Lunachicks are an American punk rock band from New York City. The band formed in 1987 and had been on hiatus since 2000, with the band reuniting in 2019. The band cited influences including the Ramones, Kiss, and the MC5.
Theo Kogan, Gina Volpe, and Sydney "Squid" Silver were students at New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts when they decided to form a band. Sindi Benezra, an acquaintance of Silver, was asked to join shortly after. They rehearsed and wrote material in Gina's bedroom for about a year. Their first composition, the lengthy "Theme Song", was about killing Kogan's and Silver's English teacher. The band played their first show in 1988 with Theo's then-boyfriend Mike on the drums.
Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth were amongst the audience for one of their early performances. Gordon and Moore were impressed with the band and sent a demo tape to Paul Smith in England, which landed them a deal on Smith's label Blast First. With drummer Becky Wreck (Susan Rebecca Lloyd) on board they released a self-titled four-song EP in 1989, and the album Babysitters on Acid, both produced by Wharton Tiers. The record was only available in Europe until it was re-released on Go-Kart Records in 2001. The band later expressed their strong dislike for the album's production, and the fact that they did not earn any money from Blast First. The band went on to tour with the Dictators in 1991.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel played the group's debut single, 'Sugar Luv', via the Blast First label in the spring of 1989. Impressed by the band, he invited the group to do a session for his radio programme during that year, where they recorded four songs. After 1994, Peel seemed to have lost interest in the group.
Sessions[]
John Peel's Lunachicks - Binge And Purge (Peel Session)
1. Recorded: 1989-05-07. First Broadcast: 30 May 1989. Repeated: 06 July 1989
- Binge And Purge / Mabel Rock / Rip You To Shreds / Public School Hell
Other Shows Played[]
- 1989
- 05 April 1989: Sugar Luv (2x7") Blast First
- 11 April 1989 (Radio Bremen): Sugar Luv (2x7") Blast First
- 12 April 1989: Makin' It (2x7" - Sugar Luv) Blast First
- 19 April 1989: Get Off The Road (2x7" - Sugar Luv) Blast First
- 27 April 1989: Makin' It (With Other Species) (2x7" - Sugar Luv) Blast First
- 11 May 1989: Sugar Luv (2x7") Blast First
- 1990
- 20 June 1990: Cookie Moshter (7") Blast First
- 20 July 1990 (BFBS): 'Cookie Core (LP-Babysitters On Acid)' (Blast First)
- 29 August 1990: Cookie Moshter (7") Blast First
- 1994
- 01 January 1994: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Queen (v/a album - Tommy (In Seven Minutes) (7" - Dumbrock Vol 5)) Vital Music