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.

Most Famous Work

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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

(2004) Social Worker #2

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70 Years of Youth Revolt

(2020) Self (archive footage)

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Blank City

(2011) Self

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L7: Pretend We're Dead

(2017) Self

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Godkiller: Walk Among Us

(2010) Bub (voice)

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Mondo New York

(1988) Prologue

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Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

(1987) Self

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Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

(2019) Self

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2020	Self (archive footage)	70 Years of Youth Revolt 2020-11-21 TV Show
	N/A	My Lover The Killer 2020-09-02 Movie
2019	N/A	Spit and Ashes 2019-10-25 Movie
	Self	Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over 2019-08-15 Movie
2017	Self	L7: Pretend We're Dead 2017-10-13 Movie
2014	Night (voice)	The Circular Ruins 2014-12-09 Movie
	N/A	Kill Us All 2014-01-31 Movie
2012	Self	Wild Thing 2012-03-26 Movie
	La chanteuse	Bye Bye Blondie 2012-03-21 Movie
	N/A	The Hardcore Collection 2012-02-21 Movie
2011	Self	Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard 2011-10-27 Movie
	Self	Blank City 2011-04-06 Movie
2010	N/A	Fake Orgasm 2010-12-02 Movie
	Saltmaster	Flood Stains 2010-11-20 Movie
	Bub (voice)	Godkiller: Walk Among Us 2010-05-25 Movie
2009	Self - Interviewee	Mutantes 2009-12-21 Movie
	Self	No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York 2009-07-03 Movie
	Herself	NYC Foetus 2009-05-15 Movie
	N/A	For the End of Time 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Narrator	Death of the Reel 2008-06-06 Movie
	Herself	Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Herself	Llik Your Idols 2007-07-30 Movie
2006	N/A	Her Noise - The Making Of 2006-11-26 Movie
	Herself	Kill Your Idols: More. 2006-08-11 Movie
2005	Narrator	American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis 2005-01-20 Movie
2004	Social Worker #2	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004-09-15 Movie
	Herself	Kill Your Idols 2004-04-08 Movie
2002	Herself - Interviewee	D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Self	Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock 2001-07-19 Movie
1997	Herself	Lunch on Kern 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Sitter	Visiting Desire 1996-11-19 Movie
	Performer	Baby Trouble Hole 1996-09-29 Movie
1994	N/A	Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent 1994-09-05 Movie
	N/A	Die Haut - Sweat 1994-07-07 Movie
1993	Herself	No Age New York 1993-01-01 Movie
1991	Herself	Thanatopsis 1991-05-22 Movie
1990	Hedda	Kiss Napoleon Goodbye 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Herself	The Gun Is Loaded 1989-12-16 Movie
	Herself	Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Herself	Put More Blood Into the Music 1988-08-06 Movie
	Prologue	Mondo New York 1988-04-22 Movie
1987	N/A	Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 1987-03-18 Movie
	Self	Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends 1987-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Submit to Me Now 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	N/A	Fingered 1986-08-19 Movie
	Herself	Barbecue Death Squad From Hell 1986-05-08 Movie
	N/A	Death Valley '69 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	N/A	The Right Side of My Brain 1985-04-09 Movie
	N/A	Submit to Me 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	N/A	School of Shame 1984-12-01 Movie
1983	Herself	The Wild World of Lydia Lunch 1983-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Like Dawn to Dust 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Angel Powers	Vortex 1982-09-01 Movie
	N/A	DANCE OF THE DEAD CHILDREN 1982-06-02 Movie
1981	N/A	Subway Riders 1981-04-02 Movie
1980	N/A	Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller 1980-12-09 Movie
	N/A	The Offenders 1980-01-02 Movie
1979	N/A	Black Box 1979-11-20 Movie
	Self	No New York Festival - Berlin 1979-06-30 Movie
	N/A	Beauty Becomes the Beast 1979-01-02 Movie
	Self	Alien Portrait 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	N/A	Rome '78 1978-12-23 Movie
	Herself	Punking Out 1978-09-26 Movie
	Herself	Guerillere Talks 1978-01-01 Movie
	N/A	She Had Her Gun All Ready 1978-01-01 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Music	My Lover The Killer 2020-09-02 Movie
2015	Music	Disturbtion 2015-11-20 Movie
2014	Music	Kill Us All 2014-01-31 Movie
2010	Music	Flood Stains 2010-11-20 Movie
	Music	The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls 2010-01-05 Movie
2009	Music	Unfaithful 2009-10-24 Movie
2008	Music	Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls 2008-10-11 Movie
	Music	Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006 2008-01-01 Movie
2003	Music	Us 2003-11-28 Movie
1986	Music	Fingered 1986-08-19 Movie
	Music	Goodbye 42nd Street 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Music	The Right Side of My Brain 1985-04-09 Movie
1982	Music	Vortex 1982-09-01 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Producer	Kill Us All 2014-01-31 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Writer	Kill Us All 2014-01-31 Movie
2010	Screenplay	Flood Stains 2010-11-20 Movie
1994	Writer	Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent 1994-09-05 Movie
1991	Writer	Thanatopsis 1991-05-22 Movie
1990	Writer	Kiss Napoleon Goodbye 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Writer	The Gun Is Loaded 1989-12-16 Movie
1986	Writer	Fingered 1986-08-19 Movie
1985	Writer	The Right Side of My Brain 1985-04-09 Movie
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