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press release - Theoretical Girls 1978-1981



the theoretical girls may just be the most influential group you’ve never heard. this seminal new york city no-wave group from the late 70s created songs and sounds that helped shape what we know today as alternative or indie rock. yet external politics and internal pressures within the band thwarted the official public release of their music, until now.

following the initial punk and new wave explosion that gave birth to bands like television, the ramones and blondie, a movement emerged from the NYC underground called no wave (featuring bands like lydia lunch's teenage jesus and the jerks, james chance and the contortions, and DNA [featuring arto lindsay, tim wright and ikue mori]).

jeffrey lohn, artist, composer, writer and plumber, was at the heart of no wave. he hosted all night concerts in his soho loft where young musicians, improvisers, and artists would gather and perform music. lohn, a classically trained composer, was very excited by new bands like the dead boys and wanted to combine his classical compositions with the raw energy of punk rock. with glenn branca(gtr, bass, vocals), margaret dewyss(organ, bass, vocals), and wharton tiers(drums, vocals), he formed the theoretical girls.

at the time there were no bands on the new york city scene that better combined the accessibility of punk, new wave and plain old rock and roll with such avant-garde takes on classical composition and sheer noise. this combination made the theoretical girls both a cutting edge assault of noise-rock and an incredibly catchy rock band.

this cd contains over an hour of jeffrey lohn's material, all unreleased except for one song which appeared on a rare out-of-print 7" record over 20 yearsago. now, for the first time in decades, his songs and sound will get the credit they are due. what are they up to now? · theoretical girls were a mainstay on the new york downtown scene and were a big influence on bands like sonic youth. · glenn branca has gone to great fame as a composer of guitar symphonies. · margaret dewyss is an artist who has recently returned to the world of music with a vocal release on smells like, sonic youth drummer steve shelley's label. · wharton tiers is a grammy award winning record producer, engineer and studio owner, who also plays music in the wharton tiers ensemble. · jeffrey lohn continues to compose for dance. In the mid 90's he turned more of his interest towards photography and the visual arts. recently, he has begun inching back towards music.

release:Theoretical Girls 1978-1981
label: Acute Records