Lizzie Bougatsos from Gang Gang Dance came over and we did a radio show that sneaked in 3 songs off their new album Saint Dymphna (out next month). It’s hard to describe this band so we asked the dictionary and this is what SHE (that’s right, we’re feminists) said…
Main Entry: Gang·Gang·Dance
Pronunciation: \?ga?\ \?ga?\ \?dan(t)s \
Function: proper noun
Date: 2003 -
1: Weird New York art noise dance band commonly described as “neo-primitivist” or “new-tribal.” They play long structureless songs that sometimes sound like Kate Bush but have Grime MCs do guest things and occasionally get so dark you want to run away from home.
They are surrounded by a weird mystical craziness that is so intense it’s really fucking scary. Vocalist Lizzy Bougatasos burst into flames on stage once during a fire show and was hospitalized for months. Another vocalist, Nathan Maddox was struck by lighting and killed after saying for years he would one day like to be struck by lightning and killed (no joke).
UPDATE: Their old drummer was just shot through the chest. He’s fine. It didn’t puncture anything of consequence so they just stuck a bandage on either side and sent him home. No stitches even.
Here they are doing the 88BoaDrum concert in Brooklyn on 8/08/08.
Here we are doing imitations before the radio show. Lizzy does her good friend Winnie Wong and she also pulls out some E.T. and the Chipmunks.
And here’s the show…
Oh yeah, almost forgot. IUD is her other band she does with some girlfriends. It’s really raunchy and sexy 80s industrial. Their album will be out soon too.
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Bongo Herman & Eric ‘Bingy Bunny’ Lamont “African Breakfast”
Vanity 6 “Nasty Girl”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Cold Blooded”
IUD “Goat Pussy”
Kate Bush “Running up That Hill”
Gang Gang Dance “House Jam (xxxchange remix)”
IUD “FF’ing”
Gang Gang Dance “Afoot”
Gang Gang Dance “Vacuum”
Gang Gang Dance “Princes (Featuring Tinchy Stryder)”
Antibalas With Jojo Qou “Uprising (Parts 1 & 2)”
Young Jeezy “My Hood”
T.I. “Rubberband Man”
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I dug God’s Money but not sure Gang Gang Dance does it for me anymore, pretty cool radio set though
09.05.08 at 1:53 pm
it’d be cooler if i could download it
09.05.08 at 2:47 pm
i thought these guys sucked- i’m wrong they rule!
09.05.08 at 6:31 pm
could you please explain the drummer’s getting-shot story with more detail, please?
09.05.08 at 9:36 pm
Bwaaaaa grand comedy on the intro. “Isn’t that an oxymoron?” *Kneeslap*
And I DJed that XXXchange remix in Seoul last weekend and all kinds of weird Koreans got all kinds of weird over that shit. They were dancing like those Jim Henderson creatures that are so big the arms just kind of hang there, all floppy-like.
09.05.08 at 10:32 pm
*Henson, doi
09.06.08 at 12:53 am
this is by far the best one!!!
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