Lydia Lunch is an American singer, songwriter, poet, and actress. She was born in Rochester, New York, on June 2, 1959, to parents who were both artists. Her father was a jazz musician and her mother was a painter. Lunch began her career as a teenager, performing in various punk and new wave bands in New York City. She first gained notoriety as the lead singer of the band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, which was active from 1976 to 1979. After the band’s breakup, Lunch embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut album, Queen of Siam, in 1980. She has since released more than a dozen albums, both solo and with various collaborators.

Lunch is also known for her work as an actress, appearing in films such as Richard Kern’s The Right Side of My Brain (1985) and Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984). She has also directed two films: the short film The Color of Blood (1984) and the documentary Who Killed Nancy Spungen? (1998).

In addition to her work as a musician and actress, Lunch is also a writer and poet. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including the collection Paradoxia: A Predator’s Diary (2007).

Lydia Lunch has had a long and prolific career in music, film, and literature. She is best known as the lead singer of the punk band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, but has also released numerous solo albums and collaborated with many other artists. As an actress, she has appeared in films such as Richard Kern’s The Right Side of My Brain (1985) and Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984). She has also directed two films: the short film The Color of Blood (1984) and the documentary Who Killed Nancy Spungen? (1998). In addition to her work as a musician and actress, Lunch is also a writer and poet. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including the collection Paradoxia: A Predator’s Diary (2007).

General Info

Full NameLydia Lunch
Height1.58 m
ProfessionActor, Singer, Poet, Guitarist, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Film Score Composer
NationalityAmerican

Accomplishments

Music GroupsTeenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8 Eyed Spy, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Harry Crews, Lab Report
MoviesFingered, Kiss Napoleon Goodbye, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Godkiller, Mondo New York, D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist, Wild Tigers I Have Known, Black Box, Vortex, Mutantes, Goodbye 42nd Street, Lydia Lunch: Willing Victim, Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 20...

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Movies

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kill Us All2014Short
Bye Bye Blondie2012La chanteuse
Flood Stains2010Saltmaster
Godkiller: Walk Among Us2010Bub (voice)
For the End of Time2009Voice Over (voice)
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie - 1978-20062008Video
Death of the Reel2008Narrator
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis2005ShortNarrator
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things2004Social Worker #2
Baby Trouble Hole1996Performer
Visiting Desire1996Sitter
The Power of the Word with Bill Moyers1994TV Mini-Series
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye1990Hedda
Invisible Thread1987TV Movie
Submit to Me Now1987Short
Fingered1986Short
Death Valley 691986Short
Submit to Me1985Short
The Right Side of My Brain1985Short
Vortex1982Angel Powers
Subway Riders1981
The Offenders1980
Beauty Becomes the Beast1979
Black Box1979Short
Guerillere Talks1978Short
She Had Her Gun All Ready1978Short
Rome '781978

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011Documentary lyrics: "Cisco Sunset" - as L. Lunch / performer: "Some Velvet Morning", "Cisco Sunset"
The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls2010performer: "Beautiful Liar", "Devil Winds", "TB Sheets", "Cisco", "What is Memory" / writer: "Beautiful Liar", "Devil Winds", "Cisco", "What is Memory"
Ànima2009TV Series performer - 1 episode
East of Sunset2005performer: "Heart Attack and Vine" / producer: "Heart Attack and Vine"
Kill Your Idols2004Documentary "How Men Die in Their Sleep"
I Pass for Human2004"Cisco Sunset", "Dead in the Head", "Fields of Fire", "Solo Mystico Revisited", "Burning Skulls" / lyrics: "Cisco Sunset", "Dead in the Head", "Fields of Fire", "Solo Mystico Revisited"
Downtown 811981performer: "The Closet" / writer: "The Closet"

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kill Us All2014Short
Flood Stains2010
The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls2010
Unfaithful2009
Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls2008
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie - 1978-20062008Video
Us2003
Fingered1986Short
Goodbye 42nd Street1986Short
The Right Side of My Brain1985Short
Vortex1982

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kill Us All2014Short
Flood Stains2010screenplay
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye1990
The Gun Is Loaded1989Short writer
Fingered1986Short
The Right Side of My Brain1985Short

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Bye Bye Blondie2012still photographer

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kill Us All2014Short producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011Documentary special thanks
Wild Tigers I Have Known2006special thanks
Kill Your Idols2004Documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Punking Out1978Documentary shortHerself
From ATP: From Pain and Pleasure2014Documentary
Kulturzeit2012TV SeriesHerself
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011DocumentaryHerself - Interviewee
Wild Thing2010DocumentaryHerself
Fake Orgasm2010Documentary
Blank City2010Documentary
Mutantes2009TV Movie documentaryHerself - Interviewee
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York2009TV Movie documentaryHerself
Ànima2009TV SeriesHerself
NYC Foetus2009Documentary
Llik Your Idols2007DocumentaryHerself
Kill Your Idols: More.2006Video documentary
Kill Your Idols2004DocumentaryHerself
American Fame Pt. 1: Drowning River Phoenix2004Documentary shortNarrator
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist2002DocumentaryHerself - Interviewee
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock2001DocumentaryHerself
Paradoxia1998Herself
Synesthesia1997TV Series documentaryHerself
Die Haut - Sweat1994VideoHerself
No Age, New York1993Herself
The Road to God Knows Where1990DocumentaryHerself
The Gun Is Loaded1989ShortHerself
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets1989DocumentaryHerself
Mondo New York1988DocumentaryPrologue
Put More Blood Into the Music1987Documentary
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends1987VideoHerself
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch1983ShortHerself

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