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Lydia Lunch

Rochester, United States • b. 1959-06-02

Lydia Lunch is credited on 403 releases across 167 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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403

Pressings credited

167

Albums

6

Decades active

118

In collections

Biography

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959) is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no wave scene as the singer and guitarist of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery and she has maintained an anti-commercial stance, operating independently of major labels and distributors. The Boston Phoenix named Lunch one of the ten most influential performers of the 1990s. Kerrang! named Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" featuring Lunch one of "The 50 Most Evil Songs Ever".

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Credited work

403 releases · 167 albums · active 1978–2026

  • Performance · 1,139
  • Other credits · 135
  • Production · 34
  • Engineering · 8
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: BC Studio · Blank Tape Studios · Radio Tokyo · Starlust Studios

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