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

15 September 2004

Bye Bye Blondie

21 March 2012

Godkiller: Walk Among Us

25 May 2010

Submit to Me

1 January 1985

The Right Side of My Brain

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

27 October 2011

L7: Pretend We're Dead

13 October 2017

Kill Your Idols

8 April 2004

Acting roles

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

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2020	My Lover The Killer	Music
2015	Disturbtion	Music
2014	Kill Us All	Writer
2014	Kill Us All	Producer
2014	Kill Us All	Music
2010	The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls	Music
2010	Flood Stains	Screenplay
2010	Flood Stains	Music
2009	Unfaithful	Music
2008	Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls	Music
2008	Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006	Music
2003	Us	Music
1994	Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent	Writer
1991	Thanatopsis	Writer
1990	Kiss Napoleon Goodbye	Writer
1989	The Gun Is Loaded	Writer
1986	Fingered	Writer
1986	Fingered	Music
1984	The Right Side of My Brain	Writer
1984	The Right Side of My Brain	Music
1983	Goodbye 42nd Street	Music
1982	Vortex	Music