This spring, Nicolas Jaar reissued a spoken word album from no wave pioneer Lydia Lunch through his Other People label. Next, Jaar release archival live tracks from Lunch’s exploratory former band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.
The album is functionally titled Live 1977-1979, and it contains material recorded at the New York venues Max’s Kansas City and CBGB. There are also a few cuts captured at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern.
The 27-track collection contains almost every Teenage Jesus and the Jerks composition (some of the songs appear more than once). Only one of the recordings has been officially released before this (one of the versions of “Crown of Thorns”), and the whole thing is made up of remastered bootlegs.
According to a press release, “Ms. Lunch herself…
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…is quite satisfied that this just might be the final nail in the coffin.”
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks was comprised of Lunch, Bradly Field, Jim Sclavunos, Gordon Stevenson, Reck, and James Chance.
1. Less of Me (Max’s Kansas City, May 17, 1978)
2. My Eyes (Max’s Kansas City, May 17, 1978)
3. Popularity Is So Boring (Max’s Kansas City, May 17, 1978)
4. Orphans 1 (Max’s Kansas City, May 17, 1978)
5. Eliminate by Night (Max’s Kansas City, May 17, 1978)
6. Freud in Flop (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
7. Burning Rubber (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
8. I Woke Up Dreaming (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
9. Crown of Thorns (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
10. Baby Doll (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
11. Race Mixing (Max’s Kansas City, January 17, 1979)
12. Don’t Talk About Love (Max’s Kansas City, August 8, 1977)
13. No Morality (Max’s Kansas City, August 8, 1977)
14. Instrumental (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
15. Baby Doll (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
16. Freud in Flop (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
17. Race Mixing (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
18. Crown of Thorns (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
19. Red Alert (Max’s Kansas City, April 17, 1979)
20. The Closet (CBGB, November 4, 1978)
21. Instrumental (CBGB, November 4, 1978)
22. Freud in Flop (CBGB, November 4, 1978)
23. Burning Rubber (CBGB, November 4, 1978)
24. Red Alert (CBGB, November 4, 1978)
25. Orphans (Horseshoe Tavern, August 3 and 4, 1978)
26. Eliminate by Night (Horseshoe Tavern, August 3 and 4, 1978)
27. The Closet (Horseshoe Tavern, August 3 and 4, 1978)