8 Eyed Spy
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no wave, post-punk, experimental, 80s, punk
Biography
A band formed in September 1979 in New York City with Lydia Lunch, bass player George Scott III of James Chance & the Contortions/The Raybeats, Jim Sclavunos, as well as Michael Paumgardhen and Pat Irwin of The Raybeats. After George Scott overdoses on August 05, 1980 the remaining bandmembers record 5 tracks at Bobby Blank's studio and then split up in October 1980.
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Their music was infectiously rhythmic and visceral, using throbbing bass guitar, lugubrious saxophone playing and Lunch's petulant vocals.
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Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months- Lazy In Love - (3:17) - 468 plays
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- Diddy Wah Diddy - (2:14) - 425 plays
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- Swamp - (0:57) - 277 plays
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- Motor Oil Shanty - (4:36) - 296 plays
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- Run Through The Jungle - (5:47) - 261 plays
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- Looking For Someone - (2:34) - 297 plays
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- Love Split - (2:10) - 252 plays
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- Ran Away Dark - (1:59) - 256 plays
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- Boy Meets Girl - (1:57) - 210 plays
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- Innocence - (1:26) - 161 plays
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