Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York, also the birthplace of female rock musicians Kim Gordon and Wendy O. Williams) is an American rock singer, poet, writer, and actress.

Discography

Music

• Babydoll b/w Freud In Flop, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (7" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
• Try Me b/w Staircase, Beirut Slump (7" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
• Orphans b/w Less of Me, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (7" / Migraine, 1979)
• Pink, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (12" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
• Pre-Teenage Jesus, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (12" / ZE, 1979)
• Off White, James White and the Blacks (LP / ZE, 1979; credited as Stella Rico)
• Queen of Siam, solo (LP / ZE, 1979)
• Diddy Wah Diddy b/w Dead Me You B-Side, 8-Eyed Spy (7" / Fetish, 1980)
• 8-Eyed Spy, 8-Eyed Spy (LP / Fetish, 1981)
• Live, 8-Eyed Spy (cassette / ROIR, 1981)
• Devil Dogs (live in Italy / unreleased, 1981)
• 13.13, solo (LP / Ruby, 1981)
• The Agony is the Ectasy, solo (split 12" EP w. The Birthday Party / 4AD, 1982)
• Some Velvet Morning, w. Rowland S. Howard (12" EP / 4AD, 1982)
• Der Karbische Western, Die Haut (12" EP, 1982)
• Thirsty Animal, Einstürzende Neubauten (12" EP, 1982)
• Boy-Girl, Sort Sol (7", 1983)
• Dagger & Guitar, Sort Sol (LP, 1983)
• In Limbo, w. Thurston Moore (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1984)
• The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton, w. Lucy Hamilton aka China Berg of MARS (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1985)
• A Dozen Dead Roses, No Trend (LP, 1985)
• Heart of Darkness, w. No Trend (10" EP / Widowspeak, 1985)
• Death Valley '69, w. Sonic Youth (12", 1986)
• Hysterie, best-of compilation (LP, 1986)
• The Crumb, w. Thurston Moore (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1987)
• Honeymoon In Red, w. members of The Birthday Party (LP, 1987)
• Stinkfist, w. Clint Ruin (12" EP, 1987)
• Naked In Garden Hills, Harry Crews (1987)
• Don't Fear the Reaper, w. Clint Ruin (12" EP, 1991)
• Shotgun Wedding, w. Rowland S. Howard (CD, 1991)
• Head On, Die Haut (CD / Triple X, 1992)
• Sweat, Die Haut (CD / Triple X, 1992)
• Twisted, solo (7", 1992)
• Unearthly Delights, solo (7", 1992)
• Transmutation + Shotgun Wedding Live in Siberia, w. Rowland S. Howard (CD, 1994)
• Everything, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (CD re-issue/ Atavistic, 1995)
• Luncheone, 8-Eyed Spy (CD re-issue/ Atavistic, 1995)
• No Excuse b/w A Short History of Decay, w. Lee Ranaldo) (7" / Figurehead, 1997)
• The Desperate Ones, w. Glyn Styler) (CD EP / Atavistic, 1997)
• York (First Exit To Brooklyn), w. The Foetus Symphony Orchestra (CD, 1997)
• Matrikamantra, solo (CD, 1997)
• Widowspeak: The Orginal Soundtrack, solo best-of compilation (2CD / NMC, 1998)
• Smoke In The Shadows, solo (CD / Atavistic, 2004)

Spoken word

• Better An Old Demon Than A New God, Giorno Poetry Systems comp. f/ William S. Burroughs, Psychic TV, Richard Hell and others (1984)
• The Uncensored, solo (1984)
• Hard Rock, solo (split cassette w. Michael Gira / Ecstatic Peace, 1984)
• Oral Fixation, solo (12", 1988)
• Our Fathers who Aren't in Heaven, w. Henry Rollins, Hubert Selby Jr. and Don Bajema (1990)
• Conspiracy of Women, solo (1990)
• South of Your Border, w. Emilio Cubeiro (1991)
• POW, solo (1992)
• Crimes Against Nature, solo spoken-word anthology (Tripple X/Atavistic, 1994)
• Rude Hieroglyphics, w. Exene Cervenka (Rykodisc, 1995)
• Universal Infiltrators, (Atavistic, 1996)
• The Devil's Racetrack (2000)