, has passed away at the age of 71. His death was confirmed by his brother David Siegfried, who announced that Chance had been in declining health for several years prior to his passing at the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in New York.
- Jun 19 did:plc:ba3frrmskrnh7lcyv4kt2cwoAlas, James Chance, the leader of the Contortions, has died. He was a major force behind New York's "no wave" music in the late '70s. He brought jazz into punk and graced Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with his sax honks and squiggles.
- @erikschreiber@mastodon.worldAlas, James Chance, the leader of the Contortions, has died. He was a major force behind New York's "no wave" music in the late '70s. He brought jazz into punk and graced Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with his sax honks and squiggles.