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Mars (band)

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Mars was a New York City rock band formed in 1975 when China Burg (née Constance Burg; a.k.a. Lucy Hamilton) (guitar, vocals) and artist Nancy Arlen (drums) brought Mark Cunningham (bass) and vocalist Sumner Crane together to talk about music. [1]

33 relations: AllMusic, Ambient music, Arto Lindsay, Atavistic Records, Avant-garde music, Brian Eno, CBGB, Colab, DNA (American band), Experimental rock, James Chance and the Contortions, JG Thirlwell, John Gavanti, Lucy Hamilton, Lydia Lunch, Lymphoma, Manhattan, Max's Kansas City, Nancy Arlen, New York (state), New York City, No New York, No wave, Noise music, Noise rock, Rebel Records (France), Rock music, Rudolph Grey, Singing, Surrealism, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, United States, ZE Records.

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Ambient music

Ambient music is a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.

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Arto Lindsay

Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer.

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Atavistic Records

Atavistic Records is an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known for its no wave and free jazz recordings.

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Avant-garde music

Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of experimentation or innovation in its field, with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elements, and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (born Brian Peter George Eno; 15 May 1948) is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist.

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CBGB

CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village.

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Colab

Colab is the commonly used abbreviation of the New York City artists' group Collaborative Projects, which was formed after a series of open meetings between artists of various disciplines.

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DNA (American band)

DNA was a band formed in 1978 by guitarist Arto Lindsay and keyboardist Robin Crutchfield.

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Experimental rock

Experimental rock (or avant-rock) is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre.

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James Chance and the Contortions

James Chance and the Contortions is a musical group led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance.

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JG Thirlwell

James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960) – also known as JG Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian singer, composer, and record producer.

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John Gavanti

John Gavanti is a 1980 No Wave opera album by members of the bands Mars and DNA.

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Lucy Hamilton

Lucy Hamilton (also known as China Burg, real name Connie Burg) was a member of the No Wave band Mars.

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Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch, June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong.

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Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a group of blood cancers that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Max's Kansas City

Max's Kansas City was a nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South, in New York City, which became a gathering spot for musicians, poets, artists and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Nancy Arlen

Nancy Arlen (January 29, 1942 – September 17, 2006) was a cast polyester resin sculptor and drummer for the no wave band Mars.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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No New York

No New York is a compilation album released in 1978 by record label Antilles under the curation of producer Brian Eno.

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No wave

No wave was a short-lived avant-garde scene that emerged in the late 1970s in downtown New York City.

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Noise music

Noise music is a category of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context.

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Noise rock

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a diverse style of experimental rock employing noise music elements, which spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.

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Rebel Records (France)

Rebel Records was a Paris-based independent music label created in 1977 by Michel Esteban.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rudolph Grey

Rudolph Grey is a musician and writer.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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Teenage Jesus and the Jerks

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were an influential American no wave band, based in New York City, who formed part of the city's no wave movement.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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ZE Records

ZE Records was originally a New York-based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(band)

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