LUNACHICKS
BIOGRAPHY
New York City: If you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. The Lunachicks took that mentality to heart. Throughout the ’90s and into the ’00s, the legendary punk band’s hard-hitting rock-n-roll hooks, thick and gritty guitars, and heavy, pounding beats attracted a rabid fan base that stretched from the turbulent bowels of the Bowery all the way to the dizzying neon cavity of Tokyo.
Formed in NYC’s famed arts high school, LaGuardia, the Lunachicks were on a mission to loudly trounce planet Earth just like their idols The Ramones, Black Sabbath, Kiss, The Clash, Blondie, and Alice Cooper. As teenagers, the Lunachicks made a name for themselves in hallowed local clubs like CBGB and The Limelight, where they caught the attention of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. In 1990, London-based record label Blast First released the Lunachicks’ debut album, Babysitters on Acid, furnished with the perverted love song “Makin’ It With Other Species” and the paean to ’70s sitcom heroine “Jan Brady.”
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With every album that followed, the Lunachicks delighted most in taking a technicolor dump on propriety, morality, and the patriarchy. But it was their live show that best demonstrated their outrageous brilliance. Reveling in their love of movies by Russ Meyer and John Waters, the Lunachicks were a ferocious burst of bizarre costumes, huge wigs, garish makeup, and prosthetics. The shows would have been pure spectacle were it not for the band’s irrefutable mastery as musicians and performers.
For more than a decade, the ever-touring Lunachicks released five full-length studio CDs, a live album, videos, and countless singles. They appeared on compilation CDs and in films, and recorded a feature-length home video, as well as their own short film Nowhere Fast. The Lunachicks shared stages with The Ramones, Joan Jett, The Offspring, Marilyn Manson, Deborah Harry, No Doubt, The Buzzcocks, Rancid, NOFX, and The Go-Go’s to name a few.
Through the years, the band changed labels and made a few line-up shifts. Since the departure of rhythm guitarist Sindi in 1997, the Lunachicks have remained a quartet. Theo, Gina, Squid, and Chip (their drummer since 1994) honed their skills and matured into a tight sonic outfit without ever losing their satirical edge.
The Lunachicks continue to inspire young women worldwide to follow in their footsteps and challenge convention. The world is a better place because of them. Start spreadin’ the news.
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