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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 9:43:37 GMT
 Time to play a truly “ Wild” Card. In the late 1970s, New York had Blondie… San Francisco had The Nuns… both wrote some perfect Pop Punk. The Nuns alternated between the glamorous Jennifer Miro and Jeff Olener on lead vocals… here is one of Jennifer’s classic songs… I've heard of The Nuns but don't think Ive ever bothered to listen to them That song is Blondie-esque isn't it? And that's a very good thing in my book Thanks Andy More Nuns info.... Best known as one of the founding acts of the early San Francisco punk scene, the band went through a number of hiatuses and periodic reunions, lineup changes, and changes in style. Overall, The Nuns performed and recorded on and off from the mid-1970s into the 2000s. While the band was centered on Jennifer Miro and Jeff Olener through its various incarnations, Alejandro Escovedo, who went on to later success as an Americana and alternative country musician, was also a key member during its years of fame in late 1970s San Francisco. |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 27, 2020 10:08:38 GMT
...Jennifer's songs where the more melodic... more romantic, more 'Pop' ...Jeff's were more aggressive... more 'Punk'
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 11:18:04 GMT
Two groups for the price of one. Great stuff Andy
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 12:30:22 GMT
I'm wondering if this is The Nun's finest moment?
Over to you Andy
Or indeed anyone else who has an opinion
The Nuns - You Think You're The Best
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 27, 2020 12:42:10 GMT
...All of Jennifer's songs on that first album are wonderful. She had such a great voice. They should be a better known band.
There's a second album they did with her called Rumania, which i am sure i have waffled on about in a previous TalkPunk Post in days gone by.
This is the another gem from the first album...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 12:48:50 GMT
 Not for the last time, you've sent me down a rabbit hole of delights Andy How about the brooding magnificence of Walking The Beat? More of a duet - and another wonderful tune You're quite right Andy, they should be far better known Walking The BeatBy the by, having perused THEIR WEBSITE I notice Jennifer seemed to have got into S&M. Or perhaps she always was? She's referred to as Mistress Jennifer throughout and, for the really smitten... ....to praise and worship at the alter of the Nuns, send correspondence to: mistressjennifer_@hotmail.com |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 27, 2020 12:57:34 GMT
...Yes, Jennifer was quite the Saucy Minx. With the demise of the original band she later moved to New York and her music was more Gothic/Fetishistic.
But that first album is the one that keeps getting re-pressed by record labels across the world.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 13:09:23 GMT
...Yes, Jennifer was quite the Saucy Minx. With the demise of the original band she later moved to New York and her music was more Gothic/Fetishistic. But that first album is the one that keeps getting re-pressed by record labels across the world. Wild is another stunner Andy I'm guessing that latter day Nuns is, therefore, not a patch on the first (and perhaps second) album and only for the hardcore. |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 27, 2020 13:30:13 GMT
The history of The Nuns gets very confusing with them splitting up and reforming with different musicians, several times.
The second album didn't get released till 6 years after the first... and back then, 6 years was a lifetime.
I have yet to venture beyond the second album. Rumania is quite a pleasant, lighter record... but with those horrible 80s drums on it.
This is a lovely haunting song that even the production can't ruin. RIP Jennifer...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 13:41:37 GMT
Thanks once again Andy
It's a Dream is another winner
I didn't know Jennifer had died. RIP, as you say
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 13:44:01 GMT
Just found this obit... Jennifer Anderson (aka Jennifer Miro) of pioneering San Francisco punk band The Nuns died on December 16 at the age of 54. Cause of death was cancer. She died in New York City. News of her death was only officially announced today.
Anderson co-founded The Nuns with Alejandro Escovedo and Jeff Olener in 1975. The band performed regularly at legendary S.F. music club Mabuhay Gardens. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1980.
Combining provocative lyrics and imagery with an aggressive musical attack, The Nuns were part punk, part goth, part satire and totally themselves.
While continuing to periodically record and perform with The Nuns (sans Escovedo) through the 1990s and beyond, Anderson was a popular model within the fetish and S&M community and a budding screenwriter. In the last few years of her life she worked in the law office of Raoul Felder.
Despite her cancer becoming progressively more incapacitating and pain increasingly intense, Anderson shunned conventional treatment and followed a regime of homeopathy and exercise.
According to long-time friend Peter Young, “she was very optimistic and positive. One of the last things she told me was she wanted to do another modeling shoot because she was so skinny from the last bout with the disease.”
Estranged from her family, with just one close friend and the occasional nurse attending to her, Anderson spent the last months of her life by herself in her apartment in Manhattan. Even for a woman who embraced privacy, this was a particularly lonely end. When remaining at home was finally no longer an option, she was moved to Bellevue Hospital where she died.dangerousminds.net/comments/jennifer_miro_of_the_nuns_r.i.p |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 27, 2020 13:47:02 GMT
Lazy live at Winterland supporting Sex Pistols in 1978.... Whole set is on YouTube... youtu.be/DH977XSEHokSetlist: 0:00:00 - Lazy 0:03:52 - Decadent Jew 0:06:04 - World War III 0:09:23 - Master 0:11:25 - Smoking Heroin 0:13:49 - Search and Destroy 0:16:52 - Just Like All The Rest 0:19:08 - Child Molester 0:21:37 - Talk Talk 0:23:22 - Get Straight 0:25:27 - Going Down 0:27:56 - You Like To Bleed 0:29:47 - Big Fat Chick 0:31:49 - Suicide Child 0:37:49 - Going Down |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 27, 2020 15:16:34 GMT
Yes, The Avengers & The Nuns supported the Sex Pistols at the infamous Winterland gig.
At the time it was by far the biggest crowd all 3 bands had ever played to.
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