Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch in Rochester, New York, in 1959) is an American singer, writer, spoken word performer and actor. She moved to New York City at sixteen and co-founded Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with James Chance, a key band of the no wave scene, before going solo in 1980. Her work runs across music, spoken word, underground film and books. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks appeared on No New York (1978), the compilation produced by Brian Eno, and Lunch also played in Beirut Slump and 8-Eyed Spy.