- Tuxedomoon【 3 albums 43 lyrics 】
- Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, originally consisting of Steven Brown (born Steven Allan Brown on August 23, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois) and Blaine L. Reininger, used electronic violins, guitars, screaming vocals and synthesizers to develop a unique 'cabaret no-wave' sound. Bassist Peter Principle (Peter Dachert, 1954–2017) joined the band and in 1979 they released the single 'No Tears', which remains a post-punk cult classic. That year they signed to Ralph Records and released their first album, Half-Mute. Eventually Reininger left the group and Tuxedomoon relocated to Europe, signing to Crammed Discs and releasing Holy Wars in 1985. The band separated in the early 1990s, only to reunite later that decade. They all have remained together since releasing the album Cabin in the Sky in 2004.
Musical style
Steven Brown cites the band's early influences as 'Eno, Bowie, John Cage, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, Igor Stravinsky and Ennio Morricone'. Later and current influences include Radiohead, Claude Debussy, Miles Davis, Michael Nyman and the Velvet Underground. Their music finds influence in genres such as punk rock, jazz, funk, tango, and post-punk.
Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that their sound has an 'aura of jaded elegance', with a more European style musically versus what their American counterparts were creating at the time of the band's formation. Seattle Weekly described their music as radiating 'a discomfort that hints of existential hives.'
Lyrically, Tuxedomoon examined society, culture and psychology. 'Holiday for Plywood', on Desire, examined consumerism and paranoia.
Discography
Main article: Tuxedomoon discography
Half-Mute (1980)
Desire (1981)
Divine (1982)
Holy Wars (1985)
Ship of Fools (1986)
You (1987)
The Ghost Sonata (1991)
Joeboy in Mexico (1997)
Cabin in the Sky (2004)
Vapour Trails (2007)
Pink Narcissus (2014)
Blue Velvet Revisited w/ Cult With No Name (2015) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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At Twilight
2013
1.Ninotchka (Provided)
2.Time to Lose
3.Music #2 (Provided)
4.Blind
5.The Cage
6.This Beast7.Shelved Dreams
8.The Ghost Sonata (Provided)
9.Weihnachtsrap (Provided)
10.Birthday Song (Provided)
11.Heaven or Hell (Provided) -
Holy Wars
2006-10
1.Bonjour Tristesse
2.Egypt
3.Holy Wars
4.Hugging The Earth5.In a Manner of Speaking
6.Some Guys
7.St. John
8.Watching The Blood Flow -
Miscellaneous
1.2000
2.Desire
3.New Machine
4.Incubus (Blue Suit)
5.No Tears
6.Again
7.Holiday for Plywood
8.Dark Companion
9.59 To 1
10.7 Years
11.What Use?
12.Victims Of The Dance13.Soma
14.You (Original Version)
15.Spirits & Ghosts
16.I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live)
17.No Tears (Adult mix)
18.In the Name of Talent (Italian Western Two)
19.Break the Rules
20.L'Etranger (Gigue existentielle)
21.A Home Away
22.Jinx
23.The Stranger
24.Atlantis
【Correction of errors in the album information】