#James Chance

[musickickztoo]

RIP James Chance

April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024

[mudwerks]

(via James Chance, No Wave and Punk-Funk Pioneer, Dies at 71 - The New York Times)

James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and composer who melded punk, funk and free jazz into bristling dance music as the leader of the Contortions, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 71.

[undergroundrockpress]

Lydia Lunch and James Chance at Max’s Kansas City. Photo : Marcia Resnick - 1978.

[unaturalhistory]

Rest in Peace James Chance (1953/2024)

© Jimmy DeSana, circa 1980.

[thechemistryset]

Sleep well

James Chance

[lieber-honig]

Post-punk, punk rock, new wave and no wave Christmas icons from a post-punk LiveJournal community (2007)

[dustedmagazine]

RIP James Chance

[jgthirlwell]

06.19.24 Sad to hear about the death of James Chance yesterday, after a long illness. A lynchpin of the no wave scene, the brutal Contortions tracks on No New York left a lasting impression.

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. James Chance

[lisamarie-vee]

[traderrock]

Anya Phillips and James Chance at the Mudd Club, 1979.

Photo - Chris Stein.

[weneverlearn]

R.I.P. James Chance.

I only got to see him twice among the last few years, at a small club and a larger outdoor summerfest, both intense and still right at unhinged… Chatted with him one time - nice, shy, brimming with mystery…

Image - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks; Chance far right - cribbed from Kristian Hoffman’s FB page.

[merdum7]

James Chance & The Contorsions

James Chance (20 April 1953 - 18 June 2024 - R.I.P)

[spilladabalia]

James White and the Blacks - Sax Maniac (Live - Downtown 81)

[saramencken]

Anya Philips and James Chance at the Mudd Club c 1979-80

Via @chrissteinplays

[werkboileddown]