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DNA
DNA
American no wave band
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James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions
band
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James Chance
James Chance
American saxophonist, keyboard player, songwriter and singer
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Steven Parrino
Steven Parrino
American artist (1958-2005)
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Klaus Nomi
Klaus Nomi
German countertenor
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Pat Irwin
Pat Irwin
American musician
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Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca
American composer and guitarist (1948-2018)
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Philip Glass
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
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Fab Five Freddy
Fab Five Freddy
American artist
9
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
American hard rock band
10
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
American rock band
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John Luther Adams
John Luther Adams
American composer
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Mi-Sex
Mi-Sex
New Zealand new wave band
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Aquarium
Aquarium
Russian rock band
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States
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Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist, most known as co-founding member of Sonic Youth
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La Monte Young
La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer
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The Dictators
The Dictators
American punk rock band
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Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo
American band that plays new wave music
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
American singer
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Patti Smith
Patti Smith
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
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Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Music

Boris Policeband (a.k.a. Policeband & a.k.a. Boris Pearlman a.k.a. Mark Perelman) was a no wave noise music performer who used dissonant violin, police radio transmissions, and voice. Boris Pearlman was a classically trained violist from New York City.