Unsane

Unsane are an influential noise rock trio that formed in New York City in 1988. Their music also touches on elements of hardcore punk and metal. In 1988, singer/guitarist Chris Spencer, bass guitarist Pete Shore and drummer Charlie Ondras were students at Sarah Lawrence College when they formed as Lawn-Chair-Blisters before changing their name to Unsane. Released in 1991, the band's self-titled debut album was known for its harsh music and gruesome cover art, featuring a photo of a decapitated man on a New York city subway track … (read more at Wikipedia.)

Links to Peel

 * (work ongoing)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * None

Sessions

 * Three sessions. #1 and #2 available on The Peel Sessions (CD, 1993 / 1994 Strange Fruit SFRCD123 / Matador OLE 074-2)

1. Recorded: 1991-05-21. First broadcast: 14 July 1991. Repeated: 14 September 1991; 28 December 1991 (best sessions of year) (JP: "I hope we won't be more than ankle-deep in 1992 before the Unsane LP becomes available generally."); 11 July 1992 (tribute to Charlie [Ondras] the band’s drummer, who had died recently.) (JP: ‘I’ve mentioned it to them before actually, but I will try again, very seriously, to get Strange Fruit to put that out.’)
 * Organ Donor/ Bath / Street Sweeper / Jungle Music / Exterminator

2. Recorded: 1992-11-26. First broadcast: 15 January 1993. Repeated: 23 April 1993.
 * Broke / Body Bomb / HLL / Black Book (Vol II)

3. Recorded: 1994-06-07. First broadcast: 30 July 1994. Repeated:
 * Trench / S O S / Blew / Radio 1 (JP: ‘...when I first broadcast the original on Top Gear, I never imagined that I’d be playing a cover of it 27 years later’.) / Speak English

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add more information if known.)


 * 1989
 * 04 December 1989: This Town (7" - This Town / Urge To Kill) Treehouse (“These are the real new kids on the block.”)
 * 13 December 1989]: Burn (v/a 7" - Scumbait #1) Treehouse
 * 24 December 1989 (BBC Radio East Anglia): This Town (7 inch) Treehouse


 * 1990
 * 15 January 1990: This Town (7") Treehouse
 * 02 May 1990: Concrete Bed (7 inch) Glitterhouse
 * 09 May 1990: Concrete Bed (7" - Concrete Bed / El Mundo) Glitterhouse
 * 17 November 1990: Street Sweeper (7 inch-B side) Sub Pop (JP: “I must go and worship at their feet when they come over here.”)
 * 24 November 1990: Four Sticks (6 x 7" Box Set - Endangered Species) Glitterhouse


 * 1991
 * 06 January 1991: Vandal-X (single) Sub Pop (JP: “They can run their tiny fingers up and down my spine any time they like....actually, I was wearing their T-shirt earlier on today, until I had a shower: a little tight-fitting, but it showed my breasts off to good advantage.”)
 * 09 February 1991: Vandal-X (7") Sub Pop
 * 03 August 1991: Jungle Music (7 inch) PCP Entertainment
 * 07 December 1991: unknown
 * 08 December 1991: Organ Donor (LP - Unsane) City Slang
 * 14 December 1991: Slag (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 14 December 1991: Exterminator (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 14 December 1991: Vandal-X (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 14 December 1991: HLL (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 14 December 1991: AZA-2000 (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 15 December 1991: Cracked Up (album - Unsane) Matador


 * 1992
 * 04 January 1992: Organ Donor (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 05 January 1992: Bath (LP-Unsane) Matador
 * 19 January 1992: Action Man (album - Unsane) Matador
 * 15 February 1992: Organ Donor (LP - Unsane) City Slang
 * 15 November 1992 (BFBS): Breathththing Out (split 7" with Slug) PCP
 * 06 December 1992 (BFBS): Bath (LP - Mesomorph Enduros) Big Cat
 * 07 December 1992 (Ö3): Breathththing Out (split 7" with Slug) PCP Entertainment
 * 11 December 1992: This Town (album - Singles 89-92) Matador (played from a borrowed copy of the LP that was a gift to daughter Alexandra on her recent fifteenth birthday.)
 * 19 December 1992: Vandal-X (LP-Singles 89-92) City Slang


 * 1993
 * 10 January 1993 (BFBS): Urge to Kill (LP - Singles 89-92) Matador
 * 24 September 1993: Bath (EP - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 01 October 1993 (BFBS): Bath (CD - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 01 October 1993: Broke (CD – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 08 October 1993: HLL (CD - Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 15 October 1993 (BFBS): Broke (CD - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 27 November 1993: Black Book (Vol II) (CD – The Peel Session) Strange Fruit


 * 1994
 * 18 February 1994: 455 (album - Total Destruction) City Slang
 * 26 February 1994 (BFBS): 455 (album - Total Destruction) City Slang
 * 12 March 1994: Black Book (LP - Total Destruction) City Slang
 * 26 March 1994: 455 (CD - Total Destruction) City Slang
 * 09 April 1994 (BFBS): 455 (album - Total Destruction) City Slang
 * 17 September 1994 (BFBS): Blew (v/a album - Jabberjaw Compilation - Good To The Last Drop) Mammoth


 * 1995
 * 17 November 1995: Can't See (CD-Scattered, Smothered & Covered) Amphetamine Reptile
 * 25 November 1995 (BFBS): Can't See (LP-Scattered, Smothered & Covered) Amphetamine Reptile
 * 09 December 1995 (BFBS): Alleged (CD-Scattered, Smothered & Covered) Amphetamine Reptile


 * 1996
 * 02 November 1996: No Soul (7 inch) Man's Ruin


 * 1998
 * 05 August 1998: Over Me (LP - Solid: Strip Mining The Underground Since 1990) Relapse
 * 12 August 1998: This Plan (CD - Occupational Hazard) Lockjaw


 * 2004
 * 20 April 2004: Over Me (LP - Lambhouse: The Collection 1991 - 1998) Relapse
 * 20 April 2004: This Town (7") Treehouse