Lydia Lunch

Personal Info

Birthday

June 2, 1959

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Also Known As

Lydia Anne Koch

Lydia Lunch

Biography

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.

Known For

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Bye Bye Blondie

Rome '78

Mondo New York

Vortex

Godkiller: Walk Among Us

Baby Trouble Hole

Visiting Desire

Filmography

2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
as Self
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self
2014
The Circular Ruins
as Night (voice)
2012
Wild Thing
as Self
Bye Bye Blondie
as La chanteuse
The Hardcore Collection
as (archive footage)
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
Blank City
as Self
2010
Flood Stains
as Saltmaster
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
as Bub (voice)
2009
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
as Self - Interviewee
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
NYC Foetus
as Herself
2008
Death of the Reel
as Narrator
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
as Herself
2007
Llik Your Idols
as Herself
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
as Herself
2005
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
as Narrator
2004
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
as Social Worker #2
Kill Your Idols
as Self
2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Herself - Interviewee
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
as Self
1997
Lunch on Kern
as Herself
1996
Visiting Desire
as Sitter
Baby Trouble Hole
as Performer
1994
Die Haut - Sweat
as Self
1993
No Age New York
as Herself
1991
Thanatopsis
as Herself
1990
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
as Hedda
1989
The Gun Is Loaded
as Herself
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
as Herself
Mondo New York
as Prologue
1987
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
as Self
1986
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
as Herself
1983
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch
as Herself
1982
Vortex
as Angel Powers
1979
No New York Festival - Berlin
as Self
Alien Portrait
as Self
1978
Rome '78
as Empress
Punking Out
as Herself
Guerillere Talks
as Herself